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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=10 January, 1917<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>|end=18 June, 1917<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=10 January, 1917<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>|end=18 June, 1917<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Frederick Dampier|nick=Cecil F. Dampier|appt=18 June, 1917<ref>Dampier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 497.</ref>|end=1 June, 1918<ref>Dampier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 497.</ref>|as=Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, etc., at Dover}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Frederick Dampier|nick=Cecil F. Dampier|appt=18 June, 1917<ref>Dampier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 497.</ref>|end=1 June, 1918<ref>Dampier Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 497.</ref>|as=Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, etc., at Dover}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe|nick=Robert L. B. Cunliffe|appt=|end=1 August, 1942<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>|as=Flag Officer in Charge, Dover}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|nameBertram Home Ramsay|nick=Bertram H. Ramsay|appt=24 August, 1939|end=23 April, 1942|as=Flag Officer-in-Charge, Dover}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=1 August, 1942<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=11 July, 1945|as=Flag Officer in Charge, Dover}} | {{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe|nick=Robert L. B. Cunliffe|appt=23 April, 1942|end=1 August, 1942<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>|as=Flag Officer-in-Charge, Dover|note=temporary}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=1 August, 1942<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=11 July, 1945|as=Flag Officer-in-Charge, Dover}} | |||
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Revision as of 12:27, 26 July 2017
Dover was an important British base from which light forces sortied to cover the English Channel at its pinch point near Calais and Dunkirk. It serving as the operational base for the Dover Patrol as well as the forces covering Auxiliary Patrol Area XI.
Senior Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Heathcoat S. Grant, 10 January, 1917[1] – 18 June, 1917[2]
- Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Dampier, 18 June, 1917[3] – 1 June, 1918[4]
- Rear-Admiral [[{{{name}}}|Bertram H. Ramsay]], 24 August, 1939 – 23 April, 1942
- Commodore, First Class Robert L. B. Cunliffe, 23 April, 1942 – 1 August, 1942[5] (temporary)
- Admiral Henry D. Pridham-Wippell, 1 August, 1942[6] – 11 July, 1945
Captains Superintendent
- Captain Frederic A. H. Russel, 16 December, 1940[7] – 20 November, 1945[8]
King's Harbour Master
Assistant King's Harbour Master
- Captain (retired) Frederic G. Bird, 7 March, 1915 – 21 July, 1915
Footnotes
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
- ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
See Also