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| + | The '''Portsmouth Signal School''' was founded in X. | ||
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| + | On 6 August, 1941 it was named '''H.M.S. ''Mercury'''''. | ||
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==In Command== | ==In Command== | ||
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain of Portsmouth Signal School" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain of Portsmouth Signal School" nat="UK"> | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Derwent Allen|nick=John D. Allen|appt=13 September, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 398''w''}}|end=|note=and as [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel Grant Tufnell|nick=Lionel G. Tufnell|appt=18 November, 1895<ref>Tufnell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|}} f. 1335.</ref>{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=November, 1898{{KentSignal|p 361}}<ref>Tufnell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|}} f. 1335.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Evans-Thomas|nick=Hugh Evans-Thomas|appt=19 November, 1898<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 105.</ref>{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=12 November, 1900<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 105.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Allan F. Everett|appt=12 November, 1900{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=1 January, 1904{{KentSignal|p 361}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|nick=Douglas R. L. Nicholson|appt=1 January, 1904{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=31 December, 1904<ref>Nicholson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 457.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry George Glas Sandeman|nick=Henry G. G. Sandeman|appt=11 August, 1905{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=1 August, 1906{{KentSignal|p 361}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Allan F. Everett|appt=1 August, 1906{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=22 April, 1908{{KentSignal|p 361}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert MacIver Edwards|nick=Herbert MacI. Edwards|appt=22 April, 1908{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=10 January, 1911{{KentSignal|p 361}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|nick=Edward M. Phillpotts|appt=10 January, 1911<ref>Phillpotts Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 170.</ref>|end=31 July, 1912<ref>Phillpotts Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 170.</ref>|note=and as [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Laurence Field|nick=Frederick L. Field|appt=31 July, 1912<ref>Field Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 178.</ref>{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=15 September, 1914<ref>Field Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 178.</ref>|note=and as [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Edward Collins|nick=Charles E. Collins|appt=5 October, 1915|end=|note=temporary?}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Derwent Allen|nick=John D. Allen|appt=13 September, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 398''w''}}|end=15 November, 1918|note=and as [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Macrorie|nick=Arthur K. Macrorie|appt=15 November, 1918<ref>Macrorie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|end=15 November, 1920<ref>Macrorie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|note=and as [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Macrorie|nick=Arthur K. Macrorie|appt=15 November, 1918<ref>Macrorie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|end=15 November, 1920<ref>Macrorie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|note=and as [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lionel George Preston|nick=Lionel G. Preston|appt=16 November, 1920<ref>Preston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}} f. 79.</ref>|end=16 November, 1922<ref>Preston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}} f. 79.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lionel George Preston|nick=Lionel G. Preston|appt=16 November, 1920<ref>Preston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}} f. 79.</ref>|end=16 November, 1922<ref>Preston Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}} f. 79.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 21:59, 28 April 2020
The Portsmouth Signal School was founded in X.
On 6 August, 1941 it was named H.M.S. Mercury.
In Command
- Commander Lionel G. Tufnell, 18 November, 1895[1][2] – November, 1898[3][4]
- Commander Hugh Evans-Thomas, 19 November, 1898[5][6] – 12 November, 1900[7]
- Commander Allan F. Everett, 12 November, 1900[8] – 1 January, 1904[9]
- Commander Douglas R. L. Nicholson, 1 January, 1904[10] – 31 December, 1904[11]
- Commander Henry G. G. Sandeman, 11 August, 1905[12] – 1 August, 1906[13]
- Captain Allan F. Everett, 1 August, 1906[14] – 22 April, 1908[15]
- Captain Herbert MacI. Edwards, 22 April, 1908[16] – 10 January, 1911[17]
- Captain Edward M. Phillpotts, 10 January, 1911[18] – 31 July, 1912[19] (and as Superintendent of Signal Schools)
- Captain Frederick L. Field, 31 July, 1912[20][21] – 15 September, 1914[22] (and as Superintendent of Signal Schools)
- Commander Charles E. Collins, 5 October, 1915 (temporary?)
- Captain John D. Allen, 13 September, 1916[23] – 15 November, 1918 (and as Superintendent of Signal Schools)
- Captain Arthur K. Macrorie, 15 November, 1918[24] – 15 November, 1920[25] (and as Superintendent of Signal Schools)
- Captain Lionel G. Preston, 16 November, 1920[26] – 16 November, 1922[27]
- Captain Claude Seymour, 16 November, 1922[28][29] – 30 April, 1925[30]
- Captain John K. im Thurn, 30 April, 1925[31]
- Captain James S. C. Salmond, 2 January, 1928[32] – 2 January, 1930[33]
- Captain William B. Mackenzie, 2 January, 1930[34] – 4 January, 1932
- Captain Herbert Fitzherbert, 4 January, 1932[35] – 1933[36]
- Captain Richard H. L. Bevan, 1933[37] – 24 August, 1935[38]
- Captain James W. S. Dorling, 24 August, 1935[39] – 25 August, 1937
- Captain Arthur J. L. Murray, 25 August, 1937 – 3 March, 1939
- Captain Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame-Graham, 3 March, 1939 – 21 April, 1941
Executive Officers
- Commander Robert R. Stewart, 1 February, 1932[40]
See Also
- Superintendent of Signal Schools
- Chatham Signal School
- Devonport Signal School
- H.M.S. Mercury Papers at the National Maritime Museum
Footnotes
- ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
- ↑ Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
- ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
- ↑ Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 178.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 178.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398w.
- ↑ Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
- ↑ Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
- ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
- ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 282.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 282.
- ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
- ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 285.
- ↑ Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
- ↑ Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
- ↑ Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 287.
