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*Vice-Admiral [[Harry Holdsworth Rawson|Sir Harry H. Rawson]], 4 May, 1895.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
 
*Vice-Admiral [[Harry Holdsworth Rawson|Sir Harry H. Rawson]], 4 May, 1895.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
 
*Rear-Admiral [[Robert Hastings Harris|Sir Robert Hastings Harris]], 27 April, 1898.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
 
*Rear-Admiral [[Robert Hastings Harris|Sir Robert Hastings Harris]], 27 April, 1898.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
*Rear-Admiral [[Arthur William Moore|Sir Arthur W. Moore]], 11 February, 1901.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices)''The Times''Wednesday, 23 January, 1901.  Issue '''36359''', col C, p. 13.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Arthur William Moore|Sir Arthur W. Moore]], 11 February, 1901.<ref>Moore Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 915.</ref>
*Vice-Admiral [[John Durnford|Sir John Durnford]], 11 February, 1904.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices)''The Times''Tuesday, 26 January, 1904.  Issue '''37300''', col C, p. 11.</ref>
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*Vice-Admiral [[John Durnford|Sir John Durnford]], 11 February, 1904.<ref>Durnford Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 356.</ref>
*Vice-Admiral [[Edmund Samuel Poë|Sir Edmund S. Poë]], 20 April, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices)''The Times''Saturday, 2 February, 1907. Issue '''38246''', col F, p. 11.</ref>
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*Vice-Admiral [[Edmund Samuel Poë|Sir Edmund S. Poë]], 20 April, 1907.<ref>Poë Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1052.</ref>
*Vice-Admiral [[George Le Clerc Egerton|Sir George Le C. Egerton]], 20 August, 1908.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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*Vice-Admiral [[George Le Clerc Egerton|Sir George Le C. Egerton]], 20 August, 1908.<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 396.</ref>
*Vice-Admiral [[Paul Warner Bush|Paul W. Bush]], 17 December, 1910.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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*Vice-Admiral [[Paul Warner Bush|Paul W. Bush]], 17 December, 1910.<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 505.</ref>
*Vice-Admiral [[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|Herbert G. King-Hall]], 28 December, 1912.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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*Vice-Admiral [[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|Herbert G. King-Hall]], 28 December, 1912.<ref>King-Hall Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 42.</ref>
*Vice-Admiral [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|Sir Edward F. B. Charlton]], 6 December, 1915.{{UKCeased|f. 31}}
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*Vice-Admiral [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|Sir Edward F. B. Charlton]], 6 December, 1915.<ref>Charlton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 282.</ref>
*Rear-Admiral [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|The Honourable Edward S. Fitzherbert]], 20 May, 1918.{{UKCeased|f. 31}}
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*Vice-Admiral [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|The Honourable Edward S. Fitzherbert]], 20 May, 1918.<ref>Fitzherbert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 198.</ref>
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==Composition==
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'''June, 1906:'''<ref>''The Navy List'' (June, 1906).  pp. 268, 269''a''.</ref>
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 15:38, 27 March 2013

History

In a letter to the First Lord of the Admiralty on 11 July, 1913, the Commander-in-Chief, Herbert G. King-Hall, noted of his command, "Though small it gets through quite a lot of exercises at Sea in the most approved Home Fleet manner."[1]

The station title was changed to "Africa Station" by an order of 21 June, 1919.[2]

Commanders-in-Chief

Composition

June, 1906:[16]

Footnotes

  1. Winston S. Churchill. Part II. Companion Part 3. p. 1753.
  2. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
  3. Clowes. History of the Royal Navy. VII. p. 90.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Ibid.
  7. Ibid.
  8. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
  9. Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 356.
  10. Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
  11. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
  12. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 505.
  13. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
  14. Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  15. Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 198.
  16. The Navy List (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.