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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
- Vice-Admiral Richard Wells, 29 March, 1888.[3]
- Vice-Admiral Henry F. Nicholson, 1 September, 1890.[4]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford, 10 August, 1892.[5]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson, 4 May, 1895.[6]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Harris, 27 April, 1898.[7]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, 11 February, 1901.[8]
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Durnford, 11 February, 1904.[9]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë, 20 April, 1907.[10]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Le C. Egerton, 20 August, 1908.[11]
- Vice-Admiral Paul W. Bush, 17 December, 1910.[12]
- Vice-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall, 28 December, 1912.[13]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edward F. B. Charlton, 6 December, 1915.[14]
- Vice-Admiral The Honourable Edward S. Fitzherbert, 20 May, 1918.[15]
Composition
June, 1906:[16]
Footnotes
- ↑ Winston S. Churchill. Part II. Companion Part 3. p. 1753.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Clowes. History of the Royal Navy. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 356.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 505.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
- ↑ Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 198.
- ↑ The Navy List (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.
Bibliography
- "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461.
- Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.
