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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Anthony Vere Morse|nick=Sir John A. V. Morse|appt=September, 1945{{MackieRNSA}}|end=April, 1946{{MackieRNSA}}|precBy=Japanese Occupation}} | |||
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Revision as of 18:24, 7 August 2018
Singapore was an important naval base for the Royal Navy in the Pacific throughout the Dreadnought Era. It was captured by the Japanese in World War II. In 1963, it gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
In Charge
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Hugh S. Shipway, 20 October, 1925[1] – 10 October, 1927[2]
- Captain Geoffrey Mackworth, 26 August, 1927[3] – 5 November, 1929
- Captain Evelyn C. O. Thomson, 20 September, 1929[4] – November, 1931
- Captain Miles B. Birkett, 2 October, 1931 – 19 November, 1932 (invalided)
- Captain Malcolm R. J. Maxwell-Scott, 7 October, 1932[5]
- Captain William P. Mark-Wardlaw, 20 July, 1934[6]
- Commodore, Second Class Marshal L. Clarke, 31 July, 1936[7] (and as Commodore, Malaya)
- Commodore, First Class Thomas B. Drew, 10 October, 1938[8] (and as Commodore, Malaya)
- Rear-Admiral Ernest J. Spooner, June, 1941[9] – February, 1942[10]
- Rear-Admiral Sir John A. V. Morse, September, 1945[11] – April, 1946[12]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 200.
- ↑ Shipway Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/214. f. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 200.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 200.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 200.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 199.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 240.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
