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'''Rosyth Royal Dockyard''' was built in 1909. | '''Rosyth Royal Dockyard''' was built in 1909–1916. | ||
==Contruction and Nature== | ==Contruction and Nature== | ||
A plan for the work was published in early 1908, with costs amounting to £3m, exclusive of machinery.{{ToL|Rosyth Naval Esstablishment|10 Mar. 1908, p. 12}} | |||
Intially, the yard was to include a 52.5 acre basin with a depth of 38ft 8in with a projecting pier offering 7,108 feet of wharfage. An entrance lock 850ft long and 110ft wide at the entrances could serve as a dock to augment the dedicated drydock of 750ft long and 100ft wide at the entrances. Basin depth would be 38ft 8in. The plan included a second, external basin for submarines. | Intially, the yard was to include a 52.5 acre basin with a depth of 38ft 8in with a projecting pier offering 7,108 feet of wharfage. An entrance lock 850ft long and 110ft wide at the entrances could serve as a dock to augment the dedicated drydock of 750ft long and 100ft wide at the entrances. Basin depth would be 38ft 8in. The plan included a second, external basin for submarines. | ||
Revision as of 22:01, 30 January 2020
Rosyth Royal Dockyard was built in 1909–1916.
Contruction and Nature
A plan for the work was published in early 1908, with costs amounting to £3m, exclusive of machinery.[1]
Intially, the yard was to include a 52.5 acre basin with a depth of 38ft 8in with a projecting pier offering 7,108 feet of wharfage. An entrance lock 850ft long and 110ft wide at the entrances could serve as a dock to augment the dedicated drydock of 750ft long and 100ft wide at the entrances. Basin depth would be 38ft 8in. The plan included a second, external basin for submarines.
Zealandia was the first ship to be drydocked there, in March, 1916.[2]
A 250 ton cantilever crane was added in 1917, and a 100 ton model in 1920.[3]
Shipbuilding
Admirals Superintendent
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Henry H. Bruce, May, 1915[4] – 1 April, 1920[5]
- Vice-Admiral Sir John F. E. Green, 1 April, 1920[6] – 1 April, 1922[7]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart., 1 April, 1922[8] – 1923
- Vice-Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan, 30 June, 1925[9] – 2 June, 1926[10]
- Vice-Admiral Colin Cantlie, 24 August, 1939[11] – 1 June, 1944[12]
- Rear-Admiral Henry C. Bovell, 1 June, 1944[13] – 16 April, 1947[14]
Captains
- Captain Edward H. Moubray, 7 March, 1913[15] – 12 January, 1915[16] (also as King's Harbour Master, Rosyth)
- Captain William F. Slayter, 12 January, 1915[17][18] – 15 October, 1917[19] (also as King's Harbour Master, Rosyth)
- Rear-Admiral Charles F. Henderson, 15 October, 1917[20] – 1 April, 1919[21]
- Captain Harry M. K. Betty, 1 April, 1919 – 2 April, 1921
- Captain William M. Kerr, 2 April, 1921[22] – 30 October, 1923[23] (also as King's Harbour Master, Rosyth)
- Captain Montague G. B. Legge, ? – 4 August, 1936[24] (also as King's Harbour Master, Rosyth)
- Captain Francis H. G. Walker, 4 August, 1936[25] – 11 January, 1937[26][Inference] (also as King's Harbour Master, Rosyth, died in post)
King's Harbour Master
- Captain Harry M. K. Betty, 1 April, 1919 – 2 April, 1921
- Captain Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 2 November, 1927 – 15 October, 1929[27]
- Captain Arthur J. Landon, 15 October, 1929[28] – 17 April, 1931[29] (and as Assistant Captain (D) Reserve Fleet, Rosyth)
- Captain Henry P. Boxer, 28 January, 1937[30] – 1 June, 1938[31]
- Captain Piers K. Kekewich, 9 January, 1939[32] – 18 November, 1939[33] (and as S.O.R.F.)
Assistant King's Harbour Master
- Commander Charles C. Johnson, 11 August, 1919 – 16 July, 1921
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ "Rosyth Naval Esstablishment." The Times (London, England), 10 Mar. 1908, p. 12.
- ↑ Brown. The Grand Fleet. p. 11.
- ↑ Johnston; Buxton. The Battleship Builders. p. 149.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 3.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 85.
- ↑ Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
- ↑ Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 March, 1922. Issue 42990, col A, p. 23.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
- ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
- ↑ Cantlie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/263. f. 278.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
- ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
- ↑ Slayter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/445. f. 210.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395w.
- ↑ Slayter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/445. f. 210.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 335.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225. f. 225.
- ↑ Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/225. f. 225.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/73. f. 79.
- ↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
- ↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
- ↑ Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
- ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
- ↑ Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
- ↑ Kekewich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/340. f. 343.
