Chatham Royal Dockyard
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Chatham Royal Dockyard was one of the Royal Navy's major shipyards from Elizabethan times until its closure in 1984. It formed, with Sheerness Royal Dockyard, part of the Nore Command, on the Medway. With Portsmouth and Plymouth it was one of the navy's three Home Ports. In the twentieth century it became the navy's main submarine dockyard.
Admirals Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard
Dates of appointment given:
- Thomas Brandreth, 1 February, 1879[1]
- William Codrington, ?
- Rear-Admiral Edward Kelly, 1 November, 1887[2]
- Vice-Admiral George D. Morant, 25 January, 1892[3]
- Rear-Admiral Hilary G. Andoe, 2 September, 1895[4]
- Rear-Admiral Swinton C. Holland, 2 September, 1899[5]
- Vice-Admiral Robert W. Craigie, 1 September, 1902[6]
- Rear-Admiral Alvin C. Corry, 2 September, 1905[7]
- Vice-Admiral George A. Giffard, 5 February, 1907[8][9] – 9 August, 1909[10]
- Rear-Admiral Robert N. Ommanney, 9 August, 1909[11][12] – 9 August, 1912[13]
- Rear-Admiral Charles E. Anson, 9 August, 1912[14] – 9 August, 1915[15]
- Captain Harry Jones, 16 August, 1913[16] – 15 September, 1913[17]
- Vice-Admiral Arthur D. Ricardo, 9 August, 1915[18] – 1 May, 1919[19]
- Rear-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, 1 May, 1919[20][21] – 26 May, 1920[22]
- Rear-Admiral Lewis Clinton-Baker, 26 May, 1920[23]
- Rear-Admiral Edward B. Kiddle, 28 September, 1921[24]
- Rear-Admiral Percy M. R. Royds, 1 December, 1923[25]
- Rear-Admiral Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 7 December, 1925[26] – 7 December, 1927[27]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Clinton F. S. Danby, ? – 15 October, 1942[28]
- Vice-Admiral John G. Crace, 15 October, 1942[29]
Charles Wolfran Round-Turner may have held this office at some point.[Fact Check]
Deputies Superintendent
And Queen or King's Harbour Master.
- Captain Arthur D. Ricardo, 30 July, 1909[30] – 31 July, 1911[31]
Captains of Chatham Dockyard
- Captain Frank H. Henderson, 10 February, 1904[32] – 11 June, 1905[33] (and as King's Harbour Master)
- Captain Thomas Y. Greet, 1 September, 1905[34] – 30 June, 1907[35]
- Captain Ernest H. Grafton, 16 September, 1913[36] – 23 October, 1916[37]
- Captain Alfred F. B. Carpenter, 1 February, 1924[38] – 1 February, 1926[39]
- Captain Robert C. Hamilton, 1 February, 1926[40] – 1 February, 1928[41] (and as King's Harbour Master)
- Captain Arthur K. Betty, 1 February, 1928[42] – 9 August, 1929[43] (and as King's Harbour Master)
- Captain Niel O'Neill, ? – 9 August, 1931[44][Fact Check]
- Captain Aubrey T. Tillard, 10 August, 1931[45]
Captains of the Chatham Dockyard Reserve
Also known as the Chatham Steam Reserve and Medway Dockyard Reserve.
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Hilary G. Andoe, 1 August, 1891[46]
- Captain The Rt. Hon. Lord Charles Beresford, 15 July, 1893[47] – 15 March, 1896[48]
- Captain Albert B. Jenkings, 5 April, 1896[49]
- Captain George L. Atkinson, 15 December, 1897[50]
- Captain John Durnford, 15 December, 1900[51]
- Captain Walter H. B. Graham, 21 January, 1901[52]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1880). p. 188.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 241.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 6.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 6.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 September, 1902. Issue 36862, col A, p. 4.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 September, 1905. Issue 37802, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 February, 1907. Issue 38248, col D, p. 5.
- ↑ Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
- ↑ Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
- ↑ Hazell's Annual, 1910. p. 199.
- ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
- ↑ Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 August, 1912. Issue 39966, col E, p. 2.
- ↑ Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 647.
- ↑ Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 256.
- ↑ Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 256.
- ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
- ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 May, 1919. Issue 42088, col B, p. 19.
- ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 433.
- ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 206.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 May, 1920. Issue 42399, col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 September, 1921. Issue 42837, col E, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 December, 1923. Issue 43513, col A, p. 19.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 7 December, 1925. Issue 44138, col E, p. 9.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ Superseded on that day. Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
- ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
- ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
- ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
- ↑ Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
- ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 483.
- ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 483.
- ↑ Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.
- ↑ Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.
- ↑ Carpenter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 162.
- ↑ Carpenter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 162.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
- ↑ Betty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 397.
- ↑ Betty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 397.
- ↑ His successor was appointed the next day. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Andoe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 30.
- ↑ Beresford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 90.
- ↑ Beresford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16. f. 471.
- ↑ Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 701.
- ↑ Atkinson-Willes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 48.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 356.
- ↑ Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 547.
Bibliography
- 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.
