East Indies Station
The East Indies Station was a squadron of the Royal Navy which encompassed the Indian Ocean.
Limits
In 1909 the limits of the Station were defined as:
North: By the South shores of Asia (including the Persian Gulf) from an imaginary line drawn from Ras Siyan on the African Coast to Cape Bab-el Mandeb on the Arabian Coast, to where the parallel of 10° North Latitutde touches the West Coast of the Malay Peninsula
East: By the Meridian of 95° East Longitude between the parallels of 10° North and 10° South Latitude.
South: By the parallel of 10° North Latitude between the Coast of the Malay Peninsula and the Meridian of 95° East Longitude, and by the parallel of 10° South Latitude between the Meridians of 70° and 95° East Longitude, and by the Equator between the Meridian of 70° East Longitude and the African Coast.
West: By the Meridian of 70° East Longitude between the parallel of 10° South and the Equator, and the Coast of African Coast.[1]
Commanders-in-Chief
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Rear-Admiral John Corbett, 1877 – 1879
- Rear-Admiral William G. Jones, 1879 – 1882
- Rear-Admiral William N. W. Hewett, 1882
- Rear-Admiral Frederick W. Richards, 18 May, 1885[2]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Sir Edmund R. Fremantle, 25 February, 1888[3]
- Rear-Admiral Frederick C. B. Robinson, 26 February, 1891[4]
- Rear-Admiral William R. Kennedy, 26 January, 1892[5]
- Rear-Admiral Edmund C. Drummond, 16 March, 1895[6]
- Rear-Admiral Archibald L. Douglas, 15 January, 1898[7]
- Rear-Admiral Day H. Bosanquet, 5 June, 1899[8]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Charles C. Drury, 5 June, 1902[9]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George L. Atkinson-Willes, 9 June, 1903[10]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë, 20 August, 1905[11]
- Rear-Admiral Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart., 1 February, 1907[12]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond J. W. Slade, 3 March, 1909[13]
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell, 23 March, 1912[14]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Richard H. Peirse, 20 December, 1912[15][16] – 25 January, 1916[17]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss, 1 January, 1916[18]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Ernest F. A. Gaunt, 23 June, 1917[19] – 1 August, 1919[20]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh H. D. Tothill, 1 August, 1919[21]
- Vice-Admiral Lewis Clinton-Baker, 1921
- Vice-Admiral Herbert W. Richmond, 4 October, 1923[22]
- Vice-Admiral Walter M. Ellerton, 1925[23]
- Vice-Admiral Bertram S. Thesiger, 1927[24]
- Vice-Admiral Eric J. A. Fullerton, 18 October, 1929[25] – 13 June, 1932[26]
- Vice-Admiral Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith, 1932[27] – 1934[28]
- Vice-Admiral Frank F. Rose, 1934[29] – 15 May, 1936[30]
- Vice-Admiral The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay, 15 May, 1936[31] – 29 August, 1935[32]
Composition
June, 1906
The station was equipped as follows.[33]
1912
On 20 December, 1912, the flagship was Swiftsure when Rear-Admiral Richard Henry Peirse hoisted his flag.[34]
1915
The flag was transferred from Swiftsure to Euryalus in February, 1915 and from there to Proserpine on 10 April, 1915.[35]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ "Limits of the East Indies Station." Reel One. Slade Papers. National Maritime Museum. MRF/39/1.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 188.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 May, 1902. Issue 36763, col E, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 8 June, 1903. Issue 37101, col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 29 July, 1905. Issue 37772, col B, p. 10.
- ↑ Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1384.
- ↑ Slade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1201.
- ↑ Hazell's Annual 1913. p. 197.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 383.
- ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
- ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
- ↑ Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 223.
- ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 276.
- ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 276.
- ↑ Tothill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 186.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 288.
- ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
- ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
- ↑ Fullerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 518.
- ↑ Fullerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 518.
- ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
- ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
- ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
- ↑ Superseded by Ramsay that date. Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
- ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
- ↑ Ramsay Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 210.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.
- ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
- ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
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.
