Rosyth

Tucked behind the historic Forth Bridge on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, the Scottish town of Rosyth served as a major Royal Navy base in the Great War, being the home of the Rosyth Royal Dockyard, was well as the operational seat of the Battlecruiser Fleet and the forces covering Auxiliary Patrol Area VI.

Senior Officer

• Captain Henry P. Boxer, 1 May, 1931 – 1 August, 1933
• Captain Albert J. Robertson, 1 August, 1933 – 1 August, 1935
• Captain Montague G. B. Legge, 1 August, 1935 – 4 August, 1936
• Captain Francis H. G. Walker, 4 August, 1936 – January, 1937  (died in this appointment)

King's Harbour Master

• Captain Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 16 August, 1927 – 15 October, 1929
• Captain Arthur J. Landon, 15 October, 1929 – 17 April, 1931
• Captain Henry P. Boxer, 1 May, 1931 – 1 August, 1933
• Captain Albert J. Robertson, 1 August, 1933 – 1 August, 1935
• Captain Montague G. B. Legge, 1 August, 1935 – 4 August, 1936
• Captain Francis H. G. Walker, 4 August, 1936 – January, 1937
• Captain Henry P. Boxer, 28 January, 1937 – 1 June, 1938
• Acting Captain Cyril W. A. G. Hamley, 26 August, 1939 – 1 May, 1942  (and as Captain of Dockyard and Deputy Superintendent)
• Acting Captain Eric D. Brooke, 1 May, 1942 – August, 1946  (and as Captain of Dockyard, eventually retired but continued in this role)
• Commander Kenneth M. L. Robinson, August, 1946 – 16 February, 1947

Assistant Harbour Master

• Acting Commander Herbert J. A. Throckmorton, 31 December, 1914 – 9 May, 1916
• Commander Henry C. Pellow, 22 July, 1921 – 7 August, 1922
• Commander Arthur P. Saunders, 7 August, 1922 – 25 July, 1924
• Commander Christopher H. Philips, 25 July, 1924 – 11 May, 1926
• Lieutenant-Commander Stuart J. L. Bennett, 22 November, 1931 – 15 August, 1933
• Commander (retired) John A. M. Sturges, 30 January, 1940 – 15 October, 1942

See Also

• Scapa Flow
• Wikipedia