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Revision as of 17:23, 19 May 2014
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]
- Rear-Admiral Robert N. Ommanney, 9 August, 1909[9]
- Rear-Admiral Charles E. Anson, 9 August, 1912[10]
- Vice-Admiral Arthur D. Ricardo, 9 August, 1915[11]
- Rear-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, 1 May, 1919[12]
- Rear-Admiral Lewis Clinton-Baker, 26 May, 1920[13]
- Rear-Admiral Edward B. Kiddle, 28 September, 1921[14]
- Rear-Admiral Percy M. R. Royds, 1 December, 1923[15]
- Rear-Admiral Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 7 December, 1925[16]
Deputies Superintendent
And Queen or King's Harbour Master. Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Arthur D. Ricardo, 30 July, 1909[17]
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[18]
- Captain The Right Honourable Lord Charles Beresford, 15 July, 1893[19]
- Captain Albert B. Jenkings, 5 April, 1896[20]
- Captain George L. Atkinson, 15 December, 1897[21]
- Captain John Durnford, 15 December, 1900[22]
- Captain Walter H. B. Graham, 21 January, 1901[23]
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.
- ↑ Hazell's Annual, 1910. p. 199.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 August, 1912. Issue 39966, col E, p. 2.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
- ↑ Andoe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 30.
- ↑ Beresford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 90.
- ↑ 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.
