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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, Sixth Baronet|nick=Sir Arthur J. Henniker-Hughan, Bart.|appt=18 December, 1916<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 556.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, Sixth Baronet|nick=Sir Arthur J. Henniker-Hughan, Bart.|appt=18 December, 1916<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 556.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edwin Veale Underhill|nick=Edwin V. Underhill|appt=1 September, 1919<ref>"Flag Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  1 September, 1919.  Issue '''42193''', col F, p. 16.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edwin Veale Underhill|nick=Edwin V. Underhill|appt=1 September, 1919<ref>"Flag Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  1 September, 1919.  Issue '''42193''', col F, p. 16.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe|nick=Louis C. S. Woollcombe|appt=1922<ref>Approximate, as he was promoted to Rear Admiral that year.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Oliver Backhouse|nick=Oliver Backhouse|appt=1925<ref>Approximate, as he was promoted to Rear Admiral that year.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Harold Owen Reinold|nick=Harold O. Reinold|appt=1927<ref>Approximate, as he was younger than [[Oliver Backhouse]].</ref>}}
 
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Revision as of 15:34, 12 May 2014

Devonport was building warships from late in the 18th century, and Royal Oak was its last battleship.[1]

Admirals Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard

Dates of appointment given:

Captains of the Dockyard

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 9.
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 13 July, 1885. Issue 31497, col C, p. 6.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 355.
  4. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  5. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  7. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 10 July, 1902. Issue 36816, col C, p. 10.
  9. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 March, 1906. Issue 37963, col A, p. 10.
  10. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 21 February, 1908. Issue 38575, col E, p. 7.
  11. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 14 September, 1910. Issue 39377, col D, p. 7.
  12. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 12 December, 1913. Issue 40393, col E, p. 6.
  13. The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 556.
  14. "Flag Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. 1 September, 1919. Issue 42193, col F, p. 16.
  15. Approximate, as he was promoted to Rear Admiral that year.
  16. Approximate, as he was promoted to Rear Admiral that year.
  17. Approximate, as he was younger than Oliver Backhouse.
  18. Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 790.
  19. Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 207.
  20. Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 455.

Bibliography

  • Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • 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.