Cape of Good Hope Station
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History
In a letter to the First Lord of the Admiralty on 11 July, 1913, the Commander-in-Chief, Herbert G. King-Hall, noted of his command, "Though small it gets through quite a lot of exercises at Sea in the most approved Home Fleet manner."[1]
The station title was changed to Africa Station by an order of 21 June, 1919.[2]
In 1939, it was renamed the South Atlantic Station.
Commanders-in-Chief
- Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick W. Grey, 1857 – 1860 (as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station)
- Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, 1860 – 1860
- Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, 1861 – 1865
- Commodore, First Class Sir Frederick B. Montresor, 1865 – 1865
- Commodore, First Class Sir Charles F. Hillyar, 1865 – 1867
- Commodore, First Class Sir William M. Dowell, 1867 – 1871 (now known as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station)
- Commodore, First Class Sir John E. Commerell, 1871 – 1873
- Commodore, First Class Sir William N. W. Hewett, 2 October, 1873[3] – 1876[Citation needed]
- Commodore, First Class Sir Francis W. Sullivan, 1876 – 1879
- Commodore, First Class Sir Frederick W. Richards, 1879 – 1882
- Rear-Admiral Nowell Salmon, 11 April, 1882[4] – 14 May, 1885[5]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe, 6 March, 1885 – 15 May, 1888
- Vice-Admiral Richard Wells, 29 March, 1888[6][7] – 1 September, 1890[8]
- Vice-Admiral Henry F. Nicholson, 1 September, 1890[9]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford, 10 August, 1892[10] – 31 May, 1895[11]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson, 4 May, 1895[12]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Harris, 27 April, 1898[13]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, 11 February, 1901[14] – 11 February, 1904[15]
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Durnford, 11 February, 1904[16]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë, 20 April, 1907[17] – 20 August, 1908[18]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Le C. Egerton, 20 August, 1908[19]
- Vice-Admiral Paul W. Bush, 17 December, 1910[20] – 8 February, 1913[21]
- Vice-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall, 28 December, 1912[22] – 20 December, 1915[23]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edward F. B. Charlton, 6 December, 1915[24] – May, 1918[25]
- Vice-Admiral The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert, 12 June, 1918[26] – 26 May, 1920[27]
- Vice-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, 18 June, 1920[28] – 2 August, 1922[29] (henceforth known as C-in-C, Africa Station)
- Rear-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck, 2 August, 1922[30] – 6 February, 1925[31]
- Vice-Admiral Maurice S. FitzMaurice, 7 February, 1925[32] – 22 January, 1927[33]
- Vice-Admiral David M. Anderson, 27 December, 1926[34] – 14 February, 1929[35]
- Vice-Admiral Rudolf M. Burmester, 27 DEcember, 1928[36] – 26 February, 1931[37]
- Vice-Admiral Hugh J. Tweedie, 9 January, 1931[38] – March, 1933[39]
- Vice-Admiral Edward R. G. R. Evans, 18 January, 1933[40] – 26 July, 1935[41]
- Vice-Admiral Francis W. L. Tottenham, 1935 – 1938
- Vice-Admiral George H. D'O. Lyon, 31 January, 1938[42] – 7 September, 1940[43]
- Vice-Admiral Robert H. T. Raikes, 1 August, 1940[44] – 15 November, 1941[45]
- Vice-Admiral Algernon U. Willis, 1941 – 1942
- Vice-Admiral William E. C. Tait, – 22 August, 1944
- Vice-Admiral Robert L. Burnett, c. August, 1944 – 1946
- Vice-Admiral Clement Moody, 19 July, 1946 – May, 1948
- Vice-Admiral Edward D. B. McCarthy, 1948 – 1950
- Vice-Admiral Herbert A. Packer, 1950 – 1952
- Vice-Admiral Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett, 1952 – 1954
Composition
March, 1897
- Alecto
- Barossa
- Blonde
- Fox
- Herald
- Magpie
- Monarch
- Mosquito
- Penelope
- Philomel
- Phoebe
- Racoon
- St. George
- Sparrow
- Thrush
- Widgeon
February, 1900
At this juncture, the station included the West Coast of Africa.[47]
- Barracouta
- Barossa
- Doris
- Dwarf
- Forte
- Herald
- Magicienne
- Magpie
- Monarch
- Mosquito
- Partridge
- Philomel
- Tartar
- Widgeon
January, 1901
The station still included the West Coast of Africa.[48]
- Barracouta
- Barossa (ordered home)
- Blanche
- Doris
- Dwarf
- Forte
- Herald
- Magicienne (ordered home)
- Magpie
- Monarch
- Mosquito
- Partridge
- Philomel
- Sybille
- Tartar
- Thrush
- Widgeon
December, 1903
June, 1906
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Winston S. Churchill. Part II. Companion Part 3. p. 1753.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 623.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1884). p. 188.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1382.
- ↑ Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1382.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Bedford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 824
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 356.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325 f. 505.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 505.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
- ↑ Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
- ↑ Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 198.
- ↑ Stafford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 699-700.
- ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 206.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1924). p. 200.
- ↑ Bentinck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 47.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1925). p. 200.
- ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 415.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 415.
- ↑ Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
- ↑ Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
- ↑ Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
- ↑ Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 193.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.
Bibliography
- "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461.
- 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.