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| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area I''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area I''' (Hebrides and the Minch, based at Loch Ewe and Stornoway) |
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</div name=fredbot:office1> | </div name=fredbot:office1> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area II''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area II''' (Shetlands, base at Longhope) |
<div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area II" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area II" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office2> | </div name=fredbot:office2> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area III''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area III''' (the Orkneys, base at Longhope) |
<div name=fredbot:office3 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area III" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office3 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area III" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office3> | </div name=fredbot:office3> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area IV''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area IV''' (Moray Firth, base at Cromarty) |
<div name=fredbot:office4 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area IV" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office4 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area IV" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office4> | </div name=fredbot:office4> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area V''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area V''' (off Rattray Head, base at Peterhead) |
<div name=fredbot:office5 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area V" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office5 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area V" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office5> | </div name=fredbot:office5> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area VI''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area VI''' (Forth to Rattray Head, base at Rosyth) |
<div name=fredbot:office6 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area VI" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office6 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area VI" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office6> | </div name=fredbot:office6> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area VII''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area VII''' (Seaward of the Forth, base at Granton) |
<div name=fredbot:office7 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area VII" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office7 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area VII" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office7> | </div name=fredbot:office7> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area VIII''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area VIII''' (the Tyne, based at Tyne) |
<div name=fredbot:office8 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area VIII" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office8 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area VIII" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office8> | </div name=fredbot:office8> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area IX''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area IX''' (Humber, based at Grimsby) |
<div name=fredbot:office9 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area IX" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office9 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area IX" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office9> | </div name=fredbot:office9> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area X''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area X''' (off East Anglian coast, bases in Yarmouth and Harwich) |
<div name=fredbot:office10 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area X" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office10 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area X" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office10> | </div name=fredbot:office10> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XI''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XI''' (Dover Straits, based in Dover) |
<div name=fredbot:office11 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XI" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office11 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XI" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office11> | </div name=fredbot:office11> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XII''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XII''' (East Channel, based in Portsmouth) |
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</div name=fredbot:office12> | </div name=fredbot:office12> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XIII''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XIII''' (Mid-Channel, based at Portland) |
<div name=fredbot:office13 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XIII" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office13 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XIII" nat="UK"> | ||
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| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XIV''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XIV''' (Western Approach, based in Devonport) |
<div name=fredbot:office14 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XIV" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office14 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XIV" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office14> | </div name=fredbot:office14> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XV''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XV''' (St. George's and Bristol Channel, based at Milford with sub-base at Rosslare) |
<div name=fredbot:office15 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XV" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office15 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XV" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office15> | </div name=fredbot:office15> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XVI''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XVI''' (Irish Channel, based at Liverpool, Kingstown and Belfast) |
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| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XVII''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XVII''' (North Coast of Ireland, based at Lough Larne) |
<div name=fredbot:office17 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XVII" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office17 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XVII" nat="UK"> | ||
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| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XVIII''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XVIII''' (North-west Coast of Ireland, based at Lough Swilly) |
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| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XIX''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XIX''' (West Coast of Ireland, based at Blacksod Bay) |
<div name=fredbot:office19 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XIX" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office19 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XIX" nat="UK"> | ||
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| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XX''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XX''' (West Coast of Ireland, based at Galway Bay) |
<div name=fredbot:office20 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XX" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office20 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XX" nat="UK"> | ||
</div name=fredbot:office20> | </div name=fredbot:office20> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XXI''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XXI''' (South and South-west Coast of Ireland, based at Queenstown and Berehaven) |
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</div name=fredbot:office21> | </div name=fredbot:office21> | ||
| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XXII''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XXII''' (?) |
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| − | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XXIII''' | + | '''Auxiliary Patrol Area XXIII''' (?) |
<div name=fredbot:office23 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XXIII" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office23 otitle="Senior Officer in Charge, Auxiliary Patrol Area XXIII" nat="UK"> | ||
Revision as of 10:57, 23 January 2016
Rear-Admiral John M. de Robeck was appointed Admiral of Patrols on 8 April, 1912.
Contents
The Patrol Flotillas
On 1 May, 1912 de Robeck hoisted his flag in the St. George at Harwich upon taking command of the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Destroyer Flotillas, formerly the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Flotillas of the Third and Fourth Divisions of the Home Fleet.[1] It was publicly announced on 16 April that the office of the Admiral of Patrols would be at the Admiralty.[2]
In the words of de Robeck's assistant, Captain (later Admiral Sir) Walter H. Cowan:
We had an old Cruiser for Flagship[,] 'St. George' … but we were very seldom in her except when John de Robeck wanted to give a dinner-party. We soon learnt to combine business with pleasure - we were both very fond of playing golf and hunting the FOX.[3]
Admirals of Patrols
- Rear-Admiral John M. de Robeck, 8 April, 1912[4] – 1 May, 1914[5]
- Commodore, First Class George A. Ballard, 1 May, 1914[6]
Assistants to Admiral of Patrols
- Captain Walter H. Cowan, 1 May, 1912[7] – 7 February, 1914[8]
- Captain Edward G. Lowther-Crofton, 27 January, 1914[9]
The Auxiliary Patrols
In 1914, the Board of Admiralty ordered the Admiralty War Staff to devise, in Dr. Nicholas Lambert's words, a "different organisation" for the patrol flotillas on the East Coast of Great Britain. The First Sea Lord, Prince Louis of Battenberg, directed that the doctrine of patrol was to be replaced by that of coast defence. The War Staff contemplated the use of fifty aeroplanes, equipped with W/T equipment, capable of searching up to one hundred miles distant from their bases. Rear-Admiral de Robeck was replaced by the architect of the new doctrine, Captain George A. Ballard.[10] Ballard assumed the duties of Admiral of Patrols on 1 May, 1914, with the rank of Commodore, First Class.[11]
On 20 December, 1914 new patrol areas were establishing encompassing all of the coastal waters of the UK. There were 21 to 23 of these areas, depending on source or definition, all under the Admiral of Patrols. They included trawlers, drifters, etc. as well as destroyers. By about August 1915, these patrols became known as the Auxiliary Patrols.[12][13]
Auxiliary Patrol Areas
Auxiliary Patrol Area I (Hebrides and the Minch, based at Loch Ewe and Stornoway)
Auxiliary Patrol Area II (Shetlands, base at Longhope)
Auxiliary Patrol Area III (the Orkneys, base at Longhope)
Auxiliary Patrol Area IV (Moray Firth, base at Cromarty)
Auxiliary Patrol Area V (off Rattray Head, base at Peterhead)
Auxiliary Patrol Area VI (Forth to Rattray Head, base at Rosyth)
Auxiliary Patrol Area VII (Seaward of the Forth, base at Granton)
Auxiliary Patrol Area VIII (the Tyne, based at Tyne)
Auxiliary Patrol Area IX (Humber, based at Grimsby)
Auxiliary Patrol Area X (off East Anglian coast, bases in Yarmouth and Harwich)
Auxiliary Patrol Area XI (Dover Straits, based in Dover)
Auxiliary Patrol Area XII (East Channel, based in Portsmouth)
Auxiliary Patrol Area XIII (Mid-Channel, based at Portland)
- Rear-Admiral Vivian H. G. Bernard, 27 November, 1917[14]
Auxiliary Patrol Area XIV (Western Approach, based in Devonport)
Auxiliary Patrol Area XV (St. George's and Bristol Channel, based at Milford with sub-base at Rosslare)
Auxiliary Patrol Area XVI (Irish Channel, based at Liverpool, Kingstown and Belfast)
- Rear-Admiral Herbert Chatterton, 4 June, 1916[15] – 10 May, 1917[16]
Auxiliary Patrol Area XVII (North Coast of Ireland, based at Lough Larne)
- Captain R.N.R. (temporary) Charles J. Barlow, 20 February, 1915[17] – 2 APril, 1915[18]
- Captain R.N.R. Robert S. D. Cuming, 24 January, 1917[19] – 1 March, 1918[20] (as Commodore, Second Class)
- Captain Charles D. Carpendale, March, 1918[21] – 21 February, 1919[22]
Auxiliary Patrol Area XVIII (North-west Coast of Ireland, based at Lough Swilly)
- Captain Herbert Chatterton, 6 June, 1915[23] – 4 June, 1916[24]
Auxiliary Patrol Area XIX (West Coast of Ireland, based at Blacksod Bay)
Auxiliary Patrol Area XX (West Coast of Ireland, based at Galway Bay)
Auxiliary Patrol Area XXI (South and South-west Coast of Ireland, based at Queenstown and Berehaven)
Auxiliary Patrol Area XXII (?)
- Captain R.N.R. (temporary) Herbert C. C. Da Costa, 1 April, 1917[25] – 6 June, 1918[26]
Auxiliary Patrol Area XXIII (?)
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 17 April, 1912. Issue 39875, col A, p. 17.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 16 April, 1912. Issue 39874, col C, p. 4.
- ↑ Cowan Memoirs. f. 252.
- ↑ de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
- ↑ de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 1 May, 1914. Issue 40512, col B, p. 6.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 249.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1914). p. 359.
- ↑ Lambert. Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution. p. 286.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 1 May, 1914. Issue 40512, col B, p. 6.
- ↑ Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 18-9, 133-4.
- ↑ Thanks to Keith Allen for contributing to this section.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 2.
- ↑ Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
- ↑ Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
- ↑ Barlow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 31.
- ↑ Barlow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 31.
- ↑ Cuming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 280.
- ↑ Cuming Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 280.
- ↑ Carpendale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 443.
- ↑ Carpendale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 443.
- ↑ Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
- ↑ Chatterton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 170.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30008. p. 3206. 3 April, 1917.
- ↑ Da Costa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 266.
Bibliography
- Lambert, Nicholas A. (1999). Sir John Fisher's Naval Revolution. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1570032777.
