Category:Submarine (UK)
The British Service Records and Navy Lists pay scant attention to individual submarines, as regard their commanders. This disregard is most keenly apparent in the earliest days of the type. Often, a given submarine commander is listed in a Navy List as being appointed to a submarine depot ship "for command of submarines", with the specific sub (or subs) being omitted. This invites the interpretation that the submarines may have, in some cases, been treated as taxi cabs within a fleet.
In Command of the Service
The man in charge of the Royal Navy's submarine forces was designated the Chief of the Submarine Service in 1921. In 1929, this evolved to become Rear Admiral, Submarines or Rear Admiral (S).
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Douglas L. Dent, 24 July, 1919 – 1 November, 1921 (recorded in his record as "Deputy Chief of Naval Staff")
- Rear-Admiral Hugh F. P. Sinclair, 25 August, 1921 – 1 September, 1923
- Vice-Admiral Wilmot S. Nicholson, 1 September, 1923 – 1 September, 1925
- Rear-Admiral Vernon H. S. Haggard, 1 September, 1925 – 1 September, 1927
- Rear-Admiral Henry E. Grace, 1 September, 1927 – 2 September, 1929
- Rear-Admiral Martin E. Nasmith, 2 September, 1929[1] – 2 September, 1931[2] (Henceforth, command renamed Rear-Admiral (S))
- Rear-Admiral Charles J. C. Little, 2 September, 1931[3] – 10 December, 1932[4]
- Rear-Admiral Noel F. Laurence, 10 December, 1932[5] – 10 December, 1934[6]
- Rear-Admiral Cecil P. Talbot, 10 December, 1934[7] – 10 December, 1936
- Rear-Admiral Robert H. T. Raikes, 10 December, 1936[8] – 15 December, 1938[9]
- Rear-Admiral Bertram C. Watson, 15 December, 1938 – 18 January, 1940
- Rear-Admiral Sir Max Horton, 9 January, 1940 – 17 November, 1942
- Rear-Admiral Claud B. Barry, 9 November, 1942 – 1944
- Rear-Admiral George E. Creasy, 1944 – 1946 (Henceforth, command renamed Flag Officer, Submarines)
- Vice-Admiral Sir John M. Mansfield, 31 October, 1946 – 8 April, 1948
- Rear-Admiral Guy Grantham, 1948 – 1950
- Rear-Admiral Sydney M. Raw, 20 January, 1950 – January 1952
- Rear-Admiral George W. G. Simpson, January, 1952
Footnotes
- ↑ Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
- ↑ Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/178. f. 583.
- ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
- ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
- ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
- ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 231.
- ↑ 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.
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