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And Queen or King's Harbour Master.  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Mortimer L'Estrange Silver|nick=Mortimer L'E. Silver|appt=24 October, 1916<ref>Silver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602391}} f. 46.</ref>|end=10 October, 1919<ref>Silver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D7602391}} f. 46.</ref>}}
 
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==Captains of Chatham Dockyard==
 
==Captains of Chatham Dockyard==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frank Hannam Henderson|nick=Frank H. Henderson|appt=10 February, 1904<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 615.</ref>|end=11 June, 1905<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578880}} f. 615.</ref>|note=and as King's Harbour Master}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Niel O'Neill|nick=Niel O'Neill|end=9 August, 1931<ref>His successor was appointed the next day.  Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>{{FC}}}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=10 August, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Aubrey Thomas Tillard|nick=Aubrey T. Tillard|appt=10 August, 1931<ref>Tillard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 95.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hilary Gustavus Andoe|nick=Hilary G. Andoe|appt=1 August, 1891<ref>Andoe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 30.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hilary Gustavus Andoe|nick=Hilary G. Andoe|appt=1 August, 1891<ref>Andoe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 30.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord Charles Beresford|appt=15 July, 1893<ref>Beresford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 90.</ref>|end=15 March, 1896<ref>Beresford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/16.|D7864017}} f. 471.</ref>}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham|nick=Walter H. B. Graham|appt=21 January, 1901<ref>Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 547.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham|nick=Walter H. B. Graham|appt=21 January, 1901<ref>Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 547.</ref>}}
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Revision as of 14:43, 3 November 2015

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:

Deputies Superintendent

And Queen or King's Harbour Master.

Captains of Chatham Dockyard

Captains of the Chatham Dockyard Reserve

Also known as the Chatham Steam Reserve and Medway Dockyard Reserve.

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

  • Wikipedia
  • 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.
  • Plan of Dockyard at GWPDA.org

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1880). p. 188.
  2. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 304.
  3. "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 April, 1897. Issue 35188, col B, p. 10.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 241.
  5. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 6.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 6.
  7. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 6.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 September, 1902. Issue 36862, col A, p. 4.
  9. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 September, 1905. Issue 37802, col D, p. 8.
  10. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 February, 1907. Issue 38248, col D, p. 5.
  11. Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
  12. Giffard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 514.
  13. Hazell's Annual, 1910. p. 199.
  14. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  15. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  16. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 August, 1912. Issue 39966, col E, p. 2.
  17. Anson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 647.
  18. Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 256.
  19. Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 256.
  20. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
  21. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
  22. "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 May, 1919. Issue 42088, col B, p. 19.
  23. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 433.
  24. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 206.
  25. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 May, 1920. Issue 42399, col F, p. 6.
  26. "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 September, 1921. Issue 42837, col E, p. 6.
  27. Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 195.
  28. "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 December, 1923. Issue 43513, col A, p. 19.
  29. "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 7 December, 1925. Issue 44138, col E, p. 9.
  30. Beaty-Pownall Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
  31. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  32. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  33. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  34. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  35. Superseded on that day. Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  36. Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  37. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  38. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
  39. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
  40. Silver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 46.
  41. Silver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 46.
  42. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  43. Henderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 615.
  44. Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 483.
  45. Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 483.
  46. Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.
  47. Grafton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 327/660.
  48. Silver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 46.
  49. Silver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 46.
  50. Carpenter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 162.
  51. Carpenter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 162.
  52. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
  53. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 67.
  54. Betty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 397.
  55. Betty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 397.
  56. His successor was appointed the next day. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  57. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  58. Andoe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 30.
  59. Beresford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 90.
  60. Beresford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16. f. 471.
  61. Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 701.
  62. Atkinson-Willes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 48.
  63. Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 356.
  64. Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 547.