Chatham Royal Dockyard
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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.
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Admirals Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Edward Kelly, 1 November, 1887.[1]
- Vice-Admiral George D. Morant, 25 January, 1892.[2]
- Rear-Admiral Hilary G. Andoe, 2 September, 1895.[3]
- Rear-Admiral Swinton C. Holland, 2 September, 1899.[4]
- Vice-Admiral Robert W. Craigie, 1 September, 1902.[5]
- Rear-Admiral Alvin C. Corry, 2 September, 1905.[6]
- Vice-Admiral George A. Giffard, 5 February, 1907.[7]
- Rear-Admiral Robert N. Ommanney, 9 August, 1909.[8]
- Rear-Admiral Charles E. Anson, 9 August, 1912.[9]
- Vice-Admiral Arthur D. Ricardo, 9 August, 1915.[10]
- Rear-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, 1 May, 1919.[11]
- Rear-Admiral Lewis Clinton-Baker, 26 May, 1920.[12]
- Rear-Admiral Edward B. Kiddle, 28 September, 1921.[13]
- Rear-Admiral Percy M. R. Royds, 1 December, 1923.[14]
- Rear-Admiral Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 7 December, 1925.[15]
Deputies Superintendent
And Queen or King's Harbour Master. Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Arthur D. Ricardo, 30 July, 1909.[16]
Captains of the Medway Dockyard Reserve
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Albert B. Jenkings, 5 April, 1896.[17]
Footnotes
- ↑ Navy List (March, 1891). p. 241.
- ↑ Clowes. VII. p. 6.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 September, 1902. Issue 36862, col A, p. 4.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 September, 1905. Issue 37802, col D, p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 February, 1907. Issue 38248, col D, p. 5.
- ↑ Hazell's Annual, 1910. p. 199.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 August, 1912. Issue 39966, col E, p. 2.
- ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 May, 1919. Issue 42088, col B, p. 19.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 May, 1920. Issue 42399, col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 September, 1921. Issue 42837, col E, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 December, 1923. Issue 43513, col A, p. 19.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 7 December, 1925. Issue 44138, col E, p. 9.
- ↑ Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 14 April, 1896. Issue 34864, col C, p. 10.
Bibliography
- 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.
