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'''Coast of Scotland Station'''
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The '''Coast of Scotland Station''', also rendered as the '''Scottish Command''', was instituted in 1913.
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==Limits==
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The boundaries of the station were defined in October, 1913, as:
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<blockquote>The line drawn from the western end of the Boundary of Scotland to the position Lat. 54 30 N, Long. 4 35 W., thence to a position one league from the coast of Ireland in Lat. 54 30 N., thence following the limit of the Irish Command (one league from the coast of Ireland) to the northward until the meridian of Long. 7 20 W. is reached, thence to Lat. 58 N., Long 9 W., thence to Lat. 61 N., Long. 3 W., thence to Lat. 61 N. on the meridian of Greenwich, thence to 55 46 N. on the same meridian, and thence to the eastern end of the Boundary of Scotland.<ref>"562.&mdash;Limits of Stations." in "Admiralty Weekly Orders" dated 10 October, 1913. pp. 6-7. {{TNA|ADM 182/4.}}</ref></blockquote>
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=7 March, 1913<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Robert Swinburne Lowry|nick=Sir Robert S. Lowry|appt=1 July, 1913{{UKCeased|f. 37}}<ref>Lowry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 800.</ref>|end=1 July, 1916<ref>Lowry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 800.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Robert Swinburne Lowry|nick=Sir Robert S. Lowry|appt=1 July, 1913{{UKCeased|f. 37}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Frederick Tower Hamilton|nick=Sir Frederick T. Hamilton|appt=1 July, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 37}}<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 335.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth|end=4 October, 1917<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}} f. 335.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Frederick Tower Hamilton|nick=Sir Frederick T. Hamilton|appt=1 July, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 37}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Sir Cecil Burney|appt=13 October, 1917{{UKCeased|f. 37}}|end=30 March, 1919<ref>Burney Service REcord.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578793}} f. 181.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Sir Cecil Burney|appt=13 October, 1917{{UKCeased|f. 37}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Sir Herbert L. Heath|appt=30 March, 1919{{UKCeased|f. 37}}<ref>Heath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 200.</ref>|end=31 March, 1922<ref>Heath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 200.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Herbert Leopold Heath|nick=Sir Herbert L. Heath|appt=30 March, 1919{{UKCeased|f. 37}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Frederick Ernest Green|nick=Sir John F. E. Green|appt=1 April, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 27 March, 1922.  Issue '''42990''', col A, p. 23.</ref><ref>Green Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 260.</ref>|end=30 June, 1923|note=and Admiral Superintendent of [[Rosyth Royal Dockyard|Rosyth Dockyard]]|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Frederick Ernest Green|nick=John Frederick Ernest Green|appt=1 April, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 27 March, 1922.  Issue '''42990''', col A, p. 23.</ref> and Admiral Superintendent of [[Rosyth Royal Dockyard|Rosyth Dockyard]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.|ass=30 June, 1923<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 126.</ref>|note=and Admiral Superintendent of [[Rosyth Royal Dockyard|Rosyth Dockyard]]|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland|end=30 June, 1925<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}  f. 126.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt|appt=1923|note=and Admiral Superintendent of [[Rosyth Royal Dockyard|Rosyth Dockyard]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Sir Walter H. Cowan|appt=30 June, 1925<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  p. 249.</ref>|end=2 June, 1926<ref>Cowan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  p. 249.</ref>|note=and Admiral Superintendent of [[Rosyth Royal Dockyard|Rosyth Dockyard]]|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Walter Henry Cowan, First Baronet|nick=Walter H. Cowan|appt=1925|note=and Admiral Superintendent of [[Rosyth Royal Dockyard|Rosyth Dockyard]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Humphrey Wykeham Bowring|nick=Humphrey W. Bowring|appt=2 June, 1926<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 2 June, 1926.  Issue '''44287''', col G, p. 5.</ref>|end=2 June, 1928<ref>Bowring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 317.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Humphrey Wykeham Bowring|nick=Humphrey W. Bowring|appt=2 June, 1926<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 2 June, 1926.  Issue '''44287''', col G, p. 5.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Ewen Cameron|nick=John E. Cameron|appt=2 June, 1928<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 2 June, 1928.  Issue '''44909''', col F, p. 7.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Ewen Cameron|nick=John E. Cameron|appt=2 June, 1928<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 2 June, 1928.  Issue '''44909''', col F, p. 7.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Theodore John Hallett|nick=Theodore J. Hallett|appt=July, 1929{{MackieRNSA}}|end=6 July, 1931{{MackieRNSA}}|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville|nick=The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower|appt=6 july, 1931<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref>|end=12 July, 1933<ref>Leveson-Gower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/178.|D7603430}} f. 182.</ref><ref>Superseded that day.  Hardman-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Everard John Hardman-Jones|nick=Everard J. Hardman-Jones|appt=12 July, 1933<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>|end=15 July, 1935<ref>Hardman-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603658}} f. 152.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Clutterbuck Davenport|nick=Robert C. Davenport|end=22 July, 1937<ref>Take from successor.  Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson|nick=Evelyn C. O. Thomson|appt=22 July, 1937<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=3 August, 1939<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Ramsey|nick=Charles G. Ramsey|appt=3 August, 1939<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|end=15 April, 1942<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|nick=Wilbraham T. R. Ford|appt=15 April, 1942<ref>Date his predecessor departed.  Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|end=c. 4 May, 1942<ref>Predecessor returned that day to fill in.  Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|note=fell ill}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Ramsey|nick=Sir Charles G. Ramsey|appt=4 May, 1942<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|end=1 June, 1942<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|nick=Sir Wilbraham T. R. Ford|appt=1 June, 1942<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=1 June, 1944<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=William Jock Whitworth|nick=Sir William J. Whitworth|appt=1 June, 1944<ref>Whitworth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/232.|D7576669}} f. 224.</ref>|end=17 July, 1946<ref>Whitworth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/232.|D7576669}} f. 224.</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton|nick=Sir Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton|appt=July, 1946|end=July, 1948<ref>Superseded then.  Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|as=Flag Officer Commanding Scotland and Northern Ireland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Ernest Russell Archer|nick=Sir Ernest R. Archer|appt=July, 1948<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=31 July, 1950<ref>Archer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/141.|}} f. 140.</ref>|as=Flag Officer Commanding Scotland and Northern Ireland}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham|nick=Sir Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham|appt=31 July, 1950<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>|end=August, 1951<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>|as=Flag Officer Commanding Scotland and Northern Ireland|succBy=John H. F. Crombie}}
 
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==Flag Captains==
 
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*Captain [[Edward Herbert Moubray|Edward H. Moubray]], 1 July, 1913.<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 277.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Herbert Moubray|nick=Edward H. Moubray|appt=1 July, 1913<ref>Moubray Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=12 January, 1915<ref>Moubray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
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==Footnotes==
 
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Latest revision as of 19:51, 1 April 2021

The Coast of Scotland Station, also rendered as the Scottish Command, was instituted in 1913.

Limits

The boundaries of the station were defined in October, 1913, as:

The line drawn from the western end of the Boundary of Scotland to the position Lat. 54 30 N, Long. 4 35 W., thence to a position one league from the coast of Ireland in Lat. 54 30 N., thence following the limit of the Irish Command (one league from the coast of Ireland) to the northward until the meridian of Long. 7 20 W. is reached, thence to Lat. 58 N., Long 9 W., thence to Lat. 61 N., Long. 3 W., thence to Lat. 61 N. on the meridian of Greenwich, thence to 55 46 N. on the same meridian, and thence to the eastern end of the Boundary of Scotland.[1]

Senior Officers and Commanders-in-Chief

The appointment was instituted in 1913 as Senior Officer on the Coast of Scotland. From 1 July, 1916, the title was altered to Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth.[2]

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Flag Captains

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "562.—Limits of Stations." in "Admiralty Weekly Orders" dated 10 October, 1913. pp. 6-7. The National Archives. ADM 182/4.
  2. ↑ Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  3. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 37.
  4. ↑ Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  5. ↑ Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  6. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 37.
  7. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 335.
  8. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 335.
  9. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 37.
  10. ↑ Burney Service REcord. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 181.
  11. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 37.
  12. ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  13. ↑ Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  14. ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 March, 1922. Issue 42990, col A, p. 23.
  15. ↑ Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
  16. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 126.
  17. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 126.
  18. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
  19. ↑ Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
  20. ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 2 June, 1926. Issue 44287, col G, p. 5.
  21. ↑ Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 317.
  22. ↑ "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 June, 1928. Issue 44909, col F, p. 7.
  23. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  25. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  26. ↑ Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  27. ↑ Superseded that day. Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  28. ↑ Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  29. ↑ Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  30. ↑ Take from successor. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  31. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  32. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  33. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  34. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  35. ↑ Date his predecessor departed. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  36. ↑ Predecessor returned that day to fill in. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  37. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  38. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  39. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  40. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  41. ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 224.
  42. ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 224.
  43. ↑ Superseded then. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  44. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  45. ↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  46. ↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
  47. ↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
  48. ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
  49. ↑ Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.

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