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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Oliver Backhouse|nick=Oliver Backhouse|appt=1 March, 1927<ref>Backhouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 206.</ref>|note=reappointed 10 October, 1929 on retirement from Active List}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Oliver Backhouse|nick=Oliver Backhouse|appt=1 March, 1927<ref>Backhouse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 206.</ref>|note=reappointed 10 October, 1929 on retirement from Active List}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Harold Owen Reinold|nick=Harold O. Reinold|appt=c. 1930<ref>Inferred date, as he was younger than [[Oliver Backhouse]].</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Harold Owen Reinold|nick=Harold O. Reinold|appt=c. 1930<ref>Inferred date, as he was younger than [[Oliver Backhouse]].</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|end=27 September, 1938<ref>Superseded on that date.  Dowding Dowding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} n Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|appt=1935<ref>"Vice-Admiral A. L. Snagge" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 12 February, 1955. Issue 53164, col F, p. 8.</ref>|end=27 September, 1938<ref>Superseded on that date.  Dowding Dowding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} n Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Ninian Dowding|nick=Arthur N. Dowding|appt=27 September, 1938<ref>Dowding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} n Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Ninian Dowding|nick=Arthur N. Dowding|appt=27 September, 1938<ref>Dowding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} n Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
 
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Revision as of 16:23, 1 May 2015

Devonport was building warships from late in the 18th century, and Royal Oak was its last battleship.[1]

Admirals Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard

Dates of appointment given:

Captains of the Dockyard

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Burt. British Battleships of World War One. p. 9.
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 13 July, 1885. Issue 31497, col C, p. 6.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 355.
  4. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  5. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  7. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  8. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. p. 681.
  9. Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. p. 681.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 10 July, 1902. Issue 36816, col C, p. 10.
  11. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 March, 1906. Issue 37963, col A, p. 10.
  12. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 21 February, 1908. Issue 38575, col E, p. 7.
  13. Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 545.
  14. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 14 September, 1910. Issue 39377, col D, p. 7.
  15. Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1251.
  16. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 12 December, 1913. Issue 40393, col E, p. 6.
  17. Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
  18. Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 556.
  20. Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
  21. Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
  22. "Flag Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. 1 September, 1919. Issue 42193, col F, p. 16.
  23. Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
  24. Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
  25. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. Book 5, p. 267.
  26. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. Book 5, p. 267.
  27. Backhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 206.
  28. Inferred date, as he was younger than Oliver Backhouse.
  29. "Vice-Admiral A. L. Snagge" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 12 February, 1955. Issue 53164, col F, p. 8.
  30. Superseded on that date. Dowding Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. n Unnumbered folio.
  31. Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. n Unnumbered folio.
  32. Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 44.
  33. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  34. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  35. Tuke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 637.
  36. Tuke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 637.
  37. Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 287/578.
  38. Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 287/578.
  39. Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 207.
  40. Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 207.
  41. Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 455.
  42. Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 455.
  43. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
  44. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.

Bibliography

  • Burt, R. A. (1986). British Battleships of World War One. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • 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.