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*{{ViceRN}} [[Henry Duncan Grant|Henry D. Grant]], 11 July, 1885.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 13 July, 1885.  Issue '''31497''', col C, p. 6.</ref>
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*Vice-Admiral [[Walter James Hunt-Grubbe|Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe]], 1 August, 1888.<ref>''Navy List'' (March, 1891).  p. 355.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Henry Duncan Grant|nick=Henry D. Grant|appt=11 July, 1885<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 13 July, 1885.  Issue '''31497''', col C, p. 6.</ref>}}
*Vice-Admiral [[Robert Henry More Molyneux|Sir Robert H. More Molyneux]], 4 August, 1891.{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Walter James Hunt-Grubbe|nick=Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe|appt=1 August, 1888{{NLMar91|p. 355}}}}
*{{RearRN}} [[Edmund John Church|Edmund J. Church]], 7 August, 1894.{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Robert Henry More Molyneux|nick=Sir Robert H. More Molyneux|appt=4 August, 1891{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Henry John Carr|Henry J. Carr]], 3 November, 1896.{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edmund John Church|nick=Edmund J. Church|appt=7 August, 1894{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}}}
*Vice-Admiral [[Thomas Sturges Jackson|Sir Thomas S. Jackson]], 7 July, 1899.{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry John Carr|nick=Henry J. Carr|appt=3 November, 1896{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}}}
*Vice-Admiral [[William Hannam Henderson|William H. Henderson]], 11 July, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 10 July, 1902.  Issue '''36816''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Thomas Sturges Jackson|nick=Sir Thomas S. Jackson|appt=7 July, 1899{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  p. 681.</ref>|end=11 July, 1902<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  p. 681.</ref>}}
*Vice-Admiral [[Charles James Barlow|Charles J. Barlow]], 1 April, 1906.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 9 March, 1906.  Issue '''37963''', col A, p. 10.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Hannam Henderson|nick=William H. Henderson|appt=11 July, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 10 July, 1902.  Issue '''36816''', col C, p. 10.</ref>}}
*Vice-Admiral [[Charles Henry Cross|Charles H. Cross]], 31 March, 1908.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 21 February, 1908.  Issue '''38575''', col E, p. 7.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles James Barlow|nick=Charles J. Barlow|appt=1 April, 1906<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 9 March, 1906.  Issue '''37963''', col A, p. 10.</ref>|end=31 March, 1908<ref>Barlow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578771}} f. 31.</ref>}}
*Vice-Admiral [[Robert Henry Simpson Stokes|Robert H. S. Stokes]], 4 October, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 14 September, 1910.  Issue '''39377''', col D, p. 7.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles Henry Cross|nick=Charles H. Cross|appt=31 March, 1908<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 21 February, 1908.  Issue '''38575''', col E, p. 7.</ref>|end=4 October, 1910<ref>Cross Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}}  f. 545.</ref>}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|Godfrey H. B. Mundy]], 11 December, 1913.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 12 December, 1913.  Issue '''40393''', col E, p. 6.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Robert Henry Simpson Stokes|nick=Robert H. S. Stokes|appt=4 October, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 14 September, 1910.  Issue '''39377''', col D, p. 7.</ref>|end=11 December, 1913<ref>Stokes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1251.</ref>}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, Sixth Baronet|Sir Arthur J. Henniker-Hughan, Bart.]], 18 December, 1916.<ref>''Navy List'' (November, 1917)p. 556.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy|nick=Godfrey H. B. Mundy|appt=11 December, 1913<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 12 December, 1913.  Issue '''40393''', col E, p. 6.</ref><ref>Mundy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 920.</ref>|end=18 December, 1916<ref>Mundy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 920.</ref>}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Edwin Veale Underhill|Edwin V. Underhill]], 1 September, 1919.<ref>"Flag Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  1 September, 1919.  Issue '''42193''', col F, p. 16.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, Sixth Baronet|nick=Sir Arthur J. Henniker-Hughan, Bart.|appt=18 December, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 556}}<ref>Henniker-Hughan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 383.</ref>|end=1 September, 1919<ref>Henniker-Hughan Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 383.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edwin Veale Underhill|nick=Edwin V. Underhill|appt=1 September, 1919<ref>"Flag Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  1 September, 1919.  Issue '''42193''', col F, p. 16.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard|nick=Hugh L. P. Heard|appt=20 September, 1922<ref>Heard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 84.</ref>|end=1 November, 1924<ref>Heard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 84.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe|nick=Louis C. S. Woollcombe|appt=1 November, 1926<ref>Woollcombe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  Book 5, p. 267.</ref>|end=1 March, 1927<ref>Woollcombe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  Book 5, p. 267.</ref>}}
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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}}
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{{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>}}
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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>}}
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{{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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==Captains of the Dockyard==
 
==Captains of the Dockyard==
 
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*Captain [[Evelyn Robert Le Marchant|Evelyn R. Le Marchant]], 5 January, 1911.<ref>Le Marchant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 790.</ref>
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of Devonport Dockyard"  nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of Devonport Dockyard}}
*Rear-Admiral [[John Nicholas]], 19 June, 1916.<ref>Nicholas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 207.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Home Cochran|nick=Charles H. Cochran|appt=11 November, 1903<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 229.</ref>|end=22 June, 1905<ref>Cochran Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|}} f. 229.</ref>|as=Captain of Devonport Dockyard and King's Harbour Master}}
*Rear-Admiral [[William John Standly Alderson|William J. S. Alderson]], 1 April, 1917.<ref>Alderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 455.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur John Horsley|nick=Arthur J. Horsley|appt=July, 1905<ref>Horsley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}} f. 44.</ref>|as=Captain of Devonport Dockyard and King's Harbour Master}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Nelson Ommanney|nick=Robert N. Ommanney|appt=20 September, 1907<ref>Ommanney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 153.</ref>|end=17 November, 1908<ref>Ommanney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 153.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Arthur Tuke|nick=John A. Tuke|appt=17 November, 1908<ref>Tuke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 637.</ref>|end=5 January, 1911<ref>Tuke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 637.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Evelyn Robert Le Marchant|nick=Evelyn R. Le Marchant|appt=5 January, 1911<ref>Le Marchant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 287/578.</ref>|end=14 January, 1913<ref>Le Marchant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 287/578.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John Nicholas|nick=John Nicholas|appt=19 June, 1916<ref>Nicholas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 207.</ref>|end=1 April, 1918<ref>Nicholas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 207.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William John Standly Alderson|nick=William J. S. Alderson|appt=1 April, 1918<ref>Alderson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 455.</ref>|end=October, 1919<ref>Alderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 455.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George William Taylor|nick=George W. Taylor|appt=31 March, 1928<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 438.</ref>|end=11 April, 1930<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 438.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Matthew King|nick=Richard M. King|appt=12 April, 1930<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|end=15 April, 1932<ref>King Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603989}} f. 489.</ref>|as=Captain of Devonport Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master|note=King's Harbour Master starting on 6 July, 1931}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eric Gascoigne Robinson|nick=Eric G. Robinson|appt=15 April, 1932<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|end=3 January, 1933<ref>Robinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603783}} f. 281.</ref>|as=Captain of Devonport Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Piers Keane Kekewich|nick=Piers K. Kekewich|end=8 January, 1939<ref>Superseded that day.  Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|as=Captain of Devonport Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=8 January, 1939<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=9 September, 1939<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|as=Captain of Devonport Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master}}
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==Bibliography==
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==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 11:19, 14 September 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. Barlow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 31.
  13. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 21 February, 1908. Issue 38575, col E, p. 7.
  14. Cross Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 545.
  15. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 14 September, 1910. Issue 39377, col D, p. 7.
  16. Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1251.
  17. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 12 December, 1913. Issue 40393, col E, p. 6.
  18. Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
  19. Mundy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 920.
  20. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 556.
  21. Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
  22. Henniker-Hughan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 383.
  23. "Flag Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. 1 September, 1919. Issue 42193, col F, p. 16.
  24. Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
  25. Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
  26. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. Book 5, p. 267.
  27. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. Book 5, p. 267.
  28. Backhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 206.
  29. Inferred date, as he was younger than Oliver Backhouse.
  30. "Vice-Admiral A. L. Snagge" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 12 February, 1955. Issue 53164, col F, p. 8.
  31. Superseded on that date. Dowding Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. n Unnumbered folio.
  32. Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. n Unnumbered folio.
  33. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 229.
  34. Cochran Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 229.
  35. Horsley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 44.
  36. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  37. Ommanney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 153.
  38. Tuke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 637.
  39. Tuke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 637.
  40. Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 287/578.
  41. Le Marchant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 287/578.
  42. Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 207.
  43. Nicholas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 207.
  44. Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 455.
  45. Alderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 455.
  46. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
  47. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 438.
  48. King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
  49. King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
  50. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  51. Robinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 281.
  52. Superseded that day. Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  53. Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  54. Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.

See Also

  • Plan of Dockyard at GWPDA.org
  • 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.