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Revision as of 15:32, 17 December 2014

The East Indies Station was a squadron of the Royal Navy which encompassed the Indian Ocean.

Limits

In 1909 the limits of the Station were defined as:


North: By the South shores of Asia (including the Persian Gulf) from an imaginary line drawn from Ras Siyan on the African Coast to Cape Bab-el Mandeb on the Arabian Coast, to where the parallel of 10° North Latitutde touches the West Coast of the Malay Peninsula

East: By the Meridian of 95° East Longitude between the parallels of 10° North and 10° South Latitude.

South: By the parallel of 10° North Latitude between the Coast of the Malay Peninsula and the Meridian of 95° East Longitude, and by the parallel of 10° South Latitude between the Meridians of 70° and 95° East Longitude, and by the Equator between the Meridian of 70° East Longitude and the African Coast.

West: By the Meridian of 70° East Longitude between the parallel of 10° South and the Equator, and the Coast of African Coast.[1]

Commanders-in-Chief

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Composition

June, 1906:[24]

Attached ships:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Limits of the East Indies Station." Reel One. Slade Papers. National Maritime Museum. MRF/39/1.
  2. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 188.
  3. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  4. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  5. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  7. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  8. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 May, 1902. Issue 36763, col E, p. 10.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 8 June, 1903. Issue 37101, col C, p. 7.
  11. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 29 July, 1905. Issue 37772, col B, p. 10.
  12. Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1384.
  13. Slade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1201.
  14. Hazell's Annual 1913. p. 197.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 383.
  16. Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 223.
  17. Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 276.
  18. Tothill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 186.
  19. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 288.
  20. Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
  21. Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
  22. Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
  23. Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
  24. The Navy List. (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.

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.