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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Leslie Gresson|nick=Arthur L. Gresson|appt=8 September, 1915|end=10 February, 1916}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Leslie Gresson|nick=Arthur L. Gresson|appt=8 September, 1915|end=10 February, 1916}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip James Stopford|nick=Philip J. Stopford|appt=10 February, 1916<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 395''i''}}|end=4 January, 1917<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>|note=superseded by a Captain due to friction w/ executive officer}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip James Stopford|nick=Philip J. Stopford|appt=10 February, 1916<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>{{NLOct16|p. 395''i''}}|end=4 January, 1917<ref>Stopford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/205.|D7602542}} 221.</ref>|note=superseded by a Captain due to friction w/ executive officer}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Loftie|nick=John H. Loftie|appt=4 January, 1917<ref>Loftie Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/516.|D7602787}} f. ?.</ref>|end=3 February, 1919<ref>Loftie Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/516.|D7602787}} f. ?.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Loftie|nick=John H. Loftie|appt=4 January, 1917<ref>Loftie Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/516.|D7602787}} f. ?.</ref>|end=3 February, 1919<ref>Loftie Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/43/516.|D7602787}} f. ?.</ref>|note=this entry puzzles me}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Henry Fox|nick=Cecil H. Fox|appt=4 July, 1917<ref>Fox Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7576554}} f. 320.</ref>|end=23 August, 1918<ref>Fox Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7576554}} f. 320.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Henry Fox|nick=Cecil H. Fox|appt=4 July, 1917<ref>Fox Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7576554}} f. 320.</ref>|end=23 August, 1918<ref>Fox Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/320.|D7576554}} f. 320.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=3 February, 1919<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>|end=17 February, 1920<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall|nick=Charles P. Beaty-Pownall|appt=3 February, 1919<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>|end=17 February, 1920<ref>Beaty-Pownall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 235.</ref>}} | ||
Latest revision as of 11:13, 2 April 2021
H.M.S. Impregnable was a training ship situated in Devonport. She was launched in 1810 and converted to a training ship in 1862. She was renamed H.M.S. Kent in 1888 and H.M.S. Caledonia in 1891.
It operated until 1929, and encompassed a number of changing hulk vessels.
Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Francisco S. Tremlett, 1 January, 1863[1] – 20 June, 1868 (first appointed to the ship October 1858 as executive officer prior to it becoming a training ship)
- Captain William Gore Jones, 20 June, 1868[2]
- Captain John C. Wilson, 1 January, 1872[3]
- Captain William H. Edye, 1 January, 1875[4] – 1 January, 1878
- Captain Henry D. Hickley, 1 January, 1878[5]
- Captain Richard Bradshaw, 26 January, 1880[6] – 26 January, 1883 (and as Inspector of Boy's Training Ships)
- Captain Joseph E. M. Wilson, 26 January, 1883[7] – 1 April, 1886 (and as Inspector of Boy's Training Ships)
- Captain Hilary G. Andoe, 1 April, 1886[8] – 18 September, 1889
- Captain Robert H. Harris, 18 September, 1889[9] (and as Inspecting Captain of Boy's Training Ships)
- Captain Sir William Wiseman, Bart., 22 September, 1892 – 11 January, 1893 (died of pneumonia)
- Captain Day H. Bosanquet, 1 April, 1893[10]
- Captain Pelham Aldrich, 27 April, 1896[11]
- Captain Arthur C. B. Bromley, 23 January, 1899[12]
- Captain George E. Patey, 4 November, 1907[13]
- Captain Herbert W. Savory, 4 February, 1909[14][15] – 14 February, 1911[16]
- Captain Arthur L. Cay, 11 April, 1911[17]
- Commander Laurence R. Oliphant, 14 May, 1912 – 21 March, 1914
- Captain Francis G. St. John, 21 March, 1914[18] – 26 October, 1914[19]
- Captain Philip Streatfeild, 26 October, 1914[20] – 8 September, 1915[21]
- Commander Arthur L. Gresson, 8 September, 1915 – 10 February, 1916
- Commander Philip J. Stopford, 10 February, 1916[22][23] – 4 January, 1917[24] (superseded by a Captain due to friction w/ executive officer)
- Acting Captain John H. Loftie, 4 January, 1917[25] – 3 February, 1919[26] (this entry puzzles me)
- Captain Cecil H. Fox, 4 July, 1917[27] – 23 August, 1918[28]
- Captain Charles P. Beaty-Pownall, 3 February, 1919[29] – 17 February, 1920[30]
- Captain Gordon Campbell, 5 February, 1921[31] – 22 August, 1922[32]
- Captain Berwick Curtis, 22 August, 1922[33] – 25 August, 1924[34]
- Captain Thomas J. S. Lyne, 22 August, 1924 – 25 August, 1925
- Captain Niel O'Neill, 25 August, 1925[35] – 30 June, 1927
- Captain Charles G. Ramsey, 30 June, 1927[36] – 22 April, 1929[37]
The overlap between Loftie and Fox is noted.
Second Incarnation
From 1935 to 1948, a communications school under the same name was established at St. Budeaux, based in the former Steam Launch No. 209. It operated under the following captains.
- Lieutenant-Commander Harry W. Sharpe, 3 August, 1936 – 14 September, 1936
- Commander Alexander H. Maxwell-Hyslop, 14 September, 1936[38] – 14 July, 1937
- Commander Morgan J. Yeatman, 14 July, 1937 – 30 May, 1939
- Commander Casper S. B. Swinley, 19 May, 1939[39] – 30 September, 1939
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1863). p. 180.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 160.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1873). p. 156.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 153.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 218.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 253.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 248.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 233.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 269.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 330.
- ↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1909). p. 330.
- ↑ Savory Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 34.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 330.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
- ↑ Streatfeild Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/260. ff. 285, 286.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/205. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 395i.
- ↑ Stopford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/205. 221.
- ↑ Loftie Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/516. f. ?.
- ↑ Loftie Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/43/516. f. ?.
- ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
- ↑ Fox Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/320. f. 320.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ Beaty-Pownall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 235.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 210.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 210.
- ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
- ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 247.
- ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
- ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 250.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 18 May 1939, p. 10.
