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'''H.M.S. ''Osprey''''' was a [[Royal Navy]] anti-submarine training base established in Portland in 1924.  It was named for a small armed trawler of 336 tons which served as the flagship of the {{UK-ASF|1}}.  It moved ashore in 1927.
 
'''H.M.S. ''Osprey''''' was a [[Royal Navy]] anti-submarine training base established in Portland in 1924.  It was named for a small armed trawler of 336 tons which served as the flagship of the {{UK-ASF|1}}.  It moved ashore in 1927.
  
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In March 1925, the school's Commander Crace was supported by Lieutenant P. R. Tanner.  Also present were {{LCommRN}} (A/S) P. F. Cooper, Lieutenants (A/S) N. J. W. William-Powlett, F. J. Walker, N. A. Prichard, J. A. Binnie and G. D. S. Johnson and Lieutenants R.A.N. (A/S) J. C. D. Esdaile and H. G. K. Melville.
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==History==
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In March 1925, the school's Commander [[John Gregory Crace|Crace]] was supported by Lieutenant [[Percy Roland Tanner|P. R. Tanner]].  Also present were {{LCommRN}} (A/S) [[Patrick Francis Cooper|P. F. Cooper]], Lieutenants (A/S) [[Newton James Wallop William-Powlett|N. J. W. William-Powlett]], [[Frederic John Walker|F. J. Walker]], [[Neville Arthur Prichard|N. A. Prichard]], [[John Alexander Binnie|J. A. Binnie]] and [[Gage Duncan Saffery Johnson|G. D. S. Johnson]] and Lieutenants R.A.N. (A/S) [[James Claude Durie Esdaile|J. C. D. Esdaile]] and [[Harry Gordon Ker Melville|H. G. K. Melville]].
  
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==Captains==
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==Captains of Anti-Submarine School==
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The institution soon calved off command of the Anti-Submarine school to a junior man, and the senior officer became "Captain A/S, Portland".  The posts were seemingly re-united in 1940.
  
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain of A/S School H.M.S. ''Osprey''" nat="UK">
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commanding Officer, H.M.S. ''Osprey''" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=10 November, 1924<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=22 November, 1926<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=10 November, 1924<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=22 November, 1926<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|precBy=New Command|as=Captain of A/S School H.M.S. ''Osprey''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|nick=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|appt=22 November, 1926|end=14 June, 1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Evelyn Twysden Wickham|nick=Evelyn T. Wickham|appt=14 June, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 257}}|end=13 June, 1929<ref>Wickham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/203.|}} f. 204.</ref>|note=vice Vaughan-Jones}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Kerr|nick=Ralph Kerr|appt=30 June, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 257}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen|nick=Edward S. F. Fegen|appt=25 July, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 258}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Bowman|nick=Alfred Bowman|appt=28 July, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 258}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic John Walker|nick=Frederic J. Walker|appt=8 April, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 314}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Newton James Wallop William-Powlett|nick=Newton J. W. William-Powlett|appt=22 December, 1939|end=20 November, 1940}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Meredith Keble Keble-White|nick=Geoffrey M. K. Keble-White|appt=20 November, 1940{{NLDec41|p. 1435}}|end=25 February, 1943<ref>Onslow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/94/84.|}} f. 84.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard George Onslow|nick=Richard G. Onslow|appt=25 February, 1943<ref>Onslow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/94/84.|}} f. 84.</ref>|end=7 December, 1943<ref>Onslow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/94/84.|}} f. 84.</ref>|note=vice Keble-White}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Norman Vere Grace|nick=Norman V. Grace|appt=7 December, 1943<ref>Grace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/134.|}} f. 136.</ref>|end=14 January, 1944<ref>Grace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/134.|}} f. 136.</ref>|note=vice Onslow}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Alexander Binnie|nick=John A. Binnie|appt=|end=21 February, 1944|note=vice Smith[?]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ronald John Robert Dendy|nick=Ronald J. R. Dendy|appt=21 February, 1944|end=15 April, 1946}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Spalding Russell|nick=Alfred S. Russell|appt=27 July, 1944|end=29 August, 1945|note=vice Bevan, died in this post}}
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</div name=fredbot:office0>
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The disagreement between Russell and Dendy is noted.
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==Captains A/S==
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<div name=fredbot:officeAS otitle="Captain A/S" nat="UK">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|nick=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|appt=22 November, 1926<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.</ref>|end=1927<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.  Whether his command ended in January or June is difficult to interpret, but he remained there until June.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|nick=Hubert Vaughan-Jones|appt=22 November, 1926<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.</ref>|end=1927<ref>Vaughan-Jones Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/237.|D7604335}} f. 127.  Whether his command ended in January or June is difficult to interpret, but he remained there until June.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Beveridge Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=18 January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 257}}|end=12 April, 1928}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur John Layard Murray|nick=Arthur J. L. Murray|appt=12 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 257}}|end=24 April, 1930}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=24 April, 1930<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=25 April, 1932<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=24 April, 1930<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=25 April, 1932<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Adams Budgen|nick=Douglas A. Budgen|appt=25 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 257}}|end=11 April, 1934}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Edward Morse|nick=Harold E. Morse|appt=11 April, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 258}}|end=14 April, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} ('''I''', ''Fr.'')|name=William Edward Parry|nick=William E. Parry|appt=14 April, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 259}}|end=18 January, 1938<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/1.|}} f. 1.</ref>|note=vice Morse}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alexander Cumming Gordon Madden|nick=Alexander C. G. Madden|appt=3 January, 1938<ref>Madden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/91.|}}  f. 91.</ref>{{NLMay39|p. 314}}|end=22 December, 1939<ref>Madden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/91.|}}  f. 91.</ref>|note=hereafter, re-combined with command of school}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeAS>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 13:49, 21 April 2023

H.M.S. Osprey was a Royal Navy anti-submarine training base established in Portland in 1924. It was named for a small armed trawler of 336 tons which served as the flagship of the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla. It moved ashore in 1927.

History

In March 1925, the school's Commander Crace was supported by Lieutenant P. R. Tanner. Also present were Lieutenant-Commander (A/S) P. F. Cooper, Lieutenants (A/S) N. J. W. William-Powlett, F. J. Walker, N. A. Prichard, J. A. Binnie and G. D. S. Johnson and Lieutenants R.A.N. (A/S) J. C. D. Esdaile and H. G. K. Melville.

Captains of Anti-Submarine School

The institution soon calved off command of the Anti-Submarine school to a junior man, and the senior officer became "Captain A/S, Portland". The posts were seemingly re-united in 1940.

The disagreement between Russell and Dendy is noted.

Captains A/S

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  2. ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 257.
  4. ↑ Wickham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/203. f. 204.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 257.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 258.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 258.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 314.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1435.
  10. ↑ Onslow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/94/84. f. 84.
  11. ↑ Onslow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/94/84. f. 84.
  12. ↑ Onslow Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/94/84. f. 84.
  13. ↑ Grace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/134. f. 136.
  14. ↑ Grace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/134. f. 136.
  15. ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127.
  16. ↑ Vaughan-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/237. f. 127. Whether his command ended in January or June is difficult to interpret, but he remained there until June.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 257.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 257.
  19. ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  20. ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 257.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 258.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 259.
  24. ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/1. f. 1.
  25. ↑ Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/91. f. 91.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 314.
  27. ↑ Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/91. f. 91.

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