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Revision as of 17:13, 9 August 2014
Contents
History
On 16 November, 1905, Fisher told the Committee on Navy Estimates:
Four years ago there were fifteen battleships in the Mediterranean fleet and only six battleships in the Channel fleet. Now there are seventeen battleships in the Channel fleet and only eight battleships in the Mediterranean, and that number is really unnecessarily large, for the sole requirements of the Mediterranean fleet, now we are so cordially associated with France, is to coerce the sultan, as the Russian navy has practically ceased to exist, and Austria and Italy will never be our foes.[1]
On 1 June, 1912, Admiral Milne's flag was hoisted in the President in the Thames. On 3 June, upon Rear-Admiral Gamble's flag being struck in the Good Hope at Portsmouth, Milne's was hoisted in that ship.[2]
In July, 1914, it was planned that Invincible would go to the Mediterranean when Tiger was ready. All four battle cruisers in the Mediterranean would return home by December, 1915. In the fourth quarter of 1915 five dreadnought battleships would be sent to the Mediterranean with two pre-dreadnought battleships. The number of dreadnoughts was to be increased to seven in April, 1917.[3]
Commanders-in-Chief
Dates of appointment given:
- Admiral Sir Geoffrey T. P. Hornby, 5 January, 1877 – 5 February, 1880
- Admiral Frederick B. P. Seymour, 5 February, 1880 – 7 February, 1883
- Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord John Hay, 7 February, 1883 – 5 February, 1886
- Admiral H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, 5 February, 1886 – 11 March, 1889
- Admiral Sir Anthony H. Hoskins, 11 March, 1889[4]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, 20 August, 1891[5]
- Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., 29 June, 1893[6]
- Admiral Sir John O. Hopkins, 10 November, 1896[7]
- Admiral Sir John A. Fisher, 1 July, 1899[8]
- Admiral Sir Compton E. Domvile, 1 May, 1902[9]
- Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord Charles Beresford, 1 May, 1905[10]
- Admiral Sir Charles C. Drury, 20 March, 1907[11]
- Admiral The Hon. Sir Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, 20 November, 1908[12]
- Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë, 30 April, 1910[13]
- Admiral Sir A. Berkeley Milne, Bart., 1 June, 1912[14] (between 27 August, 1914 and 8 August, 1917, the Allied Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean was a French Naval Officer)
- Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe, 8 August, 1917[15]
- Admiral Sir John M. de Robeck, Bart., 26 July, 1919[16]
- Admiral Sir Osmond de B. Brock, 15 May, 1922[17]
- Admiral Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, Bart., 8 June, 1925[18]
- Admiral Sir Frederick L. Field, 8 June, 1928[19]
Rear-Admiral in the Mediterranean
- Rear-Admiral William des V. Hamilton, 16 November, 1903[20] (flying his flag in the Albemarle)
- Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Poore, Bart., 17 November, 1904[21]
Seconds-in-Command
Harris was succeeded by Rear-Admiral Gerard H. U. Noel in January, 1898.[22] Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford arrived at Malta on 5 February, 1900,[23] and Rear-Admiral Noel left on 7 February,[24] suggesting that the change in second-in-command took place on 6 February.
- Rear-Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr, 2 April, 1890[25]
- Rear-Admiral Albert H. Markham, 4 March, 1892[26]
- Rear-Admiral Compton E. Domvile, 5 March, 1894[27]
- Rear-Admiral Robert H. Harris, 10 March, 1896[28]
- Rear-Admiral Gerard H. U. Noel, 12 January, 1898[29]
- Vice-Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord Charles Beresford, 12 January, 1900[30]
- Rear-Admiral Burges Watson, 16 January, 1902[31]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald N. Custance, 15 November, 1902[32]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Harry T. Grenfell, 25 October, 1904[33]
- Vice-Admiral Francis C. B. Bridgeman, 6 March, 1906[34]
- Vice-Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, 24 February, 1907[35]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George A. Callaghan, 27 November, 1908[36]
- Rear-Admiral T. H. Martyn Jerram, 9 August, 1910[37]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, 13 June, 1913[38] – 19 October, 1913.[39]
- Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, 20 October, 1919[40]
Chiefs of the Staff
- Captain William H. May, early 1895
- Captain William Des V. Hamilton, 10 November, 1896[41]
- Captain George F. King-Hall, 13 March, 1900[42]
- Captain The Hon. Stanley C. J. Colville, 1 May, 1902[43]
- Captain Osmond de B. Brock, 1 May, 1905[44] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Ernest C. T. Troubridge, 5 March, 1907[45] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain John S. Luard, 20 November, 1908[46] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain John de M. Hutchison, March, 1909[47] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Stuart Nicholson, 27 March, 1911[48] (and as Flag Captain)
- Captain Richard F. Phillimore, 1 June, 1912[49] (and as Commodore, Second Class, from 22 April, 1913)
Bernard Currey may also have held this position.[Fact Check] Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee also seems to have been appointed on 1 May, 1905.[50][51]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Quoted in Seligmann. "New Weapons for New Targets." p. 316.
- ↑ "The Mediterranean Command" (News in Brief). The Times. Saturday, 1 June, 1912. Issue 339914, col E, p. 6.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 1/8383/179.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.
- ↑ Domvile Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 332.
- ↑ Beresford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 90.
- ↑ Drury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 345.
- ↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
- ↑ Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
- ↑ Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 893.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 32.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 32.
- ↑ "Flag Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 21 December, 1921. Issue 42909, col D, p. 14.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 8 June, 1925. Issue 43982, col F, p. 24.
- ↑ "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 8 June, 1928. Issue 44914, col C, p. 9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 267.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 18 November, 1904. Issue 37555, col A, p. 6.
- ↑ "Death of Sir Gerard Noel" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 24 May, 1918. Issue 41798, col B, p. 8.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 February, 1900. Issue 36058, col B, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 8 February, 1900. Issue 36060, col F, p. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1891). p. 191.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1893). p. 191.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1895). p. 191.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1897). p. 191.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1899). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1901). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1903). p. 216.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 8 October, 1904. Issue 37520, col C, p. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1906). p. 268.
- ↑ Milford Haven Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 47.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered Folio.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered Folio.
- ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 180.
- ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 180.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 577.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 750.
- ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29.
- ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
- ↑ Troubridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 78.
- ↑ Luard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 313.
- ↑ Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 291.
- ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 24 April, 1905. Issue 37689, col C, p. 8.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1256.
Bibliography
- Seligmann, Matthew S. (June 2008). "New Weapons for New Targets: Sir John Fisher, the Threat from Germany, and the Building of HMS Dreadnought and HMS Invincible, 1902-1907". The International History Review XXX (2): pp. 303-331.
