Mediterranean Station
From The Dreadnought Project
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]
Seconds-in-Command
Harris was succeeded by Rear-Admiral Gerard H. U. Noel in January, 1898.[3] Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford arrived at Malta on 5 February, 1900,[4] and Rear-Admiral Noel left on 7 February,[5] suggesting that the change in second-in-command took place on 6 February.
Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Poore, Bart., hoisted his flag as Rear-Admiral in the Mediterranean Fleet in H.M.S. Albemarle on 17 November, 1904, in succession to Rear-Admiral William Des V. Hamilton.[6]
Commanders-in-Chief
Dates of appointment given:
- Admiral Sir Anthony H. Hoskins, 11 March, 1889.[7]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, 20 August, 1891.[7]
- Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 29 June, 1893.[7]
- Admiral Sir John O. Hopkins, 10 November, 1896.[7]
- Admiral Sir John A. Fisher, 1 July, 1899.[7]
- Admiral Sir Compton E. Domvile, 1 May, 1902.[8]
- Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, 1 May, 1905.[9]
- Admiral Sir Charles C. Drury, 20 March, 1907.[10]
- Admiral the Honourable Sir Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, 20 November, 1908.[11]
- Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë, 30 April, 1910.[12]
- Admiral Sir A. Berkeley Milne, 1 June, 1912.[13]
Between 27 August, 1914 and 8 August, 1917, the Allied Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean was a French Naval Officer.
- Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe, 8 August, 1917.[14]
- Admiral Sir John M. de Robeck, 26 July, 1919.[14]
- Admiral Sir Osmond de B. Brock, 15 May, 1922.[15]
- Admiral Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, Bart., 8 June, 1925.[16]
- Admiral Sir Frederick L. Field, 8 June, 1928.[17]
Seconds-in-Command
- Rear-Admiral Lord Walter Kerr, 2 April, 1890.[18]
- Rear-Admiral Albert Hastings Markham, 4 March, 1892.[19]
- Rear-Admiral Compton E. Domvile, 5 March, 1894.[20]
- Rear-Admiral Robert Hastings Harris, 10 March, 1896.[21]
- Rear-Admiral Gerard H. U. Noel, 12 January, 1898.[22]
- Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, 12 January, 1900.[23]
- Rear-Admiral Burges Watson, 16 January, 1902.[24]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald N. Custance, 15 November, 1902.[25]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Harry T. Grenfell, 25 October, 1904.[26]
- Vice-Admiral Francis C. B. Bridgeman, 6 March, 1906.[27]
- Vice-Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, 24 February, 1907.[28]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George A. Callaghan, 27 November, 1908.[29]
- Rear-Admiral T. H. Martyn Jerram, 9 August, 1910.[30]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, 13 June – 19 October, 1913.[31]
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, pg. 6.
- ↑ "Death of Sir Gerard Noel" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 24 May, 1918. Issue 41798, col B, pg. 8.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 6 February, 1900. Issue 36058, col B, pg. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 8 February, 1900. Issue 36060, col F, pg. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 18 November, 1904. Issue 37555, col A, pg. 6.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Clowes. 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.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." ["Squadrons"] The National Archives. ADM 6/461. p. 32.
- ↑ "Flag Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 21 December, 1921. Issue 42909, col D, pg. 14.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 8 June, 1925. Issue 43982, col F, pg. 24.
- ↑ "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 8 June, 1928. Issue 44914, col C, pg. 9.
- ↑ 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, pg. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List (August, 1906). p. 268.
- ↑ Milford Haven Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 47.
- ↑ "Squadrons." Unnumbered Folio.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38 f. 180.
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