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{{Tenure|rank={{FleetRN}}|name=George Astley Callaghan|nick=Sir George Callaghan|appt=1 January, 1915<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  p. 202.</ref>|end=1 March, 1918<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 535.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{FleetRN}}|name=George Astley Callaghan|nick=Sir George Callaghan|appt=1 January, 1915<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  p. 202.</ref>|end=1 March, 1918<ref>Callaghan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/18.}} f. 535.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|nick=Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee, Bart.|appt=1 May, 1918<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 70.</ref>|end=28 February, 1921<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 70.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, First Baronet|nick=Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee, Bart.|appt=1 May, 1918<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 70.</ref>|end=28 February, 1921<ref>Sturdee Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/87.}}  f. 70.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Hugh Evan-Thomas|nick=Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas|appt=1 March, 1921<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  p. 208.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Hugh Evan-Thomas|nick=Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas|appt=1 March, 1921<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  p. 208.</ref>|end=5 May, 1924<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 208.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=Sir William E. Goodenough|appt=5 March, 1924<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  p. 206.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Edmund Goodenough|nick=Sir William E. Goodenough|appt=5 March, 1924<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  p. 206.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=16 May, 1927<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  p. 194.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=16 May, 1927<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  p. 194.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Sir Reginald Y. Tyrhwitt, Bart.|appt=16 May, 1930<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  p. 249.</ref>|end=16 May, 1933<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 41.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.|appt=16 May, 1930<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  p. 249.</ref>|end=16 May, 1933<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 41.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Sir Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=16 May, 1933<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 May, 1933.  Issue '''46444''', col A, p. 22.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Sir Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=16 May, 1933<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 May, 1933.  Issue '''46444''', col A, p. 22.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|nick=Edward R. G. R. Evans|appt=December, 1935{{CN}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, First Baron Mountevans|nick=Edward R. G. R. Evans|appt=December, 1935{{CN}}}}

Revision as of 11:13, 8 April 2015

The Nore Station was one of the three Home Ports of the Royal Navy. Named for the Nore sandbank at the mouth of the River Thames, it encompassed Chatham Royal Dockyard and Sheerness Royal Dockyard and ships not attached to other fleets. Command-in-Chief of the command was usually vested in an Admiral or a Vice-Admiral.

History

On 1 January, 1907, the Nore command vacated Admiralty House at Sheerness and moved to Chatham.[1]

Commanders-in-Chief at the Nore

Dates of appointment given:

Flag Captains

Dates of appointment given:

George Willes Watson, Frederick Charles Bryan Robinson and Thomas Bridgeman Lethbridge also may have held this position at some point.[Fact Check]

Footnotes

  1. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 17 December, 1906. Issue 38205, col D, p. 10.
  2. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 86.
  3. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 86.
  4. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 86.
  5. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 86.
  6. Heneage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13/332
  7. Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1382.
  8. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 86.
  9. Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1382.
  10. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 86.
  11. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 86.
  12. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 86.
  13. Kennedy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 733.
  14. Markham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 870.
  15. Markham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 11.
  16. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 16 December, 1903. Issue 37265, col A, p. 9.
  17. Noel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 956.
  18. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 12 November, 1908. Issue 38802, col F, p. 7.
  19. Poore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1039.
  20. Poore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
  21. Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. p. 202.
  22. Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
  23. Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 70.
  24. Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/87. f. 70.
  25. Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 208.
  26. Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 208.
  27. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 206.
  28. Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 194.
  29. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
  30. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 41.
  31. "The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 15 May, 1933. Issue 46444, col A, p. 22.
  32. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. p. 231.
  33. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. p. 231.
  34. Drax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 214.
  35. Drax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 214.
  36. Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  37. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 246.
  38. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 267.
  39. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 11 August, 1892. Issue 33714, col F, p. 7.
  40. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 22 October, 1894. Issue 34401, col B, p. 6.
  41. St. Clair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1143.
  42. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 28 January, 1896. Issue 34798, col D, p. 10.
  43. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 13 May, 1898. Issue 35515, col A, p. 10.
  44. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 13 June, 1899. Issue 35854, col D, p. 10.
  45. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 30 October, 1899. Issue 35973, col D, p. 7.
  46. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 21 February, 1901. Issue 36384, col D, p. 10.
  47. Pocklington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
  48. Pocklington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
  49. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 29 January, 1907. Issue 38242, col B, p. 6.
  50. Moggridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 497.
  51. Moggridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 497.
  52. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 353.
  53. Greatorex Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16/30.
  54. Greatorex Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16/30.
  55. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 18 November, 1908. Issue 38807, col E, p. 4.
  56. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 352.
  57. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 366.
  58. Colomb Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 476.
  59. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396j.

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