Difference between revisions of "Port Said"

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The Egyptian city Port Said was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War on the Mediterranean. It afforded access to the Suez Canal.

Acting Captain Ernest E. A. Betts, 7 December, 1916 – March, 1919
Commander (retired) Rowland K. C. Pope, 17 September, 1935 – 24 April, 1936
Acting Captain Henry A. Simpson, c. May 1936 – 5 August, 1937
Acting Captain Henry A. Simpson, 6 October, 1937 – 6 February, 1940
Retired Captain Gerald H. Brady, 12 January, 1941 – 29 January, 1941 (temporary, while "Haynes" is sick)
Captain William Bayard Hynes, 1942^[1] – mid 1942^[2]

Captain (retired) Lawrence de W. Satow, 2 February, 1916 – 11 February, 1918
Commander (retired) Walter H. C. Calthrop, February, 1918 – 25 October, 1918 (sick at end)
Acting Commander R.N.R. Gordon S. Horsburgh, 29 June, 1918 (temporary, during Calthorp's illness)

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 {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Walter Henry Calthrop Calthrop|nick=Walter H. C. Calthrop|appt=February, 1918|end=25 October, 1918|note=sick at end}}
+{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRNR}}|name=Gordon Stavely Horsburgh|nick=Gordon S. Horsburgh|appt=29 June, 1918|end=|note=temporary, during Calthorp's illness}}
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