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==Commanding Officers of H.M.S. ''Dryad''==
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The '''Portsmouth Navigation School''' was also known as '''H.M.S. ''Dryad'''''.
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Listed by date of appointment.<ref>Dates from Schofield.  ''Navigation and Direction''. p. 192. Oliver did not become Commanding Officer of ''Dryad'' until 22 February, 1906, and not 18 June, 1903 as Schofield has it.  See Oliver Service Record.  The national Archives.  ADM 196/42.  p. 319.</ref>
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*Captain [[Henry Francis Oliver|Henry F. Oliver]], 22 February, 1906.
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It was closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}  Just before closing for the war, the course of instruction offered ran about six months in duration.
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*Captain [[Laurence Eliot Power|Laurence E. Power]], 12 February, 1907.
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*Captain [[Henry William Grant|Henry. W. Grant]], 1 January, 1910.
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*Captain [[Edward Leonard Booty|Edward L. Booty]], 15 January, 1912.
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School closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.
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==Captains of H.M. Navigation School==
  
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*Captain [[Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth|A. C. S. H. D'Aeth]], 3 January, 1919.
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*Captain [[Oliver Elles Leggett|O. E. Leggett]], 30 November, 1920.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Francis Oliver|nick=Henry F. Oliver|appt=22 February, 1906<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 319.</ref>|end=12 February, 1907<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 319.</ref>}}
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*Captain [[Harold Owen Reinold|H. O. Reinold]], 30 November, 1922.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Laurence Eliot Power|nick=Laurence E. Power|appt=12 February, 1907<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=31 January, 1910<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 469.</ref>}}
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*Captain J. W. Carrington, 2 December, 1924.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry William Grant|nick=Henry. W. Grant|appt=1 February, 1910<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 76.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 7 January, 1910.  Issue '''39163''', col D, p. 17.</ref>|end=5 January, 1912<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 76.</ref>}}
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*Captain J. D. Campbell, 16 December, 1926.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Leonard Booty|nick=Edward L. Booty|appt=5 January, 1912{{NLApr13|p. 304}}|end=1 September, 1914{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}|succBy=School Closed until 1919}}
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*Captain J. A. G. Troup, 17 December, 1928.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth|nick=Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth|appt=1 February, 1919{{NLMay19|p. 781}}|succBy=School Closed since Sep 1914}}
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*Captain W. T. R. Ford, 20 June, 1930.
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Oliver Elles Leggett|nick=Oliver E. Leggett|appt=30 November, 1920{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Owen Reinold|nick=Harold O. Reinold|appt=30 November, 1922<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}|end=2 December, 1924<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Walsh Carrington|nick=John W. Carrington|appt=2 December, 1924{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}{{NLApr25|p. 234}}|end=16 December, 1926<ref>Carrington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 489.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Campbell|nick=John D. Campbell|appt=16 December, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 233}}{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}|end=17 December, 1928}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=17 December, 1928{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>|end=20 June, 1930<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|nick=Wilbraham T. R. Ford|appt=20 June, 1930{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=10 June, 1932<ref>Successor appointed that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=20 June, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 235}}<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.  This source MAY say 10 June.</ref>|end=27 July, 1934{{INF}}{{NLJul34|p. 235}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest John Spooner|nick=Ernest J. Spooner|appt=27 July, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 235}}|end=17 August, 1936<ref>Gell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|}} f. 251.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Hope Gell|nick=William H. Gell|appt=17 August, 1936<ref>Gell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|}} f. 251.</ref>|end=May, 1937{{ToL|Royqal Navy|22 Apr. 1938, p. 26}}|note=left in ill health}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Robin Moore Bridge|nick=Arthur R. M. Bridge|appt=3 May, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 277}}|end=16 June, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Aubrey Rowley|nick=Henry A. Rowley|appt=16 June, 1939<ref>Rowley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/136.|}} f. 136.</ref>|end=5 December, 1939<ref>Rowley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/136.|}} f. 136.</ref>|note=vice Bridge}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Armstrong|nick=Thomas C. Armstrong|appt=5 December, 1939<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/24.|}} f. 24.</ref>{{NLDec41|p. 1302}}|end=19 January, 1944<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/24.|}} f. 24.</ref>|note=vice Rowley}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Betham Schofield|nick=Brian B. Schofield|appt=19 January, 1944<ref>Schofield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/16.|}} f. 16.</ref>|end=6 January, 1945}}
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==See Also==
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* [[:Category:Navigating Officers (UK)|List of Royal Navy Navigating Officers]]
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*Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977).  ''Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad''.  Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd.  ISBN 085937-087-9.
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Latest revision as of 15:34, 22 March 2022

The Portsmouth Navigation School was also known as H.M.S. Dryad.

It was closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.[1] Just before closing for the war, the course of instruction offered ran about six months in duration.

Captains of H.M. Navigation School

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  2. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  3. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  4. ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 230.
  5. ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 469.
  6. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 76.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 January, 1910. Issue 39163, col D, p. 17.
  8. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 76.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1913). p. 304.
  10. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 781.
  12. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  13. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  14. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  15. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  16. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 234.
  18. ↑ Carrington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 489.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
  20. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  21. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  22. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  23. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  24. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  25. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  26. ↑ Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  28. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384. This source MAY say 10 June.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
  31. ↑ Gell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 251.
  32. ↑ Gell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 251.
  33. ↑ "Royqal Navy." The Times (London, England), 22 Apr. 1938, p. 26.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 277.
  35. ↑ Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/136. f. 136.
  36. ↑ Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/136. f. 136.
  37. ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/24. f. 24.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1302.
  39. ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/24. f. 24.
  40. ↑ Schofield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/16. f. 16.

Bibliography

  • Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 085937-087-9.

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