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The '''Portsmouth Signal School''' was founded in X.
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On 6 August, 1941 it was named '''H.M.S. ''Mercury'''''.
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain of Portsmouth Signal School" nat="UK">
 
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain of Portsmouth Signal School" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claude Seymour|nick=Claude Seymour|appt=16 November, 1922<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/177.}} f. 198.</ref>|end=30 April, 1925<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/177.}} f. 198.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel Grant Tufnell|nick=Lionel G. Tufnell|appt=18 November, 1895<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|}} f. 1335.</ref>{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=November, 1898{{KentSignal|p 361}}<ref>Tufnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.|}} f. 1335.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Evan-Thomas|nick=Hugh Evan-Thomas|appt=19 November, 1898<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 105.</ref>{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=12 November, 1900<ref>Evan-Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 105.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Allan F. Everett|appt=12 November, 1900{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=1 January, 1904{{KentSignal|p 361}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|nick=Douglas R. L. Nicholson|appt=1 January, 1904{{NMI|5 Dec. 1903, p. 9}}{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=31 December, 1904<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 457.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry George Glas Sandeman|nick=Henry G. G. Sandeman|appt=11 August, 1905{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=1 August, 1906{{KentSignal|p 361}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Allan F. Everett|appt=1 August, 1906{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=22 April, 1908{{KentSignal|p 361}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert MacIver Edwards|nick=Herbert MacI. Edwards|appt=22 April, 1908{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=10 January, 1911{{KentSignal|p 361}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|nick=Edward M. Phillpotts|appt=10 January, 1911<ref>Phillpotts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 170.</ref>|end=31 July, 1912<ref>Phillpotts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 170.</ref>|note=and as [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Laurence Field|nick=Frederick L. Field|appt=31 July, 1912<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 178.</ref>{{KentSignal|p 361}}|end=15 September, 1914<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 178.</ref>|note=and as [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Charles Edward Collins|nick=Charles E. Collins|appt=5 October, 1915|end=|note=temporary?}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Derwent Allen|nick=John D. Allen|appt=13 September, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 398''w''}}|end=15 November, 1918|note=and as [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Macrorie|nick=Arthur K. Macrorie|appt=15 November, 1918<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|end=15 November, 1920<ref>Macrorie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/467.|D7602785}} f. 521.</ref>|note=and as [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lionel George Preston|nick=Lionel G. Preston|appt=16 November, 1920<ref>Preston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}}  f. 79.</ref>|end=16 November, 1922<ref>Preston Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.|D7576588}}  f. 79.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claude Seymour|nick=Claude Seymour|appt=16 November, 1922{{NLApr25|p. 282}}<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/177.}} f. 198.</ref>|end=30 April, 1925<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/177.}} f. 198.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Knowles im Thurn|nick=John K. im Thurn|appt=30 April, 1925<ref>im Thurn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 188.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 282}}|end=2 January, 1928<ref>im Thurn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/90.|}} f. 188.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Sacheverell Constable Salmond|nick=James S. C. Salmond|appt=2 January, 1928<ref>Salmond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603814}} f. 312.</ref>|end=2 January, 1930<ref>Salmond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603814}} f. 312.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Sacheverell Constable Salmond|nick=James S. C. Salmond|appt=2 January, 1928<ref>Salmond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603814}} f. 312.</ref>|end=2 January, 1930<ref>Salmond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603814}} f. 312.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Hugh Loraine Bevan|nick=Richard H. L. Bevan|appt=1933<ref>Bevan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/270.|D7576672}} f. 136.</ref>|end=24 August, 1935<ref>Bevan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/270.|D7576672}} f. 136.</ref>|note=vice "Fitzherbert"}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Beveridge Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=2 January, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 281}}|end=4 January, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Fitzherbert|nick=Herbert Fitzherbert|appt=4 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 285}}|end=1933<ref>Bevan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/270.|D7576672}} f. 136.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Hugh Loraine Bevan|nick=Richard H. L. Bevan|appt=1933<ref>Bevan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/270.|D7576672}} f. 136.</ref>|end=24 August, 1935<ref>Bevan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/270.|D7576672}} f. 136.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wilfred Sussex Dorling|nick=James W. S. Dorling|appt=24 August, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 287}}|end=25 August, 1937}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur John Layard Murray|nick=Arthur J. L. Murray|appt=25 August, 1937|end=3 March, 1939<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame Graham|nick=Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham|appt=3 March, 1939<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>|end=21 April, 1941<ref>Cunninghame Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/46.|}} f. 46.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Harman Warner|nick=Gerald H. Warner|appt=21 April, 1941<ref>Warner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/173.|}} f. 173.</ref>|end=20 December, 1943<ref>Warner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/173.|}} f. 173.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Leslie Firth|nick=Charles L. Firth|appt=|end=26 April, 1948<ref>Crombie Service Record.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Harvey Forbes Crombie|nick=John H. F. Crombie|appt=26 April, 1948|end=12 September, 1950}}
 
</div name=fredbot:office0>
 
</div name=fredbot:office0>
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==Executive Officers==
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<div name=fredbot:officeXO otitle="Executive Officer of Portsmouth Signal School" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Robert Ross Stewart|nick=Robert R. Stewart|appt=1 February, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 287}}|end=}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeXO>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [[Superintendent of Signal Schools]]
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* [[Chatham Signal School]]
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* [[Devonport Signal School]]
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* [[H.M.S. Mercury Papers at the National Maritime Museum]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:12, 4 July 2021

The Portsmouth Signal School was founded in X.

On 6 August, 1941 it was named H.M.S. Mercury.

In Command

Executive Officers

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
  2. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  3. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  4. Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
  5. Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
  6. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  7. Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
  8. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  9. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 Dec. 1903, p. 9.
  11. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  12. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
  13. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  14. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  15. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  16. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  17. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  18. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  19. Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
  20. Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
  21. Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 178.
  22. Kent. Signal!. p 361.
  23. Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 178.
  24. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398w.
  25. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  26. Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
  27. Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
  28. Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
  29. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 282.
  30. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  31. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  32. im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
  33. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 282.
  34. im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
  35. Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
  36. Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 281.
  38. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 285.
  39. Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
  40. Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
  41. Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
  42. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 287.
  43. Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
  44. Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
  45. Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
  46. Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/173. f. 173.
  47. Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/173. f. 173.
  48. Crombie Service Record.
  49. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 287.