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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Elliot|nick=Sir George Elliot|appt=1 March, 1875{{NLJan78|p. 125}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Michael Seymour|nick=Sir Michael Seymour|appt=March, 1863|end=March, 1866}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Thomas Sabine Pasley|nick=Sir Thomas S. Pasley|appt=March, 1866|end=February, 1869}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=James Hope|nick=Sir James Hope|appt=February, 1869|end=March, 1872}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Rodney Mundy|nick=Sir G. Rodney Mundy|appt=March, 1872|end=March, 1875}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Elliot|nick=Sir George Elliot|appt=1 March, 1875{{NLJan78|p. 125}}|end=March, 1878}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Edward Gennys Fanshawe|nick=Edward G. Fanshawe|appt=March, 1878|end=November, 1879}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Edward Gennys Fanshawe|nick=Edward G. Fanshawe|appt=March, 1878|end=November, 1879}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Alfred Phillipps Ryder|nick=Sir Alfred P. Ryder|appt=27 November, 1879{{NLJan80|p. 188}}|end=1882}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Alfred Phillipps Ryder|nick=Sir Alfred P. Ryder|appt=27 November, 1879{{NLJan80|p. 188}}|end=1882}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby|nick=Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby|appt=28 November, 1882{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby|nick=Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby|appt=28 November, 1882{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}|end=November, 1885}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Ommanney Willes|nick=Sir George O. Willes|appt=28 November, 1885{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Ommanney Willes|nick=Sir George O. Willes|appt=28 November, 1885{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}|end=June, 1888}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Edmund Commerell|nick=Sir John E. Commerell|appt=20 June, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Edmund Commerell|nick=Sir John E. Commerell|appt=20 June, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}|end=June, 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Richard James Meade, Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam|nick=The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Clanwilliam|appt=22 June, 1891{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Richard James Meade, Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam|nick=The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Clanwilliam|appt=22 June, 1891{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}|end=June, 1894}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Nowell Salmon|nick=Sir Nowell Salmon|appt=22 June, 1894{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Nowell Salmon|nick=Sir Nowell Salmon|appt=22 June, 1894{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}|end=August, 1897}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Third Baronet|nick=Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart.|appt=3 August, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}|end=3 October, 1900<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/16.|}} f. 821.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Third Baronet|nick=Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart.|appt=3 August, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}|end=3 October, 1900<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/16.|}} f. 821.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{FleetRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Hotham|nick=Sir Charles F. Hotham|appt=3 October, 1900<ref>Hotham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 636.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{FleetRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Hotham|nick=Sir Charles F. Hotham|appt=3 October, 1900<ref>Hotham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 636.</ref>|end=August, 1903}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|nick=Sir John A. Fisher|appt=31 August, 1903<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}}  f. 9.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|nick=Sir John A. Fisher|appt=31 August, 1903<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}}  f. 9.</ref>|end=March, 1904}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Archibald Lucius Douglas|nick=Sir Archibald L. Douglas|appt=20 October, 1904<ref>"Important Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 20 June, 1904.  Issue '''37425''', col A, p. 10.</ref><ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 337.</ref>|end=8 February, 1907<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 337.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Archibald Lucius Douglas|nick=Sir Archibald L. Douglas|appt=20 October, 1904<ref>"Important Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 20 June, 1904.  Issue '''37425''', col A, p. 10.</ref><ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 337.</ref>|end=8 February, 1907<ref>Douglas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 337.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Day Hort Bosanquet|nick=Sir Day H. Bosanquet|appt=9 February, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 9 February, 1907.  Issue '''38252''', col B, p. 9.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Day Hort Bosanquet|nick=Sir Day H. Bosanquet|appt=9 February, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 9 February, 1907.  Issue '''38252''', col B, p. 9.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{FleetRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, Bart.|appt=29 April, 1929<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 29 April, 1929.  Issue '''45189''', col E, p. 21.</ref><ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 291.</ref>|end=9 June, 1931<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 291.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{FleetRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, Bart.|appt=29 April, 1929<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 29 April, 1929.  Issue '''45189''', col E, p. 21.</ref><ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 291.</ref>|end=9 June, 1931<ref>Keyes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 291.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur Kipling Waistell|nick=Sir Arthur K. Waistell|appt=9 June, 1931<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 9 June, 1931.  Issue '''45844''', col C, p. 20.</ref>|end=17 January, 1934<ref>Waistell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 244.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur Kipling Waistell|nick=Sir Arthur K. Waistell|appt=9 June, 1931<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 9 June, 1931.  Issue '''45844''', col C, p. 20.</ref>|end=17 January, 1934<ref>Waistell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 244.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Donald Kelly|nick=Sir John D. Kelly|appt=17 January, 1934<ref>"Portsmouth Command Change" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 17 June, 1933.  Issue '''46473''', col F, p. 12.</ref><ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 109.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Donald Kelly|nick=Sir John D. Kelly|appt=17 January, 1934<ref>"Portsmouth Command Change" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 17 June, 1933.  Issue '''46473''', col F, p. 12.</ref><ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 109.</ref>|end=July, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Wordsworth Fisher|nick=Sir William W. Fisher|appt=13 July, 1936<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 231.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Wordsworth Fisher|nick=Sir William W. Fisher|appt=13 July, 1936<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 231.</ref>|end=June, 1937}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral of the Fleet|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Cork and Orrery|appt=3 July, 1937<ref>"Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 3 July, 1937.  Issue '''47727''', col F, p. 14.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral of the Fleet|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Cork and Orrery|appt=3 July, 1937<ref>"Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 3 July, 1937.  Issue '''47727''', col F, p. 14.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Milbourne James|nick=Sir William M. James|appt=30 June, 1939<ref>"Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 17 February, 1939.  Issue '''48232''', col F, p. 4.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Milbourne James|nick=Sir William M. James|appt=30 June, 1939<ref>"Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 17 February, 1939.  Issue '''48232''', col F, p. 4.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Charles James Colebrooke Little|nick=Sir Charles J. C. Little|appt=1 October, 1942<ref>Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/95.|D7603802}} f. 300.</ref>|end=15 April, 1945<ref>Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/95.|D7603802}} f. 300.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Charles James Colebrooke Little|nick=Sir Charles J. C. Little|appt=1 October, 1942<ref>Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/95.|D7603802}} f. 300.</ref>|end=15 April, 1945<ref>Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/95.|D7603802}} f. 300.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Sir Geoffrey Layton|appt=March, 1945|end=May, 1947}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Bruce Austin Fraser, First Baron Fraser|nick=Sir Bruce A. Fraser|appt=May, 1947|end=July, 1948}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Algernon Usborne Willis|nick=Sir Algernon U. Willis|appt=July, 1948|end=September, 1950}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur John Power|nick=Sir Arthur J. Power|appt=September, 1950|end=September, 1952}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Hereward Edelsten|nick=Sir John H. Edelsten|appt=September, 1952|end=September, 1954}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Elvey Creasy|nick=Sir George E. Creasy|appt=September, 1954|end=July, 1957}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Guy Grantham|nick=Sir Guy Grantham|appt=July, 1957|end=March, 1959|succBy=Sir Manley L. Power}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry May|nick=William H. May|appt=13 March, 1897<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 860.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry May|nick=William H. May|appt=13 March, 1897<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 860.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman|nick=Francis C. B. Bridgeman|appt=10 August, 1897<ref>Bridgeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 167.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman|nick=Francis C. B. Bridgeman|appt=10 August, 1897<ref>Bridgeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 167.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Pitcairn Jones|nick=Edward P. Jones|appt=3 October, 1900{{NLMay02|p. 310}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Pitcairn Jones|nick=Edward P. Jones|appt=3 October, 1900{{NLMay02|p. 310}}|end=21 May, 1903}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot|appt=21 May, 1903<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 202.</ref>|appt=20 May, 1905<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 202.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot|appt=21 May, 1903<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 202.</ref>|appt=20 May, 1905<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 202.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Fortescue Phillimore|nick=Richard F. Phillimore|appt=20 May, 1905<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 29<sup><u>a</u></sup></ref>|end=8 February, 1907<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 29<sup><u>a</u></sup></ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Fortescue Phillimore|nick=Richard F. Phillimore|appt=20 May, 1905<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 29<sup><u>a</u></sup></ref>|end=8 February, 1907<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 29<sup><u>a</u></sup></ref>}}
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* [[Portsmouth Defence Flotilla]]
 
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[[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]]
 
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Revision as of 07:59, 6 August 2019

The Portsmouth Station was one of the three Home Ports of the Royal Navy. It encompassed Portsmouth Royal Dockyard and ships not attached to other fleets. Command-in-Chief of the port command was usually vested in an Admiral.

Portsmouth served as the operational base for Auxiliary Patrol Area XII, with sub-bases at Newhaven.

Commanders-in-Chief, Portsmouth

Dates of appointment given:

Flag Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Philip Howard Colomb (1831 – 1899) and Henry Coey Kane also held this position at some point.[Fact Check]

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1878). p. 125.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1880). p. 188.
  3. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  4. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  5. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  7. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  8. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  9. Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16. f. 821.
  10. Hotham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 636.
  11. Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 9.
  12. "Important Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 June, 1904. Issue 37425, col A, p. 10.
  13. Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 337.
  14. Douglas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 337.
  15. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 9 February, 1907. Issue 38252, col B, p. 9.
  16. Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 443.
  17. Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 90.
  18. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
  19. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 529.
  20. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 1296/39. f. 915.
  21. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
  22. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 16 July, 1912. Issue 39952, col D, p. 13.
  23. Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 500.
  24. The Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 2.
  25. Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 292.
  26. "Naval Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 27 March, 1919. Issue 42059, col F, p. 13.
  27. Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 181.
  28. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 April, 1920. Issue 42396, col G, p. 6.
  29. Gough-Calthorpe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 203.
  30. Gough-Calthorpe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 203.
  31. "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 28 April, 1923. Issue 43327, col G, p. 15.
  32. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 293.
  33. "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 April, 1926. Issue 44257, col E, p. 10.
  34. "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 29 April, 1929. Issue 45189, col E, p. 21.
  35. Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 291.
  36. Keyes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 291.
  37. "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 9 June, 1931. Issue 45844, col C, p. 20.
  38. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 244.
  39. "Portsmouth Command Change" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 June, 1933. Issue 46473, col F, p. 12.
  40. Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 109.
  41. Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 231.
  42. "Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 3 July, 1937. Issue 47727, col F, p. 14.
  43. "Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 February, 1939. Issue 48232, col F, p. 4.
  44. Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  45. Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  46. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268g.
  47. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 860.
  48. Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 167.
  49. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 310.
  50. Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
  51. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a
  52. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a
  53. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
  54. Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
  55. Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
  56. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
  57. Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
  58. Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  59. Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.
  60. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 390.
  61. Stapleton-Cotton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/411. f. 411.

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See Also