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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.
Commanders-in-Chief, Portsmouth
Dates of appointment given:
- Admiral Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby, 28 November, 1882.[1]
- Admiral Sir George O. Willes, 28 November, 1885.[1]
- Admiral Sir John E. Commerell, 20 June, 1888.[1]
- Admiral The Right Honourable The Earl of Clanwilliam, 22 June, 1891.[1]
- Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, 22 June, 1894.[1]
- Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., 3 August, 1897.[1]
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles F. Hotham, 3 October, 1900.[2]
- Admiral Sir John A. Fisher, 31 August, 1903.[3]
- Admiral Sir Archibald L. Douglas, 20 October, 1904.[4]
- Admiral Sir Day H. Bosanquet, 9 February, 1907.[5]
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe, 23 March, 1908.[6]
- Admiral The Honourable Sir Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, 30 April, 1910.[7]
- Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, 13 March, 1911.[8]
- Admiral of the Fleet The Honourable Sir Hedworth Meux, 30 July, 1912.[9]
- Admiral The Honourable Sir Stanley C. J. Colville, 17 February, 1916.[10]
- Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, Bart., 31 March, 1919.[11]
- Admiral The Honourable Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe, 28 April, 1920.[12]
- Admiral Sir Sydney R. Fremantle, 28 April, 1923.[13]
- Admiral Sir Osmond de B. Brock, 28 April, 1926.[14]
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, Bart., 29 April, 1929.[15]
- Admiral Sir Arthur K. Waistell, 9 June, 1931.[16]
- Admiral Sir John D. Kelly, 17 January, 1934.[17]
- Admiral Sir William W. Fisher, 13 July, 1936.[18]
- Admiral of the Fleet The Right Hon. The Earl of Cork and Orrery, 3 July, 1937.[19]
- Admiral Sir William M. James, 30 June, 1939.[20]
- Admiral Sir Charles J. C. Little, 1942.
Flag Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Wollaston C. Karslake, 19 February, 1894.[21]
- Captain William H. May, 13 March, 1897.[22]
- Captain Francis C. B. Bridgeman, 10 August, 1897.[23]
- Captain Edward P. Jones, 3 October, 1900.[24]
- Captain Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, 21 May, 1903.[25]
- Captain Richard F. Phillimore, 20 May, 1905.[26]
- Captain A. Gordon H. W. Moore, 8 February, 1907.[27]
- Captain William H. Baker-Baker, 12 August, 1907.[28]
- Captain E. Hyde Parker, 23 March, 1908.[29]
- Captain John de M. Hutchison, 30 April, 1910.[30]
- Captain Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, 24 March, 1911.[31]
- Captain Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton, 1 September, 1913.[32]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Clowes. History of the Royal Navy. VII. p. 85.
- ↑ Hotham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 636.
- ↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 9.
- ↑ "Important Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 June, 1904. Issue 37425, col A, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 9 February, 1907. Issue 38252, col B, p. 9.
- ↑ Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 443.
- ↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 1296/39. f. 915.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 16 July, 1912. Issue 39952, col D, p. 13.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 2.
- ↑ "Naval Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 27 March, 1919. Issue 42059, col F, p. 13.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 April, 1920. Issue 42396, col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 28 April, 1923. Issue 43327, col G, p. 15.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 April, 1926. Issue 44257, col E, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 29 April, 1929. Issue 45189, col E, p. 21.
- ↑ "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 9 June, 1931. Issue 45844, col C, p. 20.
- ↑ "Portsmouth Command Change" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 June, 1933. Issue 46473, col F, p. 12.
- ↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 231.
- ↑ "Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 3 July, 1937. Issue 47727, col F, p. 14.
- ↑ "Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 February, 1939. Issue 48232, col F, p. 4.
- ↑ The Navy List, Corrected to the 18th February, 1896. p. 268g.
- ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 860.
- ↑ Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 167.
- ↑ The Navy List for May, 1902, Corrected to the 18th April, 1902. p. 310.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
- ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
- ↑ Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
- ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
- ↑ The Navy List, for December, 1914, Corrected to the 18th November, 1914. p. 390.
Bibliography
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