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==Commodores Commanding==
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The '''Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport''' were also called '''H.M.S. ''Vivid''''' from 1890 to 1914, operating as a training facility.
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In 1934, it was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Drake'''''.
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==In Command==
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The man in charge was called the Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport.
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Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
*Captain [[William Blake Fisher|William B. Fisher]], 24 January, 1905.  ({{Com2RN}} from 13 March, 1905.)<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 March, 1905.  Issue '''37656''', col C, p. 11.</ref>
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport" nat="UK">
*Captain [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock|Frederic E. E. Brock]], 8 January, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 24 December, 1906.  Issue '''38211''', col C, p. 4.</ref>  (Commodore, Second Class.)
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Johnstone|nick=Charles Johnstone|appt=15 May, 1896{{NLOct98|p. 310}}|as=In Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport}}
*Captain [[Arthur Yerbury Moggridge|Arthur Y. Moggridge]], 22 April, 1908.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 7 April, 1908.  Issue '''38614''', col B, p. 7.</ref>  (Commodore, Second Class.)
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=8 October, 1898<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|end=March, 1900<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|Rosslyn E. Wemyss]], 20 August, 1909.<ref>Wemyss Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 223.</ref> (Commodore, Second Class.)
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Poore, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Richard Poore, Bart.|appt=10 April, 1900{{NLMay02|p. 310''a''}}|end=1902}}
*Captain [[Lionel Grant Tufnell|Lionel G. Tufnell]], 20 September, 1910 (Temporarily).{{INF}}  (Commodore, Second Class.)
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harry Seawell Frank Niblett|nick=Harry S. F. Niblett|appt=15 December, 1902<ref>Niblett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 956.</ref>|end=1 February, 1905<ref>Niblett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 956.</ref>}}
*Captain Rosslyn E. Wemyss, 3 January, 1911.<ref>Wemyss Service Record.  f. 223.</ref> (Commodore, Second Class.)
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Blake Fisher|nick=William B. Fisher|appt=24 January, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 March, 1905.  Issue '''37656''', col C, p. 11.</ref>|note={{Com2RN}} from 13 March, 1905|end=8 January, 1907<ref>Fisher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 459.</ref>|ass=1 February, 1905<ref>Predecessor left that day.  Niblett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 956.</ref>}}
*Captain [[John de Mestre Hutchison|John de M. Hutchison]], 25 April, 1911.<ref>Hutchison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 132.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=8 January, 1907{{NMI|Monday, 24 December, 1906.  Issue '''38211''', col C, p. 4}}|end=22 April, 1908<ref>Brock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 220.</ref>}}
*{{RearRN}} [[Arthur David Ricardo|Arthur D. Ricardo]], 6 June, 1913.<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 464.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Arthur Yerbury Moggridge|nick=Arthur Y. Moggridge|appt=22 April, 1908{{NMI|Tuesday, 7 April, 1908.  Issue '''38614''', col B, p. 7}}}}
*Captain [[Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard|Thomas D. L. Sheppard]], 21 April, 1914.<ref>Sheppard Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 393.</ref> (Commodore, Second Class.)
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|nick=Rosslyn E. Wemyss|appt=20 August, 1909<ref>Wemyss Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>|end=20 September, 1910<ref>Wemyss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>}}
*Rear-Admiral John de M. Hutchison, 21 December, 1914.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (January, 1915)p. 3.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Lionel Grant Tufnell|nick=Lionel G. Tufnell|appt=20 September, 1910<ref>Tufnell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1338.</ref>|end=3 January, 1911<ref>Tufnell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1338.</ref>|note=temporary replacement for Wemyss}}
*Captain [[Charles Frederick Corbett|Charles F. Corbett]], 1 January, 1917.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1918)p. 2.</ref> (Commodore, Second Class.)
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|nick=Rosslyn E. Wemyss|appt=3 January, 1911<ref>Wemyss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>|end=25 April, 1911<ref>Wemyss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>}}
*Captain [[Edward Reeves]], 1 February, 1919.<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices)''The Times''. Monday, 13 January, 1919.  Issue '''41996''', col F, p. 13.</ref>  (Commodore, Second Class.)
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John de Mestre Hutchison|nick=John de M. Hutchison|appt=25 April, 1911<ref>Hutchison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 132.</ref>|end=6 June, 1913<ref>Hutchison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 132.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur David Ricardo|nick=Arthur D. Ricardo|appt=6 June, 1913<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 464.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport|end=20 April, 1914<ref>Ricardo Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 464.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Thomas Dawson Lees Sheppard|nick=Thomas D. L. Sheppard|appt=21 April, 1914<ref>Sheppard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 393.</ref>|end=18 December, 1914<ref>Sheppard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 393.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John de Mestre Hutchison|nick=John de M. Hutchison|appt=21 December, 1914<ref>Hutchison Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 132.</ref>|end=21 December, 1916<ref>Hutchison Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 132.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Charles Frederick Corbett|nick=Charles F. Corbett|appt=1 January, 1917<ref>Corbett Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref>{{SMNLNov18|p. 2}}|end=1 February, 1919<ref>Corbett Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/42/483.|D7579104}} f. 488.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Edward Reeves|nick=Edward Reeves|appt=1 February, 1919{{NavAppts|Monday, 13 January, 1919.  Issue '''41996''', col F, p. 13}}<ref>Reeves Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 57.</ref>|end=9 July, 1921<ref>Reeves Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 57.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Charles William Rawson Royds|nick=Charles W. R. Royds|appt=13 October, 1923<ref>Royds Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 290.</ref>|end=14 October, 1925<ref>Royds Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 290.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Wolfran Round-Turner|nick=Charles W. Round-Turner|appt=|end=5 October, 1928<ref>Bedford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/17.|}} f. 17.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Frederick Bedford|nick=Arthur E. F. Bedford|appt=5 October, 1928<ref>Bedford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/17.|}} f. 17.</ref>|end=1 January, 1930<ref>Bedford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/17.|}} f. 17.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=1 January, 1930<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|end=15 January, 1932<ref>Laurence Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=James Murray Pipon|nick=James M. Pipon|appt=15 January, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 287}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Richard Hayden Owen Lane-Poole|nick=Richard H. O. Lane-Poole|appt=15 January, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 234}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Richard Bell Davies|nick=Richard B. Davies|appt=February 1936{{MackieRNSA}}|end=April 1938{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=April 1938{{MackieRNSA}}|end=May 1940{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley|nick=Victor A. C. Crutchley|appt=May 1940{{MackieRNSA}}|end=March 1942{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Lionel Charles Paul Tudway|nick=Lionel C. P. Tudway|appt=March 1942{{MackieRNSA}}|end=31 August, 1944}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe|nick=Robert L. B. Cunliffe|appt=31 August, 1944|end=22 January, 1946<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Douglas Young-Jamieson|nick=Douglas Young-Jamieson|appt=22 January, 1946<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=8 April, 1947<ref>Young-Jamieson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/44.|D7605990}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Sydney Moffat Raw|nick=Sydney M. Raw|appt=January 1947{{MackieRNSA}}|end=June 1949{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Philip Sydney Smith|nick=Philip S. Smith|appt=June 1949{{MackieRNSA}}|end=January 1951{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Benjamin Bryant|nick=Benjamin Bryant|appt=January, 1951{{MackieRNSA}}|end=January, 1953{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=John Edwin Home McBeath|nick=John E. H. McBeath|appt=January 1953{{MackieRNSA}}|end=December 1954{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Royston Hollis Wright|nick=Royston H. Wright|appt=December 1954{{MackieRNSA}}|end=January 1956{{MackieRNSA}}|succBy=Charles E. Keys}}
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[[Richard Hyde]] was appointed as Captain of Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master on 15 April, 1920 and being superseded on 18 April, 1922.<ref>Hyde Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 49.</ref>
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==See Also==
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{{refbegin}}
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vivid_(shore_establishment_1890)}}
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{{refend}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
{{reflist}}
 
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[[Category:Commodores, Devonport Royal Naval Barracks|*]]
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Revision as of 09:29, 29 July 2020

The Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport were also called H.M.S. Vivid from 1890 to 1914, operating as a training facility.

In 1934, it was renamed H.M.S. Drake.

In Command

The man in charge was called the Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport.

Dates of appointment given:

Richard Hyde was appointed as Captain of Dockyard, Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master on 15 April, 1920 and being superseded on 18 April, 1922.[61]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 310.
  2. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  3. Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  4. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 310a.
  5. Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
  6. Niblett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 956.
  7. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 16 March, 1905. Issue 37656, col C, p. 11.
  8. Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 459.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, 24 December, 1906. Issue 38211, col C, p. 4.
  10. Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 7 April, 1908. Issue 38614, col B, p. 7.
  12. Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  13. Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  14. Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
  15. Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1338.
  16. Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  17. Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 223.
  18. Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
  19. Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
  20. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
  21. Ricardo Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 464.
  22. Sheppard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 393.
  23. Sheppard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 393.
  24. Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
  25. Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
  26. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
  27. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 2.
  28. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/483. f. 488.
  29. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, 13 January, 1919. Issue 41996, col F, p. 13.
  30. Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
  31. Reeves Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 57.
  32. Royds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 290.
  33. Royds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 290.
  34. Bedford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/17. f. 17.
  35. Bedford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/17. f. 17.
  36. Bedford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/17. f. 17.
  37. Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  38. Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 287.
  40. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 234.
  41. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  42. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  43. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  44. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  45. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  46. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  47. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  48. Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  49. Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  50. Young-Jamieson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/44. f. 44.
  51. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  52. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  53. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  54. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  55. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  56. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  57. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  58. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  59. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  60. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  61. Hyde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.