Cape of Good Hope Station

History

In a letter to the First Lord of the Admiralty on 11 July, 1913, the Commander-in-Chief, Herbert G. King-Hall, noted of his command, "Though small it gets through quite a lot of exercises at Sea in the most approved Home Fleet manner."

The station title was changed to Africa Station by an order of 21 June, 1919.

In 1939, it was renamed the South Atlantic Station.

Commanders-in-Chief

• Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick W. Grey, 1857 – 1860  (as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station)
• Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, 1860 – 1860
• Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, 1861 – 1865
• Commodore, First Class Sir Frederick B. Montresor, 1865 – 1865
• Commodore, First Class Sir Charles F. Hillyar, 1865 – 1867
• Commodore, First Class Sir William M. Dowell, 1867 – 1871  (now known as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station)
• Commodore, First Class Sir John E. Commerell, 1871 – 1873
• Commodore, First Class Sir William N. W. Hewett, 2 October, 1873 – 1876^{[Citation needed]}
• Commodore, First Class Sir Francis W. Sullivan, 1876 – 1879
• Commodore, First Class Sir Frederick W. Richards, 1879 – 1882
• Rear-Admiral Nowell Salmon, 11 April, 1882 – 14 May, 1885
• Rear-Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe, 6 March, 1885 – 15 May, 1888
• Vice-Admiral Richard Wells, 29 March, 1888 – 1 September, 1890
• Vice-Admiral Henry F. Nicholson, 1 September, 1890 – 21 September, 1892
• Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford, 10 August, 1892 – 31 May, 1895
• Vice-Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson, 4 May, 1895 – 8 June, 1898
• Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Harris, 27 April, 1898
• Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, 11 February, 1901 – 11 February, 1904
• Vice-Admiral Sir John Durnford, 11 February, 1904
• Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë, 20 April, 1907 – 20 August, 1908
• Vice-Admiral Sir George Le C. Egerton, 20 August, 1908
• Vice-Admiral Paul W. Bush, 17 December, 1910 – 8 February, 1913
• Vice-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall, 28 December, 1912 – 20 December, 1915
• Vice-Admiral Sir Edward F. B. Charlton, 6 December, 1915 – May, 1918
• Vice-Admiral The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert, 12 June, 1918 – 26 May, 1920
• Vice-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, 18 June, 1920 – 2 August, 1922  (henceforth known as C-in-C, Africa Station)
• Rear-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck, 2 August, 1922 – 6 February, 1925
• Vice-Admiral Maurice S. FitzMaurice, 7 February, 1925 – 22 January, 1927
• Vice-Admiral David M. Anderson, 27 December, 1926 – 14 February, 1929
• Vice-Admiral Rudolf M. Burmester, 27 DEcember, 1928 – 26 February, 1931
• Vice-Admiral Hugh J. Tweedie, 9 January, 1931 – March, 1933
• Vice-Admiral Edward R. G. R. Evans, 18 January, 1933 – 26 July, 1935
• Vice-Admiral Francis W. L. Tottenham, 1935 – 1938
• Vice-Admiral George H. D'O. Lyon, 31 January, 1938 – 7 September, 1940
• Vice-Admiral Robert H. T. Raikes, 1 August, 1940 – 15 November, 1941
• Vice-Admiral Algernon U. Willis, 1941 – 17 February, 1942
• Vice-Admiral William E. C. Tait, 17 February, 1942 – 27 August, 1944
• Vice-Admiral Robert L. Burnett, c. August, 1944 – 1946
• Vice-Admiral Clement Moody, 19 July, 1946 – May, 1948
• Vice-Admiral Edward D. B. McCarthy, 15 March, 1948 – c. July, 1950
• Vice-Admiral Herbert A. Packer, 1950 – 1952
• Vice-Admiral Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett, 1952 – 1954

Other Personnel

Fleet Gunnery Officer

• Lieutenant (G) Harold Hickling, c. late 1919 – 29 October, 1921

Fleet Torpedo Officer

• Commander Cecil S. Sandford, 5 November, 1920 – December, 1922

Fleet Navigating Officer

• Commander (N) James V. V. Magrane, c. 1921 – 18 September, 1923
• Commander (N) Gerald P. Bowen, 20 November, 1926 – May, 1927

Composition

March, 1897

• Alecto
• Barossa
• Blonde
• Fox
• Herald
• Magpie
• Monarch
• Mosquito
• Penelope
• Philomel
• Phoebe
• Racoon
• St. George
• Sparrow
• Thrush
• Widgeon

February, 1900

At this juncture, the station included the West Coast of Africa.

• Barracouta
• Barossa
• Doris
• Dwarf
• Forte
• Herald
• Magicienne
• Magpie
• Monarch
• Mosquito
• Partridge
• Philomel
• Tartar
• Widgeon

January, 1901

The station still included the West Coast of Africa.

• Barracouta
• Barossa (ordered home)
• Blanche
• Doris
• Dwarf
• Forte
• Herald
• Magicienne (ordered home)
• Magpie
• Monarch
• Mosquito
• Partridge
• Philomel
• Sybille
• Tartar
• Thrush
• Widgeon

December, 1903

• Barossa
• Forte
• Gibraltar
• Monarch
• Odin
• Partridge
• Pearl
• Penelope
• Terpsichore

June, 1906

• Crescent
• Forte
• Pelorus
• Terpsichore

See Also

• Wikipedia
• Simonstown

Bibliography

• "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11^th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461.
• Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.