Cape of Good Hope Station

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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."[1]

The station title was changed to Africa Station by an order of 21 June, 1919.[2]

In 1939, it was renamed the South Atlantic Station.

Commanders-in-Chief

Other Personnel

Fleet Gunnery Officer

Fleet Torpedo Officer

Fleet Signal Officer

Fleet Wireless Officer

Fleet Navigating Officer

Composition

March, 1897

[63]

February, 1900

At this juncture, the station included the West Coast of Africa.[64]

January, 1901

The station still included the West Coast of Africa.[65]

December, 1903

[66]

June, 1906

[67]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Winston S. Churchill. Part II. Companion Part 3. p. 1753.
  2. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
  3. Hewett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 623.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1884). p. 188.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  7. Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1382.
  8. Wells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1382.
  9. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/339. ff. 950, 967.
  10. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  11. Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/339. ff. 950, 967.
  12. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  13. Bedford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 824
  14. Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
  15. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  16. Rawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/660. f. 1076.
  17. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  18. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
  19. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
  20. Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 356.
  21. Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
  22. Poë Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1052.
  23. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 396.
  24. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19/325 f. 505.
  25. Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 505.
  26. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
  27. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
  28. Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  29. Charlton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 282.
  30. Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 198.
  31. Stafford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 221.
  32. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 699-700.
  33. Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 206.
  34. The Navy List. (December, 1924). p. 200.
  35. Bentinck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 47.
  36. The Navy List. (September, 1925). p. 200.
  37. FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  38. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 415.
  39. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 415.
  40. Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
  41. Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
  42. Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  43. Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
  44. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
  45. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 40.
  46. Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  47. Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 480.
  48. Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  49. Raikes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/94. ff. 220, 221.
  50. Tait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/328. f. 343.
  51. Tait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/328. f. 343.
  52. Tait Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/328. f. 343.
  53. McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  54. McCarthy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/536. f. 30.
  55. Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  56. Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  57. Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  58. Sandford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/319. f. ?.
  59. Magrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/324. f. 328.
  60. Magrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/324. f. 328.
  61. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/163. f. 521.
  62. Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/163. f. 521.
  63. The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 193.
  64. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
  65. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 218.
  66. The Navy List. (January, 1904). p. 269.
  67. The Navy List. (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.

Bibliography

  • "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th 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.