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==''President''==
The first ''President'' was the fourth rate ''President'', launched in 1829, which served as the [[Royal Naval Reserve]]'s drill ship in the West India Docks from 1 April, 1862.  In 1872 the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers were added.  On 25 March, 1903 she was renamed ''Old President'' and sold on 7 July.

She was replaced as ''President'' by the renamed ''Gannet'' on 16 May, 1903, and was paid off as R.N.R. drill ship on 31 March, 1911, becoming the T.S. ''Mercury'' in October of that year.

The next ''President'' was the former ''Buzzard'', which was renamed on 1 April, 1911.  She was lent to the Marine Society on 23 January, 1918.<ref name=war112>Warlow.  p. 112.</ref>

''President'' served as the accounting base for [[Admiralty]]-based personnel.

===Captains===
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Crawford Caffin|nick=Crawford Caffin|appt=9 January, 1886{{NLFeb88|p. 250}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard William Hope|nick=Richard W. Hope|appt=9 January, 1889<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/399.|}} f. 397.</ref>{{NLMar92|p. 245}}|end=8 January, 1893<ref>Hope Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/399.|}} f. 397.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fritz Hauch Eden Crowe|nick=Fritz H. E. Crowe|appt=9 January, 1893{{NLMar96|p. 250}}|end=2 November, 1896}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Charles Woods|nick=Arthur C. Woods|appt=13 November, 1897{{NLJan01|p. 294}}|end=1901}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Meldrum|nick=Alexander Meldrum|appt=13 November, 1901{{NLMay03|p. 293}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Ambrose Cave-Browne-Cave|nick=Reginald A. Cave-Browne-Cave|appt=10 June, 1904|ass=17 June, 1904|end=10 June, 1907}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence Archer Tawney|nick=Lawrence A. Tawney|appt=10 June, 1907{{NLJul08|p. 358}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percival Henry Hall Thompson|nick=Percival H. H. Thompson|appt=9 January, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 358}}|end=May, 1914{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Michael Keane|nick=George M. Keane|appt=1 May, 1914|end=5 May, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retitred)|name=Arthur George Kennedy Hill|nick=Arthur G. K. Hill|appt=16 April, 1918|end=15 November, 1919|note=unpaid}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Dangerfield|nick=Edward Dangerfield|appt=14 September, 1938{{NavAppts|5 Sept. 1938, p. 7}}|end=}}
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==''President I''==
This was an accounting base from 1918 to 1928.<ref name=war112/>

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==''President II''==
This served as an accounting base for the [[Royal Naval Air Service]] at Dunkerque, Calais and Hendon from 1916.<ref name=war112/>

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==''President III''==
''President III'' was an accounting base from 1916 onwards.  Men of the Royal Fleet Reserve, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and from 1918 Defensively Armed Mercant Ships were borne on her books.<ref name=war112/>

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==''President IV''==
This was a London accounting base from 1918 to 1926 for the [[Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves]].<ref name=war112/>

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==''President V''==
''President V'' served as an accounting base from 1918 to 30 September, 1919 for anti-aircraft duties, R.N.R. ratings at the Admiralty, R.N.V.R., Prisoners of War, Armoured Car Squadron 20, Stratford Experimental Station, Officers and Men lent to the Royal Air Force.  Books were transferred to ''Pembroke''.<ref name=war112/>

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==''President VI''==
Accounting base from 1918 to 1926.<ref name=war112/>

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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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*Warlow, Lt. Cdr. B, R.N. (2000).  ''Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy: Being a List of the Static Ships and Establishments of the Royal Navy''.  Liskeard: Maritime Books.  ISBN 0-907771-74-2.
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