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The '''East Indies Station''' was a squadron of the Royal Navy which encompassed the Indian Ocean. In 1941, the command was renamed as the '''Eastern Fleet'''. ==Limits== In 1909 the limits of the Station were defined as: North: By the South shores of Asia (including the Persian Gulf) from an imaginary line drawn from Ras Siyan on the African Coast to Cape Bab-el Mandeb on the Arabian Coast, to where the parallel of 10° North Latitude touches the West Coast of the Malay Peninsula East: By the Meridian of 95° East Longitude between the parallels of 10° North and 10° South Latitude. South: By the parallel of 10° North Latitude between the Coast of the Malay Peninsula and the Meridian of 95° East Longitude, and by the parallel of 10° South Latitude between the Meridians of 70° and 95° East Longitude, and by the Equator between the Meridian of 70° East Longitude and the African Coast. West: By the Meridian of 70° East Longitude between the parallel of 10° South and the Equator, and the Coast of African Coast.<ref>"Limits of the East Indies Station." Reel One. Slade Papers. National Maritime Museum. MRF/39/1.</ref> ==Commanders-in-Chief== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCIC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Frederick Byng Montresor|nick=Frederick B. Montresor|appt=1865|end=1865|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station|note=initially, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station}} {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Charles Farrell Hillyar|nick=Charles F. Hillyar|appt=1865|end=1867|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Leopold George Heath|nick=Leopold G. Heath|appt=1867|end=1870|note=henceforth, East Indies Station}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=James Horsford Cockburn|nick=James H. Cockburn|appt=1870|end=1872|note=died while in this command}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Gore Jones|nick=William G. Jones|appt=1872|end=1875}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=1875|end=12 April, 1877<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 623.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John Corbett|nick=John Corbett|appt=29 March, 1877<ref>Corbett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/583.|D7597978}} f. 230.</ref>|ass=29 May, 1877<ref>Corbett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/583.|D7597978}} f. 230.</ref>|end=11 September, 1879|precBy=Sir Reginald J. J. G. Macdonald<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station Wikipedia].</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Gore Jones|nick=William G. Jones|appt=1879|end=1882}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=13 April, 1882<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 602.</ref>|ass=11 June, 1882<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 602.</ref>|end=18 May, 1885<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 602.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick William Richards|nick=Frederick W. Richards|appt=18 May, 1885{{NLFeb88|p. 188}}|ass=4 June, 1885{{NLFeb88|p. 188}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edmund Robert Fremantle|nick=The Hon. Sir Edmund R. Fremantle|appt=25 February, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Bryan Robinson|nick=Frederick C. B. Robinson|appt=26 February, 1891{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William Robert Kennedy|nick=William R. Kennedy|appt=26 January, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmund Charles Drummond|nick=Edmund C. Drummond|appt=16 March, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|end=22 March, 1898}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Archibald Lucius Douglas|nick=Archibald L. Douglas|appt=15 January, 1898<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 337.</ref>{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|ass=22 March, 1898<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 337.</ref>|end=19 July, 1899<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 337.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Day Hort Bosanquet|nick=Day H. Bosanquet|appt=5 June, 1899{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|ass=19 July, 1899<ref>Douglas Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 337.</ref>|end=}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Carter Drury|nick=Sir Charles C. Drury|appt=5 June, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 9 May, 1902. Issue '''36763''', col E, p. 10.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|nick=Sir George L. Atkinson-Willes|appt=9 June, 1903<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 8 June, 1903. Issue '''37101''', col C, p. 7.</ref>|end=August, 1905}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmund Samuel Poë|nick=Sir Edmund S. Poë|appt=20 August, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 29 July, 1905. Issue '''37772''', col B, p. 10.</ref>|ass=30 September, 1905<ref>Poë Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1052.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet|nick=Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart.|appt=1 February, 1907<ref>Warrender Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}. p. 1384.</ref>|end=3 March, 1909<ref>Warrender Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1384.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmond John Warre Slade|nick=Sir Edmond J. W. Slade|appt=3 March, 1909<ref>Slade Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 111.</ref>|end=11 April, 1912<ref>Slade Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 111.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Alexander Edward Bethell|nick=The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell|appt=23 March, 1912<ref>''Hazell's Annual 1913''. p. 197.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Richard Henry Peirse|nick=Sir Richard H. Peirse|appt=20 December, 1912{{NLDec14|p. 383}}<ref>Peirse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1026.</ref>|end=25 January, 1916<ref>Peirse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1026.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, First Baron Wester Wemyss|nick=Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss|appt=1 January, 1916<ref>Wemyss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. p. 223.</ref>|ass=25 january, 1916<ref>Predecessor struck his flag that day. Peirse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1026.</ref>|end=June, 1917<ref>Wemyss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 223.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt|nick=Sir Ernest F. A. Gaunt|appt=23 June, 1917<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}. p. 276.</ref>|end=1 August, 1919<ref>Gaunt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 276.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Hugh Henry Darby Tothill|nick=Sir Hugh H. D. Tothill|appt=1 August, 1919<ref>Tothill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 186.</ref>|ass=15 November, 1919<ref>Tothill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 186.</ref>|end=29 September, 1921<ref>Tothill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 186.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Lewis Clinton-Baker|nick=Lewis Clinton-Baker|appt=29 September, 1921<ref>Day of year taken from predecessor. Tothill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 186.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Herbert William Richmond|nick=Herbert W. Richmond|appt=4 October, 1923<ref>Richmond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}} f. 49.</ref>|end=4 October, 1925<ref>Richmond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}} f. 49.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter M. Ellerton|appt=4 October, 1925<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station Wikipedia article on East Indies Station]</ref><ref>Day of year from predecessor. Richmond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}} f. 49.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Bertram Sackville Thesiger|nick=Bertram S. Thesiger|appt=5 October, 1927<ref>Thesiger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179.</ref>|end=10 November, 1929<ref>Thesiger Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 179.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Eric John Arthur Fullerton|nick=Eric J. A. Fullerton|appt=18 October, 1929<ref>Fullerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 518.</ref>|ass=10 December, 1929<ref>Fullerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 518.</ref>|end=13 June, 1932<ref>Fullerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 518.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith|nick=Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith|appt=29 April, 1932<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|D7604082}} f. 583.</ref>|ass=13 June, 1932<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|D7604082}} f. 583.</ref>|end=12 December, 1934<ref>Dunbar-Nasmith Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/178.|D7604082}} f. 583.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Frank Forester Rose|nick=Frank F. Rose|appt=26 October, 1934<ref>Rose Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/14.|D7603266}} f. 14.</ref>|ass=12 December, 1934<ref>Rose Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/14.|D7603266}} f. 14.</ref>|end=15 May, 1936<ref>Superseded by Ramsay that date. Ramsay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay|nick=The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay|appt=15 May, 1936<ref>Ramsay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|ass=14 June, 1936<ref>Ramsay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>|end=21 June, 1938<ref>Ramsay Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 210.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=20 May, 1936<ref>Crace Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=14 June, 1936<ref>Inferring that this temporary assignment was until Ramsay arrived. Crace Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|note=temporary}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=James Fownes Somerville|nick=Sir James F. Somerville|appt=July, 1938|end=April, 1939|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Ralph Leatham|nick=Sir Ralph Leatham|appt=April, 1939|end=April, 1941|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey Arbuthnot|appt=22 April, 1941<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>|end=17 June, 1942<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Sir Geoffrey Layton|appt=10 December, 1941<ref>Layton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1942|as=Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Arthur John Power|nick=Sir Arthur J. Power|appt=November, 1944|end=December, 1945|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Clement Moody|nick=Sir Clement Moody|appt=15 December, 1945|end=19 July, 1946|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Arthur Francis Eric Palliser|nick=Arthur F. E. Palliser|appt=1946|end=1948|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse|nick=Charles H. L. Woodhouse|appt=1948|end=1950|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Geoffrey Nigel Oliver|nick=Geoffrey N. Oliver|appt=1950|end=1952|as=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies}} </div name=fredbot:officeCIC> ==Second in Command== <div name=fredbot:office2IC otitle="Second in Command, East Indies Station" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Arthur John Power|nick=Arthur J. Power|appt=1 December, 1943<ref>Power Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/92/68.|}} f. 68.</ref>|end=|note=and as Vice-Admiral Commanding, {{UK-BS|1}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Harold Thomas Coulthard Walker|nick=Harold T. C. Walker|appt=10 August, 1945<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>|end=18 November, 1945<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>|as=Second in Command, East Indies Fleet}} </div name=fredbot:office2IC> ==Principal Naval Transport Officers== <div name=fredbot:officePNTO otitle="Principal Naval Transport Officer, East Indies" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (temporary)|name=Neville Frederick Jarvis Wilson|nick=Neville F. J. Wilson|appt=before December, 1919{{NLDec19|p. 1154}}|end=1920}} {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Lancelot Mawbey|nick=Henry L. Mawbey|appt=28 August, 1920|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officePNTO> ===Fleet Gunnery Officer=== <div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Fleet Gunnery Officer, East Indies" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Patrick Vivian McLaughlin|nick=Patrick V. McLaughlin|appt=1 January, 1931{{NLJul31|p. 235}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Michael Bryan Laing|nick=Michael B. Laing|appt=24 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=|note=borne in {{UK-Norfolk}}}} </div name=fredbot:officeFGO> ===Fleet Torpedo Officer=== <div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Fleet Torpedo Officer, East Indies" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Patrick Heron Watson Haig-Ferguson|nick=Patrick H. W. Haig-Ferguson|appt=28 February, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 235}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''') ('''I''' ''Fr. It.'')|name=Michael Foster Bruce Ward|nick=Michael F. B. Ward|appt=22 January, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeFTO> ===Fleet Signal Officer=== <div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Fleet Signal Officer, East Indies" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''S''')|name=John Herbert Bowen|nick=John H. Bowen|appt=1 November, 1929<ref>Bowen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/138.|}} f. 138.</ref>|end=April, 1932<ref>Bowen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/138.|}} f. 138.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''S''')|name=James Whaley McClelland|nick=James W. McClelland|appt=24 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeFSO> ===Fleet W/T Officer=== <div name=fredbot:officeFWT otitle="Fleet W/T Officer, East Indies" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''S''')|name=John Herbert Bowen|nick=John H. Bowen|appt=1 November, 1929<ref>Bowen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/138.|}} f. 138.</ref>|end=April, 1932<ref>Bowen Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/138.|}} f. 138.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''S''')|name=James Whaley McClelland|nick=James W. McClelland|appt=24 February, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeFWT> ===Fleet Navigation Officer=== <div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Fleet Navigation Officer, East Indies" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Henry Jack Egerton|nick=Henry J. Egerton|appt=28 February, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 235}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Hugh St. Lawrence Nicolson|nick=Hugh St. L. Nicolson|appt=22 January, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 257}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeFNO> ==Composition== ===February, 1900=== The station was equipped as follows.{{NLFeb00|p. 218}} *{{UK-Assaye}} *{{UK-1Eclipse}} *{{UK-1Lapwing}} *{{UK-Magdala}} *{{UK-Marathon}} *{{UK-1Melpomene}} * {{UK-1Pigeon}} * {{UK-Pomone}} * {{UK-1Racoon}} * {{UK-Sphinx}} ===June, 1906=== The station was equipped as follows.{{NLJun06|pp. 268, 269''a''}} *{{UK-Hermes}} [[File:Adm.png|border|25px]] *{{UK-Fox}} *{{UK-1Perseus}} *{{UK-Proserpine}} *{{UK-1Lapwing}} *{{UK-Redbreast}} * {{UK-Sphinx}} ===1912=== On 20 December, 1912, the flagship was {{UK-Swiftsure}} when {{RearRN}} [[Richard Henry Peirse]] hoisted his flag.<ref>Peirse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1026.</ref> ===1915=== The flag was transferred from {{UK-Swiftsure}} to {{UK-Euryalus}} in February, 1915 and from there to {{UK-Proserpine}} on 10 April, 1915.<ref>Peirse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1026.</ref> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{ClowesVII}} {{refend}} [[Category:Royal Navy Fleets and Stations]] [[Category:Pages with Offices]]

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