Difference between revisions of "Port Said"

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The Egyptian city Port Said was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War on the Mediterranean. It afforded access to the Suez Canal.

Acting Captain Ernest E. A. Betts, 7 December, 1916 – March, 1919
Commander (retired) Rowland K. C. Pope, 17 September, 1935 – 24 April, 1936
Acting Captain Henry A. Simpson, c. May 1936 – 5 August, 1937
Acting Captain Henry A. Simpson, 6 October, 1937 – 6 February, 1940
Retired Captain Gerald H. Brady, 12 January, 1941 – 29 January, 1941 (temporary, while "Haynes" is sick)
Captain William Bayard Hynes, 1942^[1] – mid 1942^[2]

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 {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest Edward Alexander Betts|nick=Ernest E. A. Betts|appt=7 December, 1916|end=March, 1919}}
 {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Rowland Kyrle Cecil Pope|nick=Rowland K. C. Pope|appt=17 September, 1935|end=24 April, 1936}}
+{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Antony Simpson|nick=Henry A. Simpson|appt=c. May 1936|end=5 August, 1937|as=Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said}}
+{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Antony Simpson|nick=Henry A. Simpson|appt=6 October, 1937|end=6 February, 1940|as=Naval Officer in Charge, Port Said}}
 {{Tenure|rank=Retired {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Hepburn Brady|nick=Gerald H. Brady|appt=12 January, 1941|end=29 January, 1941|note=temporary, while "Haynes" is sick}}
 {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Bayard Hynes|nick=William Bayard Hynes|appt=1942<ref>Hynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}}  f. 395.</ref>|end=mid 1942<ref>Hynes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52.}}  f. 395.</ref>}}