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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|nick=Wilbraham T. R. Ford|appt=20 June, 1930{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=10 June, 1932<ref>Successor appointed that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|nick=Wilbraham T. R. Ford|appt=20 June, 1930{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=10 June, 1932<ref>Successor appointed that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=20 June, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 235}}<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.  This source MAY say 10 June.</ref>|end=27 July, 1934{{INF}}{{NLJul34|p. 235}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=20 June, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 235}}<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.  This source MAY say 10 June.</ref>|end=27 July, 1934{{INF}}{{NLJul34|p. 235}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest John Spooner|nick=Ernest J. Spooner|appt=27 July, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 235}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest John Spooner|nick=Ernest J. Spooner|appt=27 July, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 235}}|end=17 August, 1936<ref>Gell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|}} f. 251.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Hope Gell|nick=William H. Gell|appt=|end=May, 1937{{ToL|Royqal Navy|22 Apr. 1938, p. 26}}|note=left in ill health}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Hope Gell|nick=William H. Gell|appt=17 August, 1936<ref>Gell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|}} f. 251.</ref>|end=May, 1937{{ToL|Royqal Navy|22 Apr. 1938, p. 26}}|note=left in ill health}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Robin Moore Bridge|nick=Arthur R. M. Bridge|appt=3 May, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 277}}|end=5 December, 1939{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Robin Moore Bridge|nick=Arthur R. M. Bridge|appt=3 May, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 277}}|end=5 December, 1939{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Armstrong|nick=Thomas C. Armstrong|appt=5 December, 1939{{NLDec41|p. 1302}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Armstrong|nick=Thomas C. Armstrong|appt=5 December, 1939{{NLDec41|p. 1302}}|end=}}

Revision as of 19:57, 11 November 2020

The Portsmouth Navigation School was also known as H.M.S. Dryad.

It was closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.[1] Just before closing for the war, the course of instruction offered ran about six months in duration.

Captains of H.M. Navigation School

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  2. Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  3. Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  4. Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 230.
  5. Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 469.
  6. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 76.
  7. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 January, 1910. Issue 39163, col D, p. 17.
  8. Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 76.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1913). p. 304.
  10. Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  11. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 781.
  12. Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  13. Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  14. Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  15. Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  16. Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  17. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 234.
  18. Carrington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 489.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
  20. Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  21. Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  22. Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  23. Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  24. Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  25. Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  26. Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  27. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  28. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384. This source MAY say 10 June.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  30. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
  31. Gell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 251.
  32. Gell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 251.
  33. "Royqal Navy." The Times (London, England), 22 Apr. 1938, p. 26.
  34. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 277.
  35. The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1302.

Bibliography

  • Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 085937-087-9.