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==Fleets, Commands, &c.==
*[[Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth]]
*[[Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth]]
*[[Commander-in-Chief at the Nore]]
*[[Coast of Scotland Station|Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland]]
*[[Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves]]
*[[Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland]]
*[[Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard]]
*[[Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard]]
*[[Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard]]
*[[Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard]]
*[[Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard]]
*[[Captain Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard]]
*[[Gibraltar|Admiral Superintendent of Gibraltar Dockyard]]
*[[Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard]]
==Items to View in London==
Check ''Navy Lists'' for Seconds-in-Command, Mediterranean and Channel; Captains of Royal Naval College, Greenwich.  Also Commander-in-Chief, China.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5044752&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=ADM+137/1062 ADM 137/1062.  Southwest Approaches, including ''Lusitania'' and Hood.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=1062877&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=ADM+167/50 ADM 167/50.  Board Minutes, 1916.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3730181&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=ADM+203/64 ADM 203/64.  Introduction of a course for senior officers.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5044508 ADM 137/818.  War Orders, 1914, Home Fleets and Detached Squadrons.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5043982&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=ADM+137/293 ADM 137/293.  Grand Fleet Gunnery & Torpedo Orders, 1915-1918.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5045825&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=ADM+137/2134 ADM 137/2134.  Committee on Construction of Battle Cruisers.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3185250 ADM 186/659.  Flotilla Signal Book, 1908.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/archive/catalogue/record.cfm?ID=BRD/20 BRD/20.  Typewritten service history for Admiral Sir Edward Eden Bradford, 1872-1918.] National Maritime Museum.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5011551 AIR 1/279/15/226/127.  Air Services - organisation and duties of the Admiralty, June 1917 - February, 1918.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=7&CATID=-110675&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=CAB+38/19/49 CAB 38/19/49.  Minutes of the 114th Meeting of the C.I.D.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3185185&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=ADM+186/611 ADM 196/611.  History of the White Sea Station.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3184806&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=ADM+186/234 ADM 186/234.  Director Firing Handbook 1917, Director Firing for Flotilla Leaders and Destroyers.]
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3184823&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=ADM+186/251 ADM 186/251.  Technical History and Index.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5044508 ADM 127/818.  War Orders, 1914, Home Fleets and Detached Squadrons.]  The National Archives.
==Naval Staff in 1917==
==Naval Staff in 1917==
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{| border="2" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" width=100% align="center"
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| align="center"| [[Minesweeping Division (Royal Navy)|Minesweeping Division]]
| align="center"| [[Minesweeping Division (Royal Navy)|Minesweeping Division]]
| align="center"| [[Mercantile Movements Division (Royal Navy)|Mercantile Movements Division]]
| align="center"| [[Mercantile Movements Division (Royal Navy)|Mercantile Movements Division]]
|}
==Fleets==
{| align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="width:90%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
| Year
| Channel Fleet
| Home Fleet
| Atlantic Fleet
| Mediterranean Fleet
| Col 5
| Col 6
| Col 7
|-
| August [[1917]]
|
| rowspan=3 style="background:silver"|'''Training Division''' (August 1917 - 20 May 1918)
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| April [[1918]]
|
| rowspan=5 style="background:silver"|'''South-Eastern Area''' (1 April 1918 - 20 September 1919)
| rowspan=5 style="background:silver"|'''South-Western Area''' (1 April 1918 - 20 September 1919)
| rowspan=6 style="background:silver"|'''Midland Area''' (1 April 1918 - 18 October 1919)
| rowspan=2 style="background:silver"|'''North-Eastern Area'''  (1 April 1918 - 23 May 1919)
| rowspan=3 style="background:silver"|'''North-Western Area''' (1 April 1918 - 12 June 1919)
|-
| May [[1918]]
|
|-
| Early June [[1919]]
|
|
| style="background:silver"|'''North-Western Area''' (1 April 1918 - 12 June 1919)
|-
| Late June [[1919]]
|
|
| colspan=2 rowspan=3 style="background:silver"|'''Northern Area''' (12 June 1919 - 1 April 1920)
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|-
| September [[1919]]
|
|
|
|
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|-
| October [[1919]]
|
|
| colspan=2 rowspan=2 style="background:silver"|'''Southern Area''' (20 September 1919 - 1 April 1920)
|
|
|-
| November [[1919]]
|
|
| colspan=3 rowspan=2 style="background:silver"|'''Northern Area''' (12 June 1919 - 1 April 1920)
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[1919]]
|
|
|
|
|
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|-
| style="background:silver"|'''Coastal Area''' (15 September 1919 - 14 July 1936)
|
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| colspan=3 style="background:silver"|'''Northern Area''' (12 June 1919 - 1 April 1920)
|}
|}


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| [[Arthur Henry Limpus|Arthur Limpus]] || 45 || 7 || 16
| [[Arthur Henry Limpus|Arthur Limpus]] || 45 || 7 || 16
|-
| [[Colin Richard Keppel|{{HONSIR}} Colin R. Keppel]] || 45 || 7 || 29
|-
|-
| [[Stanley Cecil James Colville|{{HON}} Stanley Colville]] || 45 || 8 || 21
| [[Stanley Cecil James Colville|{{HON}} Stanley Colville]] || 45 || 8 || 21
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| [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|Trevylyan Napier]] || 45 || 10 || 11
| [[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|Trevylyan Napier]] || 45 || 10 || 11
|}
|}
==Items to View in London==
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3185250 ADM 186/659.  Flotilla Signal Book, 1908.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5043977&SearchInit=4&CATREF=ADM+137/288 ADM 137/288.  Grand Fleet Battle Orders, 1914-1915.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/archive/catalogue/record.cfm?ID=BRD/20 BRD/20.  Typewritten service history for Admiral Sir Edward Eden Bradford, 1872-1918.] National Maritime Museum.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=4546695&SearchInit=4&CATREF=ADM+116/3403 ADM 116/3403.  Admiralty Signal Division: History.  Volume I.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=2753689 ADM 234/434.  Naval Staff Monograph (Historical): Naval Staff of Admiralty, its Work and Development.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=5011551 AIR 1/279/15/226/127.  Air Services - organisation and duties of the Admiralty, June 1917 - February, 1918.]  The National Archives.
*[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/archive/catalogue/record.cfm?ID=PKM/5/3 PKM5/3.  Signatures of Grand Fleet Officers at Jutland.  Pakenham Papers.]  National Maritime Museum.
*[http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/archive/catalogue/record.cfm?ID=DFF/15 DFF/15.  Duff Diary, October, 1914 - November, 1916.] National Maritime Museum.


==Captains at Jutland==
==Captains at Jutland==
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==Ships Laid Down for the Royal Navy by Year==
{|
| Year || Battleships || Cruisers
|-
| 1889 || 2
|-
| 1890 || 6
|-
| 1891 || 1
|-
| 1892 || 0
|-
| 1893 || 2
|-
| 1894 || 6
|-
| 1895 || 2
|-
| 1896 || 2
|-
| 1897 || 3
|-
| 1898 || 5
|-
| 1899 || 7
|-
| 1900 || 1
|-
| 1901 || 2
|-
| 1902 || 4
|-
| 1903 || 1
|-
| 1904 || 3
|-
| 1905 || 3
|-
| 1906 || 1
|-
| 1907 || 3
|-
| 1908 || 2
|-
| 1909 || 4
|-
| 1910 || 3
|-
| 1911 || 4
|-
| 1912 || 6
|-
| 1913 || 5
|-
| 1914 || 2
|-
| 1915 ||
|-
| 1916 ||
|-
| 1917 ||
|-
| 1918 ||
|}
==Ships under Construction by Year==
==Ships under Construction by Year==
{|
{|
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| rowspan=51 style="background:silver"|[[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]<br>(1 January, 1905 - 24 March, 1909)
| rowspan=51 style="background:silver"|[[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]<br>(1 January, 1905 - 24 March, 1909)
|  
|  
| rowspan=60 style="background:silver"|[[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]]<br>(1 January, 1905 - 1 May, 1912)
| rowspan=72 style="background:silver"|[[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]]<br>(1 January, 1905 - 1 May, 1912)
|  
|  
|  
|  
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|-
|-
| April
| April
|  
| colspan=2 rowspan=21 style="background:silver"|[[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]]
|  
|  
|  
|  
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|  
|  
|}
|}
==Fleets==
{| align="center" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="width:90%; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-
| Year
| Channel Fleet
| Home Fleet
| Atlantic Fleet
| Mediterranean Fleet
| Col 5
| Col 6
| Col 7
|-
| August [[1917]]
|
| rowspan=3 style="background:silver"|'''Training Division''' (August 1917 - 20 May 1918)
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| April [[1918]]
|
| rowspan=5 style="background:silver"|'''South-Eastern Area''' (1 April 1918 - 20 September 1919)
| rowspan=5 style="background:silver"|'''South-Western Area''' (1 April 1918 - 20 September 1919)
| rowspan=6 style="background:silver"|'''Midland Area''' (1 April 1918 - 18 October 1919)
| rowspan=2 style="background:silver"|'''North-Eastern Area'''  (1 April 1918 - 23 May 1919)
| rowspan=3 style="background:silver"|'''North-Western Area''' (1 April 1918 - 12 June 1919)
|-
| May [[1918]]
|
|-
| Early June [[1919]]
|
|
| style="background:silver"|'''North-Western Area''' (1 April 1918 - 12 June 1919)
|-
| Late June [[1919]]
|
|
| colspan=2 rowspan=3 style="background:silver"|'''Northern Area''' (12 June 1919 - 1 April 1920)
|
|-
| September [[1919]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| October [[1919]]
|
|
| colspan=2 rowspan=2 style="background:silver"|'''Southern Area''' (20 September 1919 - 1 April 1920)
|
|
|-
| November [[1919]]
|
|
| colspan=3 rowspan=2 style="background:silver"|'''Northern Area''' (12 June 1919 - 1 April 1920)
|-
| rowspan=2 |[[1919]]
|
|
|
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|-
| style="background:silver"|'''Coastal Area''' (15 September 1919 - 14 July 1936)
|
|
| colspan=3 style="background:silver"|'''Northern Area''' (12 June 1919 - 1 April 1920)
|}
==Bartimeus==
Bartimeus was born Lewis Anselmo da Costa Ricci on 29 April, 1886.  He entered H.M.S. "Britannia" on 15 September, 1901, joined H.M.S. "Emperor of India" in the Home Fleet on 15 January, 1903, was rated Midshipman without examination on 28 February, and was appointed to H.M.S. "Albemarle" in the Mediterranean on 12 November.  He was invalided on 10 August with Mediterranean Fever, and was eventually found unfit for the Military Branch of the Royal Navy owing to defective eyesight.  On 9 December, 1904, he was told he was allowed to apply for an Assistant Clerkship in the Account Branch, even though he wasn't between 16 and 18, the age of entry.  He was formally transferred to the Accountant Branch  on 27 March, 1905, with the passing of an Order in Council allowing the transfer of officers from other branches "determined by such service and limits of age as we see fit."
He was reappointed to "Albemarle" as a Clerk on 14 April,

Latest revision as of 07:23, 19 May 2012

Fleets, Commands, &c.

Items to View in London

Check Navy Lists for Seconds-in-Command, Mediterranean and Channel; Captains of Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Also Commander-in-Chief, China.

Naval Staff in 1917

First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff Intelligence Division Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
Operations Division Signal Division Plans Division Trade Division Anti-Submarine Division Minesweeping Division Mercantile Movements Division

Ages of Officers Promoted to Flag Rank

Name Years Months Days
David Beatty 38 11 15
THE HONOURABLE Horace Hood 42 7 15
Roger Keyes 44 6 6
William Grant 44 11 16
Lionel Halsey 45 2 0
Arthur Limpus 45 7 16
THE HONOURABLE SIR Colin R. Keppel 45 7 29
THE HONOURABLE Stanley Colville 45 8 21
Arthur Leveson 45 10 4
Reginald Bacon 45 10 6
Trevylyan Napier 45 10 11

Captains at Jutland

B.C.F.

Gunnery Officers

  • Chatfield

Battle Fleet

Gunnery Officers

  • Dreyer
  • Craig
  • Bernard
  • Ley
  • Doughty
  • Fisher
  • Backhouse, O
  • Culme-Seymour
  • Bruen
  • Dick
  • Phillpotts
  • Woollcombe, M
  • Boyle

Age of Flag Officers in Home Waters

Name Years Months Days
Ballard 52 4 29
Bayly 56 10 8
Bethell 58 11 8

Ships Laid Down for the Royal Navy by Year

Year Battleships Cruisers
1889 2
1890 6
1891 1
1892 0
1893 2
1894 6
1895 2
1896 2
1897 3
1898 5
1899 7
1900 1
1901 2
1902 4
1903 1
1904 3
1905 3
1906 1
1907 3
1908 2
1909 4
1910 3
1911 4
1912 6
1913 5
1914 2
1915
1916
1917
1918

Ships under Construction by Year

Year Great Britain Germany France Russia United States
1889 3
1890 6 6
1891 1 3 1
1892 1
1893 2 1 1
1894 6 1
1895 2 1 1
1896 2 1
1897 3
1898 5 4
1899 7 2
1900 1 2
1901 2 2
1902 4 3
1903 1 1
1904 3 2
1905 3 2
1906 1
1907 3 4
1908 2 3
1909 4 2
1910 3 3
1911 4 4
1912 6 1
1913 6 1
1914 2 2

New

1901 January Channel Squadron
(1 January, 1901 - 31 December, 1904)
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1902 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1903 January
February
March
April
May Home Fleet
(24 May, 1903 - 1 January, 1905)
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1904 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1905 January Channel Fleet
(1 January, 1905 - 24 March, 1909) 		Atlantic Fleet
(1 January, 1905 - 1 May, 1912)
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1906 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1907 January
February
March Home Fleet
(5 March, 1907 - 1 May, 1912)
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1908 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1909 January
February
March
April Home Fleet
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1910 January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Fleets

Year Channel Fleet Home Fleet Atlantic Fleet Mediterranean Fleet Col 5 Col 6 Col 7
August 1917 Training Division (August 1917 - 20 May 1918)
April 1918 South-Eastern Area (1 April 1918 - 20 September 1919) South-Western Area (1 April 1918 - 20 September 1919) Midland Area (1 April 1918 - 18 October 1919) North-Eastern Area (1 April 1918 - 23 May 1919) North-Western Area (1 April 1918 - 12 June 1919)
May 1918
Early June 1919 North-Western Area (1 April 1918 - 12 June 1919)
Late June 1919 Northern Area (12 June 1919 - 1 April 1920)
September 1919
October 1919 Southern Area (20 September 1919 - 1 April 1920)
November 1919 Northern Area (12 June 1919 - 1 April 1920)
1919
Coastal Area (15 September 1919 - 14 July 1936) Northern Area (12 June 1919 - 1 April 1920)

Bartimeus

Bartimeus was born Lewis Anselmo da Costa Ricci on 29 April, 1886. He entered H.M.S. "Britannia" on 15 September, 1901, joined H.M.S. "Emperor of India" in the Home Fleet on 15 January, 1903, was rated Midshipman without examination on 28 February, and was appointed to H.M.S. "Albemarle" in the Mediterranean on 12 November. He was invalided on 10 August with Mediterranean Fever, and was eventually found unfit for the Military Branch of the Royal Navy owing to defective eyesight. On 9 December, 1904, he was told he was allowed to apply for an Assistant Clerkship in the Account Branch, even though he wasn't between 16 and 18, the age of entry. He was formally transferred to the Accountant Branch on 27 March, 1905, with the passing of an Order in Council allowing the transfer of officers from other branches "determined by such service and limits of age as we see fit."

He was reappointed to "Albemarle" as a Clerk on 14 April,

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