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The station limits were decreed in 1913 as being:^[1]

North: the South shore of Europe
West: 5 degrees West longitude
South: the North shore of Africa
West: 6 degrees West longitude

Senior Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Captain Atwell P. MacL. Lake, 7 January, 1892^[2]
Captain James A. T. Bruce, 20 January, 1895^[3]
Captain Charles C. Drury, 20 January, 1898^[4]
Vice-Admiral Sir William A. D. Acland, Bart., 1 October, 1902^[5]
Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, Bart., 10 June, 1904^[6]
Rear-Admiral Sir James E. C. Goodrich, 11 August, 1906^[7] – 27 September, 1909^[8]
Rear-Admiral Frederick S. Pelham, 27 September, 1909^[9] – 25 October, 1912^[10]
Vice-Admiral Frederic E. E. Brock, 20 September, 1912^[11] – 2 November, 1915^[12]
Vice-Admiral Bernard Currey, 21 September, 1915^[13] – 19 June, 1917^[14]
Vice-Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. Grant, 19 June, 1917^[15] – 14 July, 1919^[16]
Rear-Admiral Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, 5 July, 1919^[17]^[18]
Rear-Admiral Henry B. Pelly, 17 December, 1920^[19] – 7 February, 1922^[20] (and as Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar Yard)
Rear-Admiral Walter W. Ellerton, 2 January, 1923^[21] – 7 March, 1925^[22]
Rear-Admiral Cyril S. Townsend, 12 March, 1927^[23] – April, 1929^[24] (and as Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar)
Rear-Admiral Berwick Curtis, 22 March, 1929^[25] – 30 March, 1931^[26]
Rear-Admiral Thomas N. James, 20 March, 1931^[27] – 2 May, 1933
Rear-Admiral Francis M. Austin, 2 May, 1933^[28] – 14 April, 1935^[29]
Rear-Admiral James M. Pipon, ? – 23 April, 1937^[30]
Rear-Admiral Alfred E. Evans, 23 April, 1937^[31] – 23 May, 1939^[32]
Commodore, Second Class Albert J. Robertson, 26 June, 1941 – 19 August, 1943
Commodore, Second Class Hugh R. Marrack, 19 August, 1943^[33] – 1 July, 1945^[34]
Vice-Admiral Victor A. C. Crutchley, ? – January, 1947^[35]
Vice-Admiral Ernest R. Archer, January, 1947^[36] – July, 1948^[37]

Also, William Henry Edye and Claude Edward Buckle at some point.^{[Fact Check]}

Footnotes

↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 721 of 12 Dec, 1913.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 355.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 355.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 435.
↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 9 August, 1902. Issue 36842, col F, p. 10.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 4 June, 1904. Issue 37412, col F, p. 7.
↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19/38. f. 535.
↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 535.
↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 July, 1909. Issue 39014, col D, p. 9.
↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 274.
↑ The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 4.
↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 221.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 559.
↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 7.
↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 698.
↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 235.
↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 235.
↑ Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153.
↑ Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153. Date may actually be 4 March (handwritten).
↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
↑ Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
↑ Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
↑ Superseded that day. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
↑ Superseded then. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
↑ Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.

[1] Admiralty Weekly Order No. 721 of 12 Dec, 1913.

[2] The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 355.

[3] The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 355.

[4] The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 435.

[5] "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 9 August, 1902. Issue 36842, col F, p. 10.

[6] "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 4 June, 1904. Issue 37412, col F, p. 7.

[7] Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19/38. f. 535.

[8] Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 535.

[9] "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 July, 1909. Issue 39014, col D, p. 9.

[10] Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 274.

[11] The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 4.

[12] Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 221.

[13] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 559.

[14] Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.

[15] The Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 7.

[16] Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.

[17] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 698.

[18] Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.

[19] Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 235.

[20] Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 235.

[21] Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153.

[22] Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153. Date may actually be 4 March (handwritten).

[23] Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.

[24] Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.

[25] Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.

[26] Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.

[27] James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.

[28] Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.

[29] Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.

[30] Superseded that day. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.

[31] Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.

[32] Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.

[33] Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.

[34] Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.

[35] Superseded then. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.

[36] Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.

[37] Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.

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