Portsmouth Navigation School

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Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Dryad

Listed by date of appointment.[1]

School closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.

  • Captain A. C. S. H. D'Aeth, 3 January, 1919.
  • Captain O. E. Leggett, 30 November, 1920.
  • Captain H. O. Reinold, 30 November, 1922.
  • Captain J. W. Carrington, 2 December, 1924.
  • Captain J. D. Campbell, 16 December, 1926.
  • Captain J. A. G. Troup, 17 December, 1928.
  • Captain W. T. R. Ford, 20 June, 1930.

Footnotes

  1. Dates from Schofield. Navigation and Direction. p. 192. Oliver did not become Commanding Officer of Dryad until 22 February, 1906, and not 18 June, 1903 as Schofield has it. See Oliver Service Record. The national Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 319.

Bibliography

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