China Station
From The Dreadnought Project
On 1 November, 1911, the destroyers allotted to the "China Flotilla" were 3 "Rivers", four 30-knotters, and two 27-knotters.[1]
Commanders-in-Chief
Dates of appointment given:
- Vice-Admiral George O. Willes, ?
- Vice-Admiral William M. Dowell, 26 September, 1878[2]
- Vice-Admiral Richard V. Hamilton, 1885
- Vice-Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, 17 December, 1887[3]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick W. Richards, 29 November, 1890[4]
- Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Edmund R. Fremantle, 16 February, 1892[5]
- Admiral Sir Alexander Buller, 28 May, 1895[6]
- Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour, 19 February, 1898[7] – 10 April, 1901[8]
- Admiral Sir Cyprian A. G. Bridge, June, 1901
- Admiral Sir Gerard H. U. Noel, 15 January, 1904[9] – 16 March, 1906[10]
- Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, 6 December, 1905[11] – 21 March, 1908[12]
- Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Hedworth Lambton, 1 January, 1908[13][14] – 6 March, 1910[15]
- Admiral Sir Alfred L. Winsloe, 25 January, 1910[16][17] – 3 May, 1913[18]
- Vice-Admiral Sir T. H. Martyn Jerram, 25 January, 1913[19][20] – 28 July, 1915[21]
- Vice-Admiral Sir William L. Grant, 28 July, 1915[22] – 25 October, 1917[23]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick C. T. Tudor, 20 July, 1917[24] – July, 1919[25]
- Admiral Sir Alexander L. Duff, 24 July, 1919[26] – 7 November, 1922[27]
- Admiral Sir Arthur C. Leveson, 10 September, 1922[28] – 10 September, 1924[29]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Allan F. Everett, 10 September, 1924[30] – 12 May, 1925[31]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, 22 April, 1925[32] – 8 November, 1926[33]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart., 8 November, 1926[34] – 13 November, 1928[35]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur K. Waistell, 28 November, 1928[36]
- Admiral Sir W. A. Howard Kelly, 13 December, 1930[37] – 11 March, 1933[38]
- Admiral Sir Frederic C. Dreyer, 9 January, 1933 – 11 January, 1936
- Admiral Sir Charles J. C. Little, 8 November, 1935[39] – 5 February, 1938[40]
- Rear-Admiral Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 21 December, 1937[41] – 12 October, 1938[42]
- Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Layton, 10 July, 1940[43] – 10 December, 1941[44]
Seconds-in-Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Charles L. Oxley, 7 May, 1896[45]
- Rear-Admiral Charles C. P. FitzGerald, 27 October, 1897[46] – 23 December, 1899[47]
- Rear-Admiral Sir James A. T. Bruce, 18 September, 1899[48]
- Rear-Admiral Harry T. Grenfell, 9 September, 1901[49] – 13 June, 1903[50] (invalided)
- Rear-Admiral The Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, 13 June, 1903[51] – 2 August, 1905[52]
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Maurice S. FitzMaurice, 14 February, 1914[53] – 5 August, 1914[54]
- Captain Alfred A. Ellison, 1 April, 1919[55][56] – 10 May, 1920[57]
- Rear-Admiral George H. Borrett, May, 1920[58] – October, 1921[59]
- Rear-Admiral Crawford Maclachlan, 17 October, 1921[60] – October, 1923[61]
- Rear-Admiral David M. Anderson, 8 August, 1923[62] – 24 October, 1925[63]
- Rear-Admiral John E. Cameron, August, 1925[64] – October, 1927[65]
- Rear-Admiral Hugh J. Tweedie, 19 August, 1927[66] – 19 August, 1929[67]
- Rear-Admiral Colin K. MacLean, 19 August, 1929[68] – 28 October, 1931[69]
- Rear-Admiral Richard A. S. Hill, 28 August, 1931[70] – 24 October, 1933[71]
- Rear-Admiral Francis G. G. Chilton, October, 1933[72] – October, 1935[73]
- Rear-Admiral Lewis G. E. Crabbe, 22 October, 1935[74] – 21 December, 1937[75]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald V. Holt, 20 August, 1937[76]
Footnotes
- ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1880). p. 188.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1164.
- ↑ Noel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 956.
- ↑ Noel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 956.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered page.
- ↑ Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 500.
- ↑ Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 500.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered page.
- ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
- ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 7.
- ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
- ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 33.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 33.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 7.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 204.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 204.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 April, 1922. Issue 42995, col B, p. 10.
- ↑ Leveson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 10.
- ↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 23.
- ↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
- ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 194.
- ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 194.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 41.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 41.
- ↑ Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 244.
- ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
- ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
- ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
- ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
- ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
- ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
- ↑ Oxley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 992.
- ↑ FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 453.
- ↑ FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1060.
- ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 152.
- ↑ Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
- ↑ Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
- ↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
- ↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
- ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
- ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1919). p. 698.
- ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 516.
- ↑ Ellison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 516.
- ↑ Borrett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 505.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ "Flag Commands" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 10 June, 1921. Issue 42743, col G, p. 10.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 415.
- ↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 415.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
- ↑ MacLean Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 390.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 146.
- ↑ Relieved that day. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 146.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
- ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
- ↑ Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
