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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Robert Fanshawe Stopford|nick=Robert F. Stopford|appt=1860|end=1861}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Robert Fanshawe Stopford|nick=Robert F. Stopford|appt=1860|end=1861}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Robert Smart|nick=Robert Smart|appt=1861|end=1863}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Robert Smart|nick=Robert Smart|appt=1861|end=1863}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Sidney Colpoys Dacres|nick=Sidney C. Dacres|appt=1863|end=1866}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Sydney Colpoys Dacres|nick=Sir Sydney C. Dacres|appt=24 April, 1863<ref>Dacres service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/821.}}</ref>|end=3 December, 1865<ref>Dacres service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/821.}}</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Hastings Reginald Yelverton|nick=Hastings R. Yelverton|appt=1866|end=1867}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hastings Reginald Yelverton|nick=Hastings R. Yelverton|appt=6 July, 1866<ref>Yelverton service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1521.}}</ref>|end=30 April, 1867<ref>Yelverton service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1521.}}</ref>|as=Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick Warden|nick=Frederick Warden|appt=1867|end=1868}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Frederick Warden|nick=Frederick Warden|appt=23 December, 1868<ref>Warden service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1321.}}</ref>|end=11 November, 1869<ref>Warden service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1321.}}</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds|nick=Thomas M. C. Symonds|appt=1868|end=1870}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds|nick=Thomas M. C. Symonds|appt=1868|end=1870}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Hastings Reginald Yelverton|nick=Hastings R. Yelverton|appt=July, 1870|end=October, 1870}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Hastings Reginald Yelverton|nick=Sir Hastings R. Yelverton|appt=13 July, 1870<ref>Yelverton service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1521.}}</ref>|end=25 October, 1870<ref>Yelverton service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1521.}}</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Greville Wellesley|nick=George G. Wellesley|appt=25 October, 1870<ref>Clowes. ''The Royal Navy: A History''. '''VII'''. p. 89.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Greville Wellesley|nick=George G. Wellesley|appt=25 October, 1870<ref>Clowes. ''The Royal Navy: A History''. '''VII'''. p. 89.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby|nick=Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby|appt=31 August, 1871<ref>Phipps Hornby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 653.</ref>|precBy=[[George Greville Wellesley|George G. Wellesley]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby|nick=Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby|appt=31 August, 1871<ref>Phipps Hornby service record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 653.</ref>|precBy=[[George Greville Wellesley|George G. Wellesley]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, First Baron Alcester|nick=Sir Frederick B. P. Seymour|appt=1 October, 1874<ref>Alcester Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1212.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, First Baron Alcester|nick=Sir Frederick B. P. Seymour|appt=1 October, 1874<ref>Alcester service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1212.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Hay|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord John Hay|appt=10 November, 1877<ref>Hay Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 591.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Hay|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord John Hay|appt=10 November, 1877<ref>Hay service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 591.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Arthur William Acland Hood, First Baron Hood|nick=Arthur W. A. Hood|appt=9 December, 1879<ref>Hood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 192.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Arthur William Acland Hood, First Baron Hood|nick=Arthur W. A. Hood|appt=9 December, 1879<ref>Hood service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 192.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Carr Glyn|nick=The Hon. Henry C. Glynn|appt=1 December, 1881{{NLJan82|p. 188}}<ref>Glyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>|end=26 April, 1882<ref>Glyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Carr Glyn|nick=The Hon. Henry C. Glynn|appt=1 December, 1881{{NLJan82|p. 188}}<ref>Glyn service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>|end=26 April, 1882<ref>Glyn service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Montagu Dowell|nick=Sir William M. Dowell|appt=17 April, 1882<ref>Dowell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 334.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Montagu Dowell|nick=Sir William M. Dowell|appt=17 April, 1882<ref>Dowell service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 334.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Alfred Ernest Albert, Third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|nick=H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh|appt=3 December, 1883<ref>Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 22.</ref>|end=3 December, 1884<ref>Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/25.}}  ff. 18, 22.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Alfred Ernest Albert, Third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|nick=H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh|appt=3 December, 1883<ref>Saxe-Coburg and Gotha service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 22.</ref>|end=3 December, 1884<ref>Saxe-Coburg and Gotha service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/25.}}  ff. 18, 22.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey|nick=Algernon F. R. de Horsey|appt=4 December, 1884<ref>De Horsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 312.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey|nick=Algernon F. R. de Horsey|appt=4 December, 1884<ref>De Horsey service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 312.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William Henry Whyte|nick=William H. Whyte|appt=7 May, 1885|end=c. 25 July, 1885<ref>Whyte Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1506.|}} f. 1394.  Second digit of day of month not legible.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William Henry Whyte|nick=William H. Whyte|appt=7 May, 1885|end=c. 25 July, 1885<ref>Whyte service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1506.|}} f. 1394.  Second digit of day of month not legible.</ref>|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles Fellowes|nick=Charles Fellowes|appt=1 July, 1885{{NLOct85|p. 188}}|end=18 March, 1886{{INF}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles Fellowes|nick=Charles Fellowes|appt=1 July, 1885{{NLOct85|p. 188}}|end=18 March, 1886{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=18 March, 1886<ref>Hewett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 602.</ref>|ass=18 March, 1886<ref>Hewett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 602.</ref>|end=17 April, 1888<ref>Hewett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 602.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=William Nathan Wrighte Hewett|nick=William N. W. Hewett|appt=18 March, 1886<ref>Hewett service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 602.</ref>|ass=18 March, 1886<ref>Hewett service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 602.</ref>|end=17 April, 1888<ref>Hewett service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1606.|}} f. 602.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Kennedy Erskine Baird|nick=John K. E. Baird|appt=17 April, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=3 May, 1890}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=John Kennedy Erskine Baird|nick=John K. E. Baird|appt=17 April, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=3 May, 1890}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Third Baronet|nick=Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart.|appt=3 May, 1890{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=10 May, 1892<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/16.|}} f. 821.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Third Baronet|nick=Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart.|appt=3 May, 1890{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=10 May, 1892<ref>Culme-Seymour service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/16.|}} f. 821.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Henry Fairfax|nick=Henry Fairfax|appt=10 May, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=12 May, 1894<ref>Fairfax Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|}} f. 721.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Henry Fairfax|nick=Henry Fairfax|appt=10 May, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|end=12 May, 1894<ref>Fairfax service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|}} f. 721.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|nick=Sir Robert O'B. FitzRoy|appt=12 May, 1894<ref>FitzRoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1252.|}} f. 454.</ref>|end=27 May, 1895<ref>FitzRoy Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1252.|}} f. 454.</ref>|note=requested relief on account of health}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|nick=Sir Robert O'B. FitzRoy|appt=12 May, 1894<ref>FitzRoy service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1252.|}} f. 454.</ref>|end=27 May, 1895<ref>FitzRoy service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1252.|}} f. 454.</ref>|note=requested relief on account of health}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Walter Talbot Kerr|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr|appt=27 May, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Walter Talbot Kerr|nick=The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr|appt=27 May, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Henry Frederick Stephenson|nick=Sir Henry F. Stephenson|appt=7 June, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|ass=7 June, 1897<ref>Stephenson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1134.|}} f. 1235.</ref>|end=19 December, 1898<ref>Stephenson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1134.|}} f. 1235.</ref>|note=resigned due to ill health}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Henry Frederick Stephenson|nick=Sir Henry F. Stephenson|appt=7 June, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}|ass=7 June, 1897<ref>Stephenson service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1134.|}} f. 1235.</ref>|end=19 December, 1898<ref>Stephenson service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1134.|}} f. 1235.</ref>|note=resigned due to ill health}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Sir Harry H. Rawson|appt=20 December, 1898{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Harry Holdsworth Rawson|nick=Sir Harry H. Rawson|appt=20 December, 1898{{ClowesVII|p. 89}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|nick=Sir Arthur K. Wilson|appt=14 April, 1901<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1410.</ref>|end=16 April, 1903<ref>Wilson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1410.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Arthur Knyvet Wilson, Third Baronet|nick=Sir Arthur K. Wilson|appt=14 April, 1901<ref>Wilson service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1410.</ref>|end=16 April, 1903<ref>Wilson service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1410.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|nick=Lord Charles Beresford|appt=17 April, 1903<ref>Beresford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 90.</ref>|succBy=Renamed as [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]|note=Renamed as [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]|end=6 May, 1903<ref>Letter No 743 of 6 May, 1903.  {{TNA|ADM 144/16.}}  f. 60.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|nick=Lord Charles Beresford|appt=17 April, 1903<ref>Beresford service record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 90.</ref>|succBy=Renamed as [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]|note=Renamed as [[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Channel Fleet]]|end=6 May, 1903<ref>Letter No 743 of 6 May, 1903.  {{TNA|ADM 144/16.}}  f. 60.</ref>}}
 
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Revision as of 10:27, 24 October 2022

History

The Channel Squadron was established as such in 1858, and was occasionally known as the Particular Service Squadron.[1] Vice-Admiral The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beresford was appointed Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Squadron, on 17 April, 1903.[2] On 6 May Beresford was informed by the Admiralty "that for the future the Channel Squadron shall be known as the Channel Fleet."[3]

Composition

1891

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1896

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February, 1900

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January, 1901

The formation has remained unaltered, but Mars and Pelorus are no longer on temporary detachment.[7]

Senior Officers in Command

Dates of appointment given:

Seconds-in-Command

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  2. The Navy List. (June, 1903). p. 216.
  3. Letter No 743 of 6 May, 1903. The National Archives. ADM 144/16. f. 60.
  4. Parkes. British Battleships. p. 693.
  5. Parkes. British Battleships. p. 693.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 218.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 218.
  8. Dacres service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/821.
  9. Dacres service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/821.
  10. Yelverton service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1521.
  11. Yelverton service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1521.
  12. Warden service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1321.
  13. Warden service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1321.
  14. Yelverton service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1521.
  15. Yelverton service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1521.
  16. Clowes. The Royal Navy: A History. VII. p. 89.
  17. Phipps Hornby service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 653.
  18. Alcester service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1212.
  19. Hay service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 591.
  20. Hood service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 192.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1882). p. 188.
  22. Glyn service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  23. Glyn service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  24. Dowell service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 334.
  25. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 22.
  26. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/25. ff. 18, 22.
  27. De Horsey service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 312.
  28. Whyte service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. 1394. Second digit of day of month not legible.
  29. The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
  30. Hewett service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 602.
  31. Hewett service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1606. f. 602.
  32. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  33. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  34. Culme-Seymour service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16. f. 821.
  35. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  36. Fairfax service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 721.
  37. FitzRoy service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  38. FitzRoy service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1252. f. 454.
  39. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  40. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  41. Stephenson service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1134. f. 1235.
  42. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  43. Wilson service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1410.
  44. Wilson service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1410.
  45. Beresford service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 90.
  46. Letter No 743 of 6 May, 1903. The National Archives. ADM 144/16. f. 60.
  47. The Navy List. (January, 1870). p. 180.
  48. William Loney RN Website.
  49. William Loney RN Website.
  50. Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  51. The Navy List. (July, 1881). p. 188.
  52. Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  53. Sullivan service record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1130
  54. The Navy List. (April, 1883). p. 188.
  55. Whyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. 1394.
  56. Whyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. 1394.
  57. The Navy List. (October, 1885). p. 188.
  58. Heneage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13/332
  59. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 478.
  60. Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 1112.
  61. D'Arcy-Irvine Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 290.
  62. The Navy List. (January, 1890). p. 187.
  63. The Navy List. (January, 1891). p. 187.
  64. Adeane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 10.
  65. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1213.
  66. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1213.
  67. Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 291.
  68. Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 161.
  69. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, 2 May, 1895. Issue 34566, col C, p. 7.
  70. Alington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/33. f. 13.
  71. The Navy List. (July, 1896). p. 191.
  72. Fellowes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1012. f. ?.
  73. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 24 April, 1894. Issue 34246, col B, p. 10.
  74. Fellowes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1012. f. ?.
  75. Brackenbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/398. ff. 72, 156.
  76. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 1 June, 1898. Issue 35531, col D, p. 5.
  77. Brackenbury Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/398. ff. 72, 156.
  78. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 June, 1899. Issue 35844, col D, p. 11.
  79. Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 90.
  80. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 2 June, 1900. Issue 36158, col G, p. 12.
  81. Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  82. Jenkings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1766. f. 701.
  83. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 6 June, 1901. Issue 36474, col E, p. 11.
  84. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.

Bibliography

  • Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.