North American Station
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- For American naval forces in the West Indies, see West Indies Squadron (United States)West Indies Squadron (United States)The West Indies Squadron, or the West Indies Station, was a United States Navy squadron that operated in the West Indies in the early nineteenth century. It was formed due to the need to suppress piracy in the Caribbean Sea, the Antilles and the Gulf of Mexico region of the Atlantic Ocean...
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The North American and West Indies Station was a formation or command
Command (military formation)
A command in military terminology is an organisational unit that the individual in Military command has responsibility for. A Commander will normally be specifically appointed into the role in order to provide a legal framework for the authority bestowed...
of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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's Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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stationed in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n waters from 1745 until the 1950s. During some periods the North American Station (NA) was separated from with the West Indies station (WI) and known as the North American Station.
History
The squadron was formed in 1745 to counter French forces in North America. It was based initially at Halifax Naval YardRoyal Naval Dockyard, Halifax
Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax was a British Royal Navy base in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1759 to 1905. The Halifax Yard was the main year round base of the Royal Navy's North American Station when first established in 1759 during the Seven Years' War....
in Nova Scotia. In 1818, its main base was moved to Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
which was better positioned to counter threats from the United States. The Royal Navy had created a permanent establishment in Bermuda in 1795, and began buying land around the archipelago for the development of a naval base including what became the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
HMD Bermuda was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War. Bermuda had occupied a useful position astride the homeward leg taken by many European vessels from the New World since before its settlement by England in 1609...
. Up until 1899 there were separate North American and West Indies stations.
The squadron was maintained at varying strength throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In addition to the base at Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
, where there was a dockyard until 1951, the squadron continued to make use of the great fortified harbours that were available at Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax
Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax
Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax was a British Royal Navy base in Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1759 to 1905. The Halifax Yard was the main year round base of the Royal Navy's North American Station when first established in 1759 during the Seven Years' War....
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
- now CFB Halifax
CFB Halifax
Canadian Forces Base Halifax is Canada's east coast navy base and home port to the Atlantic fleet, known as Maritime Forces Atlantic....
. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Canada developed Sydney
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
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as an alternate convoy port.
British ports in the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
, such as Kingston
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island...
, Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
and Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...
, Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
were available for rest, refueling, and supplies as was St. John's
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...
, Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
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in the far northeast, the closest port in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
to any British port in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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The main role of the station was to keep the trade routes open to North America and the Caribbean. Generally, several cruisers and smaller ships were kept on this station. During war time the squadron operated in cooperation with the Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
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In 1910, the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
in North American waters was replaced by the Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
, and the station headquarters shifted south to Bermuda. In 1926 the appointment was redesignated Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies, which was the title until the 1950s. After the closure of Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda in 1958, served as the succeeding station until 1995.
The Commander-in-Chief, Vice Admiral Sir William Andrewes
William Andrewes
Admiral Sir William Gerrard "Bill" Andrewes KBE CB DSO was a Royal Navy officer who served in World War I and World War II, commanded the British and Commonwealth Naval Forces and United Nations Task Force 95 during the Korean War, and went on to command of the America and West Indies Squadron and...
, was the initial Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
The Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic was one of two supreme commanders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation , the other being the Supreme Allied Commander Europe . The SACLANT led Allied Command Atlantic, based at Norfolk, Virginia...
after World War II (circa 1952 and afterwards). On 29 October 1956, the command became Senior Naval Officer West Indies (SNOWI), which was finally disbanded on 1 April 1976. SNOWI served as Island Commander Bermuda in the NATO chain of command, reporting to Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic as part of SACLANT
Allied Command Transformation
Allied Command Transformation is a NATO military command, which was formed in 2003 after North Atlantic Treaty Organisation restructuring....
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From around 1931-33 to at least 1939, the South American Division of the station was active, under Commodore R.H.O. Lane-Poole, O.B.E., R.N., on formation, and then Commodore Henry Harwood
Henry Harwood
Admiral Sir Henry Harwood Harwood, KCB, OBE , was a British naval officer who won fame in the Battle of the River Plate.-Early life:...
at the Battle of the River Plate
Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in the Second World War. The German pocket battleship had been commerce raiding since the start of the war in September 1939...
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For ships stationed in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
go to List of Royal Navy ships in North America.
Commanders-in-Chief
North American Station
- Commodore Augustus KeppelAugustus Keppel, 1st Viscount KeppelAdmiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel PC was an officer of the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the War of American Independence...
(1751-1755)
- Commodore Lord Alexander Colville (November 1759 - October 1762)
- Commodore Richard SpryRichard SpryAdmiral Sir Richard Spry was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, North American Station.-Naval career:Spry joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1733. Following the sinking of his ship by the Spanish Navy he was taken prisoner in 1745 but released two months later...
(October 1762 - October 1763) - Rear Admiral Lord Alexander Colville (October 1763 - September 1766)
- Captain Joseph Deane, September 1766 - November 1766 (Senior Captain)
- Captain Archibald Kennedy, November 1766 - July 1767 (Senior Captain)
- Commodore Samuel HoodSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount HoodSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars...
(July 1767 - October 1770) - Commodore James GambierJames Gambier (Royal Navy officer)Vice-Admiral James Gambier was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North American Station. The historian David Syrett presented a study of Gambier, which presented him as corrupt and largely disliked by his fellow officers....
(October 1770 - August 1771) - Rear Admiral John Montagu (August 1771 - June 1774)
- Vice Admiral Samuel GravesSamuel GravesAdmiral Samuel Graves RN was a British Admiral who is probably best known for his role early in the American War of Independence.-Military career:Graves joined the Royal Navy in 1732...
(June 1774 - January 1776) - Vice Admiral Richard HoweRichard Howe, 1st Earl HoweAdmiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was the brother of William Howe and George Howe.Howe joined the navy at the age of thirteen and served...
(February 1776 - September 1778) - Vice Admiral James GambierJames Gambier (Royal Navy officer)Vice-Admiral James Gambier was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North American Station. The historian David Syrett presented a study of Gambier, which presented him as corrupt and largely disliked by his fellow officers....
(1778 - 1779) - Vice Admiral John ByronJohn ByronVice Admiral The Hon. John Byron, RN was a Royal Navy officer. He was known as Foul-weather Jack because of his frequent bad luck with weather.-Early career:...
(1779) - Vice Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot (1779-1781)
- Vice Admiral Sir Thomas GravesThomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves|-|-...
(1781) - Rear Admiral Robert DigbyRobert Digby (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Robert Digby was an officer in the Royal Navy officer who also served briefly as an Member of Parliament .- Naval career :...
(1781 - 1783) - Rear Admiral Sir Charles DouglasSir Charles Douglas, 1st BaronetRear Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, 1st Baronet of Carr was a descendant of the Earls of Morton and a distinguished British naval officer...
(1783 - 1785) - Vice Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer (1785 - 1789)
- Vice Admiral Sir Richard Hughes (1789 - 1792)
- Vice Admiral George MurrayGeorge Murray (MP)Vice Admiral George Murray was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He was the third son of the Jacobite general Lord George Murray.-Naval career:...
(1793 - 1796) - Vice Admiral George VandeputGeorge VandeputAdmiral George Vandeput was an English naval officer, the illegitimate son of Sir George Vandeput, 2nd Baronet and an unknown mother.-Naval career:...
(1797 - 1800) - Vice Admiral Sir William Parker (1800-1802)
- Vice Admiral Sir Andrew MitchellAndrew Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)Sir Andrew Mitchell KB was an Admiral of the Blue in the Royal Navy. Married to Mary Uniacke in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 3 May 1805.-Career:...
(1802 - 1806) - Vice Admiral Sir George Cranfield-BerkeleyGeorge Cranfield-BerkeleyAdmiral Sir George Cranfield Berkeley GCB , often known as George Berkeley, was a highly experienced, popular, yet controversial naval officer and politician in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Britain...
(1806 - 1807) - Vice Admiral Sir John Warren (1807 - 1810)
- Vice Admiral Sir Herbert SawyerHerbert SawyerAdmiral Sir Herbert Sawyer KCB was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars. He eventually rose to the rank of Admiral....
(1810 - 1813) - Vice Admiral Sir John Warren (1813 - 1814)
- Vice Admiral Sir Alexander CochraneAlexander CochraneAdmiral Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane GCB RN was a senior Royal Navy commander during the Napoleonic Wars.-Naval career:...
(1814 - 1815) - Vice Admiral Sir David Milne (1816)
- Vice Admiral Sir Edward ColpoysEdward Griffith ColpoysVice Admiral Sir Edward Griffith Colpoys KCB was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century...
(1816 - 1821)
North America and West Indies Station
- Vice Admiral Sir William FahieWilliam Charles FahieVice-Admiral Sir William Charles Fahie KCB was a prominent British Royal Navy officer during the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. Unusually, Fahie's service was almost entirely spent in the West Indies, where he had been born and where he lived during...
(1821 - 1824) - Vice Admiral Sir Thomas LakeWilloughby Thomas LakeAdmiral Sir Willoughby Thomas Lake KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North American Station.-Naval career:...
(1824 - 1827) - Vice Admiral Sir Charles OgleSir Charles Ogle, 2nd BaronetAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet was an officer in the Royal Navy.-Naval career:Born the eldest son of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet, Ogle joined the Royal Navy in 1787....
(1827 - 1830) - Vice Admiral Sir Edward ColpoysEdward Griffith ColpoysVice Admiral Sir Edward Griffith Colpoys KCB was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century...
(1830 - 1832) - Vice Admiral Sir George CockburnGeorge CockburnAdmiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet GCB was a British naval commander of the late 18th through the mid-19th centuries. He held important commands during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 and eventually rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord.-Naval...
(1832 - 1836) - Vice Admiral Sir Peter HalkettSir Peter Halkett, 6th BaronetAdmiral Sir Peter Halkett, 6th Baronet was a senior Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century who is best known for his service in the French Revolutionary Wars. The younger son a Scottish baronet, Halkett joined the Navy and by 1793 was a lieutenant, becoming a post captain after service...
(1836 - 1837) - Vice Admiral Sir Charles Paget (1837 - 1839)
- Vice Admiral Sir Thomas HarveyThomas Harvey (Royal Navy officer)Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Harvey, KCB was a senior Royal Navy officer who saw service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and died as commander-in-chief on the West Indies Station...
(1839 - 1841) - Vice Admiral Sir Charles AdamCharles AdamAdmiral Sir Charles Adam, KCB was a British naval officer. He was the second son of William Adam of Blair Adam and his wife Eleanora, the daughter of Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone and sister of Lord Keith....
(1841 - 1844) - Vice Admiral Sir Francis AustenFrancis AustenSir Francis William Austen, GCB was a British officer who spent most of his long life on active duty in the Royal Navy, rising to the position of Admiral of the Fleet.-Background:...
(1844 - 1848) - Vice Admiral Sir Thomas CochraneThomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of DundonaldAdmiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, 1st Marquess of Maranhão, GCB, ODM , styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a senior British naval flag officer and radical politician....
(1848 - 1851) - Vice Admiral Sir George Seymour (1851 - 1853)
- Vice Admiral Sir Arthur FanshaweArthur FanshaweAdmiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.-Naval career:Fanshawe joined the Royal Navy in 1804...
(1853 - 1856) - Vice Admiral Sir Houston StewartHouston StewartAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Houston Stewart GCB was a Royal Navy officer and briefly a Liberal Party Member of Parliament .-Naval career:...
(1856 - 1860) - Vice Admiral Sir Alexander MilneSir Alexander Milne, 1st BaronetAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet, GCB was a Royal Navy admiral, the second son of the Scot Admiral Sir David Milne, and the younger brother of the advocate, geologist and meteorologist David Milne-Home.-Naval career:He entered the Royal Naval Academy, 8 February 1817...
(1860 - 1864) - Vice Admiral Sir James Hope (1864 - 1867)
- Vice Admiral Sir Rodney MundyRodney MundyAdmiral of the Fleet Sir George Rodney Mundy GCB was Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:Mundy's naval service stated as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth in 1818...
(1867 - 1869) - Vice Admiral Sir George WellesleyGeorge WellesleyAdmiral Sir George Greville Wellesley GCB was a senior naval officer and First Naval Lord. He was a nephew of the Duke of Wellington.-Naval career:Wellesley joined the Royal Navy in 1828...
(1869 - 1870) - Vice Admiral Sir Edward FanshaweEdward FanshaweAdmiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe GCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.-Naval career:...
(1870 - 1873) - Vice Admiral Sir George WellesleyGeorge WellesleyAdmiral Sir George Greville Wellesley GCB was a senior naval officer and First Naval Lord. He was a nephew of the Duke of Wellington.-Naval career:Wellesley joined the Royal Navy in 1828...
(1873 - 1875) - Vice Admiral Sir Astley KeyAstley Cooper KeyAdmiral Sir Astley Cooper Key, GCB, ADC, FRS was a Royal Navy officer who became First Naval Lord.-Naval career:Born the son of Charles Aston Key , a well-known surgeon, Key joined the Royal Navy in 1833...
(1875 - 1878) - Vice Admiral Sir Edward InglefieldEdward Augustus InglefieldSir Edward Augustus Inglefield was a Royal Naval officer who led one of the searches for the missing Arctic explorer John Franklin during the 1850s. In doing so, his expedition charted previously unexplored areas along the northern Canadian coastline, including Baffin Bay, Smith Sound and...
(1878 - 1879) - Vice Admiral Sir Francis McClintockFrancis Leopold McClintockAdmiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock or Francis Leopold M'Clintock KCB, FRS was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy who is known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.-Biography:...
(1879 - 1882) - Vice Admiral Sir John CommerellJohn Edmund CommerellAdmiral of the Fleet Sir John Edmund Commerell VC GCB was an English Royal Navy officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
(1882 - 1885) - Vice Admiral The Earl of ClanwilliamRichard Meade, 4th Earl of ClanwilliamAdmiral of the Fleet Richard James Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, GCB, KCMG , styled Lord Gillford until 1879, was a British Royal Navy officer and peer.-Background:...
(1885 - 1886) - Vice Admiral Sir Algernon Lyons (1886 - 1888)
- Vice Admiral Sir George WatsonGeorge Watson (Royal Navy officer)Vice Admiral Sir George Willes Watson KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:...
(1888 - 1891) - Vice Admiral Sir John HopkinsJohn Ommanney HopkinsAdmiral Sir John Ommanney Hopkins GCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.-Naval career:...
(1891 - 1895) - Vice Admiral Sir James Erskine (1895 - 1897)
- Vice Admiral Sir Jackie Fisher (1897 - 1899)
- Vice Admiral Sir Frederick BedfordFrederick BedfordAdmiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford GCB, GCVO was Governor of Western Austria from 24 March 1903 to 22 April 1909.-Naval career:Bedford joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14, and later served in the Crimean War....
(1899 - 1903) - Vice Admiral Sir Archibald DouglasArchibald Lucius DouglasAdmiral Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas, GCB, GCVO was a Royal Navy officer of the 19th century.-Naval career:Douglas was born in Quebec City in pre-Confederation Canada in 1842...
(1903 - 1904) - Vice Admiral Sir Day BosanquetDay BosanquetAdmiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet GCVO, KCB was the Governor of South Australia from 18 February 1909 until 22 March 1914.-Naval career:Born in Alnwick in Northumberland, Bosanquet joined the Royal Navy in 1857...
(1904 - 1907)
- Vacant (1907 - 1914)
- Vice Admiral Sir George PateyGeorge Edwin PateyAdmiral Sir George Edwin Patey KCMG, KCVO was a senior officer in the Royal Navy.-Biography:Patey was born on 24 February 1859 at Montpellier, near Plymouth, United Kingdom. His father, also named George Edwin Patey, was a Royal Navy officer too...
(1915 - 1916) - Vice Admiral Sir Montague BrowningMontague BrowningAdmiral Sir Montague Edward Browning GCB GCMG GCVO was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.-Military career:...
(1916 - 1918) - Vice Admiral Sir William GrantWilliam Lowther GrantAdmiral Sir William Lowther Grant KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:Grant joined the Royal Navy in 1877...
(1918 - 1919) - Vice Admiral Sir Morgan SingerMorgan SingerAdmiral Sir Morgan Singer KCB KCVO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:...
(1919) - Vice Admiral Sir Trevylyan NapierTrevylyan NapierVice Admiral Sir Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier KCB MVO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:...
(1919 - 1920) - Vice Admiral Sir William PakenhamWilliam Christopher PakenhamAdmiral Sir William Christopher Pakenham, KCB, KCMG, KCVO was a British observer with the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War, during World War I he commanded the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron during the Battle of Jutland, and from December 1916 was Commander-in-Chief of the Battle...
(1920 - 1923) - Vice Admiral Sir Michael Culme-SeymourSir Michael Culme-Seymour, 4th BaronetVice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 4th Baronet KCB, MVO was an officer of the Royal Navy. A member of a substantial naval dynasty, he served during the First World War, commanding a ship at the Battle of Jutland in 1916...
(1923 - 1924) - Vice Admiral Sir James FergussonJames Fergusson (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir James Andrew Fergusson KCB KCMG was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:...
(1924 - 1926)
- Vice Admiral Sir George Patey
America and West Indies Station
- Vice Admiral Sir Walter CowanWalter CowanAdmiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 1st Baronet, KCB, MVO, DSO & & Bar , known as Tich Cowan, was a British Royal Navy admiral who saw service in both World War I and World War II; in the latter he was one of the oldest British servicemen on active duty.-Early days:Cowan was born in Crickhowell,...
(1926 - 1928) - Vice Admiral Sir Cyril FullerCyril FullerAdmiral Sir Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller KCB CMG DSO was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.-Naval career:Fuller joined the Royal Navy in 1887...
(1928 - 1930) - Vice Admiral Sir Vernon HaggardVernon HaggardAdmiral Sir Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard KCB CMG was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:...
(1930 - 1932) - Vice Admiral Sir Reginald Plunkett (1932 - 1934)
- Vice Admiral Sir Matthew Best (1934 - 1937)
- Vice Admiral Sir Sidney MeyrickSidney MeyrickAdmiral Sir Sidney Julius Meyrick KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:Meyrick joined the Royal Navy in 1893...
(1937 - 1940) - Vice Admiral Sir Charles Kennedy-PurvisCharles Kennedy-PurvisAdmiral Sir Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis GBE KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Deputy First Sea Lord.-Naval career:Kennedy-Purvis joined the Royal Navy in 1899...
(1940 - 1942) - Vice Admiral Sir Alban CurteisAlban CurteisAdmiral Sir Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis KCB CVO DSO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Senior British Naval Officer, Western Atlantic.-Naval career:...
(1942 - 1944) - Vice Admiral Sir Irvine GlennieIrvine GlennieAdmiral Sir Irvine Gordon Glennie KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:...
(1944 -1945) - Vice Admiral Sir William TennantWilliam Tennant (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir William George "Bill" Tennant KCB CBE MVO DL was a British naval officer. He was lauded for overseeing the successful evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. Tennant subsequently served as captain of the battlecruiser HMS Repulse, when it searched for German capital ships in the Atlantic...
(1946 - 1949) - Vice Admiral Sir Richard Symonds-TaylerRichard Symonds-TaylerAdmiral Sir Richard Victor Symonds-Tayler KBE CB DSC was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:Symonds-Tayler joined the Royal Navy in 1910 and served in World War I...
(1949 - 1951) - Vice Admiral Sir William AndrewesWilliam AndrewesAdmiral Sir William Gerrard "Bill" Andrewes KBE CB DSO was a Royal Navy officer who served in World War I and World War II, commanded the British and Commonwealth Naval Forces and United Nations Task Force 95 during the Korean War, and went on to command of the America and West Indies Squadron and...
(1951 - 1953) - Vice Admiral Sir John StevensJohn Stevens (Royal Navy officer)Vice Admiral Sir John Felgate Stevens KBE CB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:Stevens joined the Royal Navy in 1918 and served in the closing stages of World War I...
(1953 - 1955) - Vice Admiral Sir John EatonJohn Eaton (Royal Navy officer)Vice Admiral Sir John William Musgrave Eaton KBE CB DSO DSC was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station.-Naval career:Eaton joined the Royal Navy in 1916 and served in World War I...
(1955 - 1956)
External links
- Leo Niehorster, Station as at 3 September 1939