Coast of Scotland Station

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The Coast of Scotland Station, also rendered as the Scottish Command, was instituted in 1913.

Limits

The boundaries of the station were defined in October, 1913, as:

The line drawn from the western end of the Boundary of Scotland to the position Lat. 54 30 N, Long. 4 35 W., thence to a position one league from the coast of Ireland in Lat. 54 30 N., thence following the limit of the Irish Command (one league from the coast of Ireland) to the northward until the meridian of Long. 7 20 W. is reached, thence to Lat. 58 N., Long 9 W., thence to Lat. 61 N., Long. 3 W., thence to Lat. 61 N. on the meridian of Greenwich, thence to 55 46 N. on the same meridian, and thence to the eastern end of the Boundary of Scotland.[1]

Senior Officers and Commanders-in-Chief

The appointment was instituted in 1913 as Senior Officer on the Coast of Scotland. From 1 July, 1916, the title was altered to Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth.[2]

Dates of appointment given:

Flag Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. "562.—Limits of Stations." in "Admiralty Weekly Orders" dated 10 October, 1913. pp. 6-7. The National Archives. ADM 182/4.
  2. Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  3. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 37.
  4. Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  5. Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 800.
  6. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 37.
  7. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 335.
  8. Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 335.
  9. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 37.
  10. Burney Service REcord. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 181.
  11. Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 37.
  12. Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  13. Heath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
  14. "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 March, 1922. Issue 42990, col A, p. 23.
  15. Green Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 260.
  16. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 126.
  17. Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 126.
  18. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
  19. Cowan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
  20. "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 2 June, 1926. Issue 44287, col G, p. 5.
  21. Bowring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 317.
  22. "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 June, 1928. Issue 44909, col F, p. 7.
  23. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  24. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  25. Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  26. Leveson-Gower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/178. f. 182.
  27. Superseded that day. Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  28. Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  29. Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
  30. Take from successor. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  31. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  32. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  33. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  34. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  35. Date his predecessor departed. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  36. Predecessor returned that day to fill in. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  37. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  38. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  39. Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  40. Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  41. Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 224.
  42. Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 224.
  43. Superseded then. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  44. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  45. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.
  46. Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
  47. Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
  48. Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.
  49. Moubray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 277.