Portsmouth Signal School
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On 6 August, 1941 it was named H.M.S. Mercury.
In Command
- Commander Lionel G. Tufnell, 18 November, 1895[1][2] – November, 1898[3][4]
- Commander Hugh Evan-Thomas, 19 November, 1898[5][6] – 12 November, 1900[7]
- Commander Allan F. Everett, 12 November, 1900[8] – 1 January, 1904[9]
- Commander Douglas R. L. Nicholson, 1 January, 1904[10][11] – 31 December, 1904[12]
- Commander Henry G. G. Sandeman, 11 August, 1905[13] – 1 August, 1906[14]
- Captain Allan F. Everett, 1 August, 1906[15] – 22 April, 1908[16]
- Captain Herbert MacI. Edwards, 22 April, 1908[17] – 10 January, 1911[18]
- Captain Edward M. Phillpotts, 10 January, 1911[19] – 31 July, 1912[20] (and as Superintendent of Signal Schools)
- Captain Frederick L. Field, 31 July, 1912[21][22] – 15 September, 1914[23] (and as Superintendent of Signal Schools)
- Acting Commander Charles E. Collins, 5 October, 1915 (temporary?)
- Captain John D. Allen, 13 September, 1916[24] – 15 November, 1918 (and as Superintendent of Signal Schools)
- Captain Arthur K. Macrorie, 15 November, 1918[25] – 15 November, 1920[26] (and as Superintendent of Signal Schools)
- Captain Lionel G. Preston, 16 November, 1920[27] – 16 November, 1922[28]
- Captain Claude Seymour, 16 November, 1922[29][30] – 30 April, 1925[31]
- Captain John K. im Thurn, 30 April, 1925[32][33] – 2 January, 1928[34]
- Captain James S. C. Salmond, 2 January, 1928[35] – 2 January, 1930[36]
- Captain William B. Mackenzie, 2 January, 1930[37] – 4 January, 1932
- Captain Herbert Fitzherbert, 4 January, 1932[38] – 1933[39]
- Captain Richard H. L. Bevan, 1933[40] – 24 August, 1935[41]
- Captain James W. S. Dorling, 24 August, 1935[42] – 25 August, 1937
- Captain Arthur J. L. Murray, 25 August, 1937 – 3 March, 1939[43]
- Captain Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham, 3 March, 1939[44] – 21 April, 1941[45]
- Captain Gerald H. Warner, 21 April, 1941[46] – 20 December, 1943[47]
- Captain Charles L. Firth, – 26 April, 1948[48]
- Rear-Admiral John H. F. Crombie, 26 April, 1948 – 12 September, 1950
Executive Officers
- Commander Robert R. Stewart, 1 February, 1932[49]
See Also
- Superintendent of Signal Schools
- Chatham Signal School
- Devonport Signal School
- H.M.S. Mercury Papers at the National Maritime Museum
Footnotes
- ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Tufnell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1335.
- ↑ Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Evan-Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 105.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 5 Dec. 1903, p. 9.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 457.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
- ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
- ↑ Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 178.
- ↑ Kent. Signal!. p 361.
- ↑ Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 178.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398w.
- ↑ Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
- ↑ Macrorie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/467. f. 521.
- ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
- ↑ Preston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 79.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 282.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
- ↑ im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 282.
- ↑ im Thurn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/90. f. 188.
- ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
- ↑ Salmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 285.
- ↑ Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
- ↑ Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
- ↑ Bevan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/270. f. 136.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 287.
- ↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
- ↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
- ↑ Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
- ↑ Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/173. f. 173.
- ↑ Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/173. f. 173.
- ↑ Crombie Service Record.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 287.
