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The '''Portsmouth Navigation School''' was also known as '''H.M.S. ''Dryad'''''. It was closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}} Just before closing for the war, the course of instruction offered ran about six months in duration. ==Captains of H.M. Navigation School== <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Captain of Portsmouth Navigation School" nat="UK"> {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Francis Oliver|nick=Henry F. Oliver|appt=22 February, 1906<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 319.</ref>|end=12 February, 1907<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 319.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Laurence Eliot Power|nick=Laurence E. Power|appt=12 February, 1907<ref>Power Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 230.</ref>|end=31 January, 1910<ref>Power Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 469.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry William Grant|nick=Henry. W. Grant|appt=1 February, 1910<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 76.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 7 January, 1910. Issue '''39163''', col D, p. 17.</ref>|end=5 January, 1912<ref>Grant Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 76.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Leonard Booty|nick=Edward L. Booty|appt=5 January, 1912{{NLApr13|p. 304}}|end=1 September, 1914{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}|succBy=School Closed until 1919}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth|nick=Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth|appt=1 February, 1919{{NLMay19|p. 781}}|succBy=School Closed since Sep 1914}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Oliver Elles Leggett|nick=Oliver E. Leggett|appt=30 November, 1920{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Owen Reinold|nick=Harold O. Reinold|appt=30 November, 1922<ref>Reinold Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}|end=2 December, 1924<ref>Reinold Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Walsh Carrington|nick=John W. Carrington|appt=2 December, 1924{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}{{NLApr25|p. 234}}|end=16 December, 1926<ref>Carrington Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 489.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Campbell|nick=John D. Campbell|appt=16 December, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 233}}{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}|end=17 December, 1928}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=17 December, 1928{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Troup Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>|end=20 June, 1930<ref>Troup Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|nick=Wilbraham T. R. Ford|appt=20 June, 1930{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Ford Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=10 June, 1932<ref>Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=20 June, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 235}}<ref>Dawson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384. This source MAY say 10 June.</ref>|end=27 July, 1934{{INF}}{{NLJul34|p. 235}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest John Spooner|nick=Ernest J. Spooner|appt=27 July, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 235}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Robin Moore Bridge|nick=Arthur R. M. Bridge|appt=3 May, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 277}}|end=5 December, 1939{{INF}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Armstrong|nick=Thomas C. Armstrong|appt=5 December, 1939{{NLDec41|p. 1302}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:office0> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} * [[:Category:Navigating Officers (UK)|List of Royal Navy Navigating Officers]] {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{SchofieldNav}} {{refend}} {{CatNavigationSchool|UK}}

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