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==Shipbuilding==
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|'''Ship'''||'''Type'''||'''Launched'''||'''Fate'''
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|{{UK-Briton|f=p}}||corvette||6 Nov, 1869||Sold 1887
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|{{UK-2Encounter|f=p}}||corvette||1 Jan, 1873||Sold 1888
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|{{UK-2Diamond|f=p}}||corvette||26 Aug, 1874||Sold 1889
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|{{UK-1Osprey|f=p}}||composite screw sloop||5 Aug, 1876||Sold 1890
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|{{UK-1Gannet|f=p}}||composite screw sloop||31 Aug, 1878||Preserved 2015
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|{{UK-Kingfisher|f=p}}||composite screw sloop||16 Dec, 1879||Sold 1919
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|{{UK-Satellite|f=p}}||corvette||13 Aug, 1881||Sold 1904
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|{{UK-1Caroline|f=p}}||corvette||25 Nov, 1882||Sold 1929
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|{{UK-1Pylades|f=p}}||corvette||5 Nov, 1884||Sold 1906
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|{{UK-1Swallow|f=p}}||screw sloop||27 Oct, 1885||Sold 1904
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|{{UK-Buzzard|f=p}}||screw sloop||10 May, 1887||Sold 1921
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|{{UK-1Grasshopper|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||30 Aug, 1887||Sold 1905
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|{{UK-1Daphne|f=p}}||screw sloop||29 May, 1888||Sold 1904
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|{{UK-Pigmy|f=p}}||gunboat||27 Jul, 1888||Sold 4 Apr, 1905
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|{{UK-2Basilisk|f=p}}||screw sloop||6 Apr, 1889||Sold 1905
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|{{UK-Barracouta|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||16 May, 1889||Sold 1905
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|{{UK-1Goldfinch|f=p}}||gunboat||18 May, 1889||Sold 14 May, 1907
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|{{UK-Gleaner|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||9 Jan, 1890||Sold 4 Apr, 1905
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|{{UK-Gossamer|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||9 Jan, 1890||Sold 20 Mar, 1920
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|{{UK-1Brilliant|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||24 Jun, 1891||Blockship 23 Apr, 1918
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|{{UK-Circe|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||14 Jun, 1892||Sold 30 Jul, 1920
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|{{UK-Hebe|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||15 Jun, 1892||Sold 22 Oct, 1919
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|{{UK-1Alarm|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||13 Sep, 1892||Sold 9 Apr, 1907
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|{{UK-Leda|f=p}}||torpedo gunboat||13 Sep, 1892||Broken up 1922
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|{{UK-Charybdis|f=p}}||second class protected cruiser||15 Jun, 1893||Sold 27 Jan, 1922
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|{{UK-Alert|f=p}}||screw sloop||28 Dec, 1894||Sold 1926
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|{{UK-1Torch|f=p}}||screw sloop||28 Dec, 1894||Sold 1920
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|{{UK-Proserpine|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||5 Dec, 1896||Sold 30 Nov, 1919
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|{{UK-Pelorus|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||15 Dec, 1896||Sold 6 May, 1920
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|{{UK-Pomone|f=p}}||third class protected cruiser||25 Nov, 1897||Sold 25 Oct, 1922
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|{{UK-Condor|f=p}}||sloop||17 Dec, 1898||Foundered 3 Dec, 1901
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|{{UK-Rosario|f=p}}||sloop||17 Dec, 1898||Sold 11 Nov, 1921
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|{{UK-Shearwater|f=p}}||sloop||10 Feb, 1900||Sold May, 1922
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|{{UK-Vestal|f=p}}||sloop||10 Feb, 1900||Sold 21 Oct, 1921
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|{{UK-Espiegle|f=p}}||sloop||8 Dec, 1900||Sold 17 Sep, 1923
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|{{UK-Fantome|f=p}}||sloop||23 Mar, 1901||Sold 30 Jan, 1925
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|{{UK-Merlin|f=p}}||sloop||30 Nov, 1901||Sold 3 Aug, 1923
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|{{UK-1Odin|f=p}}||sloop||30 Nov, 1901||Sold 12 Nov, 1920
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|{{UK-Clio|f=p}}||sloop||14 Mar, 1903||Sold 12 Nov, 1920
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|{{UK-Cadmus|f=p}}||sloop||29 Apr, 1903||Sold 1 Sep, 1921
|}
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==Captains Superintendent==
Dates of appointment given:

<div name=fredbot:officeCaptSuper otitle="Captain Superintendent, Sheerness Dockyard" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane|nick=The Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane|appt=1 January, 1869{{NLJul69|p. 208}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Garnham Luard|nick=William G. Luard|appt=11 May, 1870{{NLJul73|p. 145}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley|nick=Fitzgerald A. C. Foley|appt=9 January, 1875<ref>Foley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 471.</ref>|end=1877}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Brandreth|nick=Thomas Brandreth|appt=9 January, 1877|end=	4 January, 1879}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Theodore Morton Jones|nick=Theodore M. Jones|appt=4 January, 1879|end=1 January, 1883}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Ommanney Hopkins|nick=John O. Hopkins|appt=January, 1883|end=c. 6 April, 1883{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Codrington|nick=William Codrington|appt=6 April, 1883|end=17 July, 1885}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Frederick Nicholson|nick=Henry F. Nicholson|appt=17 July, 1885<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>{{NLSep85|p. 304}}|ass=24 July, 1885<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>|end=1 July, 1886<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Robert Henry More Molyneux|nick=Robert H. M. Molyneux|appt=1 July, 1886<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/339.|}} ff. 950, 967.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles George Fane|nick=Charles G. Fane|appt=1 June, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Duckworth-King|nick=Richard Duckworth-King|appt=1 August, 1890{{NLMar91|p. 354}}|end=17 January, 1892}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Armand Temple Powlett|nick=Armand T. Powlett|appt=25 January, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}|ass=29 January, 1892|end=1 January, 1894}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Fellowes|nick=John Fellowes|appt=1 January, 1894<ref>Fellowes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1012.|}} f. ?.</ref>{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}|end=1 January, 1895<ref>Fellowes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1012.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Coke Burnell|nick=John C. Burnell|appt=15 January, 1895<ref>Burnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/500.}} f. 158.</ref>{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}|ass=15 January, 1895<ref>Burnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/500.}} f. 158.</ref>|end=27 December, 1897<ref>Burnell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/500.}} f. 158.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Andrew Kennedy Bickford|nick=Andrew K. Bickford|appt=11 January, 1898<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 100.</ref>|end=29 June, 1899<ref>Bickford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 100.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson|nick=Reginald F. H. Henderson|appt=28 June, 1899{{ClowesVII|p. 7}}|ass=29 June, 1899<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>|end=21 June, 1902<ref>Henderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.|D7578879}} f. 609.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham|nick=Walter H. B. Graham|appt=20 August, 1902<ref>Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/561.}} f. 547.</ref>{{NMI|Monday, 4 August, 1902.  Issue '''36837''', col C, p. 4}}|end=1 January, 1905<ref>Graham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/561.}} f. 547.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Livington Campbell|nick=Frederick L. Campbell|appt=1 January, 1905<ref>Campbell Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/38/221.|D7578797}} ff. 195, 199.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 15 December, 1904.  Issue '''37578''', col E, p. 10.</ref>|end=25 January, 1906<ref>Campbell Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/38/221.|D7578797}} ff. 195, 199.</ref>|note=died in fox hunting accident}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Startin|nick=James Startin|appt=31 January, 1906<ref>Startin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 502.</ref>|end=4 May, 1907<ref>Startin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 502.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Casement|nick=John Casement|appt=4 May, 1907{{NMI|Saturday, 16 March, 1907.  Issue '''38282''', col E, p. 14}}|ass=4 May, 1907|end=1 July, 1908}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Hathorn Johnston Stewart|nick=Robert H. Johnston Stewart|appt=13 June, 1908<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 619.</ref>|ass=1 July, 1908{{NMI|Wednesday, 27 May, 1908.  Issue '''38657''', col C, p. 16}}|end=15 December, 1909<ref>Stewart Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  f. 619.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Holland Torlesse|nick=Henry H. Torlesse|appt=15 December, 1909{{NMI|Wednesday, 10 November, 1909.  Issue '''39113''', col A, p. 4}}<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1314.</ref>|end=17 November, 1911<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1314.</ref>|ass=15 December, 1909<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1314.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert John Prendergast|nick=Robert J. Prendergast|appt=1 December, 1911<ref>Prendergast Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 242.</ref>|end=21 September, 1915<ref>Prendergast Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 242.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmund Hyde Smith|nick=E. Hyde Smith|appt=21 September, 1915{{NLNov17|p. 554}}|end=15 April, 1919<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 295.</ref>|as=Senior Officer in Charge, Sheerness Dockyard}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Shirley Litchfield-Speer|nick=Frederick S. Litchfield-Speer|appt=15 April, 1919<ref>"Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 16 April, 1919.  Issue '''42076''', col B, p. 7.</ref>|end=14 March, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Neville Garnett|nick=Herbert N. Garnett|appt=15 March, 1922<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>|end=31 March, 1923<ref>Garnett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/90.|D7602876}} f. 100.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Charles Fisher|nick=Frederick C. Fisher|appt=26 February, 1925|end=12 April, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Dashwood Fowler Moir|nick=Dashwood F. Moir|appt=26 March, 1927<ref>"Naval And Military."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Feb 24, 1927; pg. 7; Issue 44514.</ref>|end=c. April, 1929{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Benjamin Wingate Barrow|nick=Benjamin Wingate Barrow|appt=1 April, 1929<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>|end=15 July, 1930<ref>Barrow Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 511.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Dundas Hamilton|nick=Hugh D. Hamilton|appt=15 July, 1930<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603875}} f. 375.</ref>|end=15 July, 1932<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|D7603875}} f. 375.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Stedman MacFarlan|nick=Robert S. MacFarlan|appt=15 July, 1932<ref>MacFarlan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603682}} f. 176.</ref>|end=16 July, 1934<ref>MacFarlan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|D7603682}} f. 176.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Victor Vincent Magrane|nick=James V. V. Magrane|appt=16 July, 1934<ref>Magrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/324.|}} f. 328.</ref>|end=4 September, 1935<ref>Magrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/324.|}} f. 328.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Bradford Maltby|nick=Henry B. Maltby|appt=4 September, 1935<ref>Maltby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/293.|}} f. 318.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 196}}|end=15 December, 1937<ref>Maltby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/293.|}} f. 318.</ref>|as=Captain Superintendent H.M. Dockyard, Sheerness|note=vice Magrane}}
{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Hugh Richard Marrack|nick=Hugh R. Marrack|appt=15 December, 1937<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/225.|D7604980}} f. 237.</ref>|end=9 July, 1943<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/225.|D7604980}} f. 237.</ref>|as=Commodore Superintendent H.M. Dockyard, Sheerness}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Cunningham Paton Menzies|nick=George C. P. Menzies|appt=July, 1947<ref>Menzies Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/1.|}} f. 1.</ref>|end=5 November, 1947<ref>Menzies Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/1.|}} f. 1.</ref>|note=vice "Bosnett"[?]}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCaptSuper>

==King's Harbour Master==

<div name=fredbot:officeKHM otitle="King's Harbour Master, Sheerness" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Maclear Brounger|nick=Thomas M. Brounger|appt=1 April, 1927|end=9 August, 1929}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Hooper Philips|nick=Christopher H. Philips|appt=9 August, 1929|end=14 April, 1930{{ToL|Captain Philips Retired|24 Oct. 1930, p. 5}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Henry Champness|nick=Charles H. Champness|appt=16 May, 1934|end=2 March, 1935<ref>Ramsbotham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/17.|}} f. 16.</ref>|note=vice "Tait"[?]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Ramsbotham|nick=Reginald Ramsbotham|appt=2 March, 1935<ref>Ramsbotham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/17.|}} f. 16.</ref>|end=5 March, 1938<ref>Ramsbotham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/17.|}} f. 16.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roderick Larken Moore|nick=Roderick L. Moore|appt=5 March, 1938<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/113.|}} f. 13.</ref>|end=23 November, 1939<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/113.|}} f. 13.</ref>|note=and as Deputy Superintendent}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Kenneth Noel Humphreys|nick=Kenneth N. Humphreys|appt=23 November, 1939<ref>Humphreys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/165.|D7603671}} f. ?.</ref>|end=20 January, 1940<ref>Humphreys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/165.|D7603671}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alban Edward Trevor Tate|nick=Alban E. T. Tate|appt=20 January, 1940|end=5 September, 1943|note=died in this post}}
</div name=fredbot:officeKHM>

==Assistant King's Harbour Master==

<div name=fredbot:officeAKHM otitle="Assistant King's Harbour Master, Sheerness" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Walter Campbell Strickland|nick=Charles W. C. Strickland|appt=20 June, 1918<ref>Strickland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/291.|}} f. 296.</ref>|end=14 September, 1918<ref>Strickland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/291.|}} f. 296.</ref>|note=died in this post}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Sydney Keith Smyth|nick=Sydney K. Smyth|appt=29 April, 1921|end=24 April, 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Simon Fraser Macleod|nick=William S. F. Macleod|appt=1924{{ToL|Navigation School Change|30 May 1930, p. 26}}|end=1926{{ToL|Navigation School Change|30 May 1930, p. 26}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Patrick Saunders|nick=Arthur P. Saunders|appt=1 January, 1929|end=|note=vice Kirkpatrick}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis William Crowther|nick=Francis W. Crowther|appt=15 April, 1930<ref>Crowther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/182.|}} f. 541.</ref>|end=September, 1932|note=vice Saunders}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Geoffrey Liddell Bullock|nick=Frank G. L. Bullock|appt=31 January, 1935|end=15 February, 1937<ref>Bostock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/91.|}} f. 91.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=15 February, 1937<ref>Bostock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/91.|}} f. 91.</ref>|end=}}
</div name=fredbot:officeAKHM>

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==See Also==
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl07.jpg Plan of Dockyard at GWPDA.org]
*{{ClowesVII}}
{{refend}}

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