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| The '''Dover Patrol''' was a command of the [[Royal Navy]] from 1914 to 1919. It was charged with closing the English Channel to German surface and submarine shipping, and with harassing German fortifications on the coast of occupied Belgium.
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| ==History==
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| Following the extra strain thrown on the [[Admiral of Patrols]] (Rear-Admiral [[George Alexander Ballard|George A. Ballard]]) and his staff caused by the beginning of minelaying and the evacuation of Antwerp, the Admiralty decided to create a separate command encompassing the patrols from the naval base at Dover, the naval base itself, and the Downs Boarding Flotilla. Command was transferred to Rear-Admiral [[Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|The Honourable Horace L. A. Hood]] on 11 October, and he hoisted his flag on 13 October. He was given the title of "Rear-Admiral Commanding the Dover Patrol and Senior Naval Officer, Dover", with the short title "Rear-Admiral, Dover Patrol." His command consisted of the [[Sixth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)|Sixth Destroyer Flotilla]], Captain (D) [[Charles Duncan Johnson|Charles D. Johnson]], the Third and Fourth Submarine Flotillas, the Downs Boarding Flotilla, and other vessels at Dover.<ref>''Home Waters—Part II''. pp. 114-115.</ref>
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| Bombardment by the Dover Patrol was so effective that on 27 October, 1914, it denied 4th Ersatz Division of III Reserve Corps control of the locks at the mouth of the Ijezer, which Belgian engineers were attempting to open so as to flood the surrounding country to hamper the German advance.<ref>Sheldon. pp. 78-79.</ref>
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| ==Vice and Rear-Admirals Commanding the Dover Patrol==
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| Dates of appointment given:
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| *{{RearRN}} [[Horace Lambert Alexander Hood|The Honourable Horace L. A. Hood]], C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O., 13 October, 1914.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 6.</ref>
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| *{{ViceRN}} [[Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon|Sir Reginald H. S. Bacon]], K.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O., 13 April, 1915.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (September, 1917). p. 4.</ref>
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| *Vice-Admiral (''Acting'') [[Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|Sir Roger J. B. Keyes]], K.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., D.S.O., 1 January, 1918.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1918). p. 3.</ref>
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| *Vice-Admiral [[Cecil Frederick Dampier|Cecil F. Dampier]], C.M.G., 20 March, 1919.<ref>"Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11<sup><u>th</u></sup> November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. f. 36.</ref>
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| ==Footnotes==
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| ==Bibliography==
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| *Sheldon, Jack (2010). ''The German Army at Ypres 1914 and the Battle for Flanders''. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-84884-113-0.
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