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'''Swarbacks Minn''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]] located in the Shetland Islands northeast of [[Scapa Flow]]. | '''Swarbacks Minn''' was a minor [[Royal Navy]] base in the [[Great War]] located in the Shetland Islands northeast of [[Scapa Flow]]. | ||
{{UK-Gibraltar|f=p}} was seemingly the base ship there. | |||
==In Command== | ==In Command== | ||
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Naval Officer, Swarbacks Minn" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Naval Officer, Swarbacks Minn" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Blewett Fawckner|nick=William B. Fawckner|appt=before | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Blewett Fawckner|nick=William B. Fawckner|appt=before August, 1915{{SMNLAug15|p. 9}}|end=c. October, 1917{{SMNLOct17|p. 9}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Hugh Oldham|nick=Arthur H. Oldham|appt=c. November, 1917{{SMNLNov17|p. 9}}|end=late 1918|succBy=COmmand Disestablished}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:office0> | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
Revision as of 19:16, 26 July 2022
Swarbacks Minn was a minor Royal Navy base in the Great War located in the Shetland Islands northeast of Scapa Flow.
H.M.S. Gibraltar was seemingly the base ship there.
In Command
- Rear-Admiral William B. Fawckner, before August, 1915[1] – c. October, 1917[2]
- Commander Arthur H. Oldham, c. November, 1917[3] – late 1918
See Also
Footnotes
