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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]]. | ||
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| + | {{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= | + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=William Blewett Fawckner|nick=William B. Fawckner|appt=14 May, 1915<ref>Fawckner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/374.|}} f. 447.</ref>|end=25 October, 1917<ref>Fawckner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/374.|}} f. 447.</ref>|note=curiously, this is marked "Secret"|precBy=New Command}} |
| + | {{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> | ||
Latest revision as of 19:50, 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, 14 May, 1915[1] – 25 October, 1917[2] (curiously, this is marked "Secret")
- Commander Arthur H. Oldham, c. November, 1917[3] – late 1918
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Fawckner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/374. f. 447.
- ↑ Fawckner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/374. f. 447.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 9.
