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The Royal Navy's '''China Station''' was an important base for projecting power into the Pacific.
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On 1 November, 1911, the destroyers allotted to the "China Flotilla" were 3 "Rivers", four 30-knotters, and two 27-knotters.{{March|p. 160}}
 
On 1 November, 1911, the destroyers allotted to the "China Flotilla" were 3 "Rivers", four 30-knotters, and two 27-knotters.{{March|p. 160}}
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It was named the '''Eastern Fleet''' from 1941 to 1944, the '''Pacific Fleet''' from 1944 to 1946 and then the '''Far Eastern Fleet''' from 1946 to 1971.{{MackieRNSA|p. 112}}
  
 
==Commanders-in-Chief==
 
==Commanders-in-Chief==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeCIC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, China Station"  nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Commander-in-Chief, China Station}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCIC otitle="Commander-in-Chief, China Station"  nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Ommanney Willes|nick=George O. Willes|}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell|nick=Sir Charles F. A. Shadwell|appt=1871|end=August, 1874}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Alfred Phillipps Ryder|nick=Sir Alfred P. Ryder|appt=August, 1874|end=1877}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Farrell Hillyar|nick=Sir Charles F. Hillyar|appt=1877|end=1878}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=William Montagu Dowell|nick=William M. Dowell|appt=26 September, 1878{{NLMar80|p. 188}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=William Montagu Dowell|nick=William M. Dowell|appt=26 September, 1878{{NLMar80|p. 188}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Richard Vesey Hamilton|nick=Richard V. Hamilton|appt=1885}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=George Ommanney Willes|nick=George O. Willes|appt=1881|end=1884}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Nowell Salmon|nick=Sir Nowell Salmon|appt=17 December, 1887{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Richard Vesey Hamilton|nick=Richard V. Hamilton|appt=1885|end=1887}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick William Richards|nick=Sir Frederick W. Richards|appt=29 November, 1890{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Nowell Salmon|nick=Sir Nowell Salmon|appt=17 December, 1887{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|end=1890}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edmund Robert Fremantle|nick=The Hon. Sir Edmund R. Fremantle|appt=16 February, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick William Richards|nick=Sir Frederick W. Richards|appt=29 November, 1890{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|end=1892}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Alexander Buller|nick=Sir Alexander Buller|appt=28 May, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edmund Robert Fremantle|nick=The Hon. Sir Edmund R. Fremantle|appt=16 February, 1892{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|end=1895}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Alexander Buller|nick=Sir Alexander Buller|appt=28 May, 1895{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|end=1897}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Edward Hobart Seymour|nick=Sir Edward H. Seymour|appt=19 February, 1898{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|ass=19 February, 1898<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1164.</ref>|end=10 April, 1901<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1164.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Edward Hobart Seymour|nick=Sir Edward H. Seymour|appt=19 February, 1898{{ClowesVII|p. 88}}|ass=19 February, 1898<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1164.</ref>|end=10 April, 1901<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1164.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Cyprian Arthur George Bridge|nick=Sir Cyprian A. G. Bridge|appt=June, 1901}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Cyprian Arthur George Bridge|nick=Sir Cyprian A. G. Bridge|appt=10 April, 1901<ref>Bridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/400.}}  f. 158.</ref>|end=15 January, 1904<ref>Bridge Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/400.}}  f. 158.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|nick=Sir Gerard H. U. Noel|appt=15 January, 1904<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>|ass=14 March, 1904<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>|end=16 March, 1906<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|nick=Sir Gerard H. U. Noel|appt=15 January, 1904<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>|ass=14 March, 1904<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>|end=16 March, 1906<ref>Noel Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 956.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur William Moore|nick=Sir Arthur W. Moore|appt=6 December, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>|ass=16 March, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>|end=21 March, 1908<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur William Moore|nick=Sir Arthur W. Moore|appt=6 December, 1905<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>|ass=16 March, 1906<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>|end=21 March, 1908<ref>Moore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 915.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Alexander Ludovic Duff|nick=Sir Alexander L. Duff|appt=24 July, 1919<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|ass=8 November, 1919<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|end=7 November, 1922<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Alexander Ludovic Duff|nick=Sir Alexander L. Duff|appt=24 July, 1919<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|ass=8 November, 1919<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|end=7 November, 1922<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|nick=Sir Arthur C. Leveson|appt=10 September, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 1 April, 1922.  Issue '''42995''', col B, p. 10.</ref>|ass=7 November, 1922<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date: Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|end=10 September, 1924<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 10.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|nick=Sir Arthur C. Leveson|appt=10 September, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 1 April, 1922.  Issue '''42995''', col B, p. 10.</ref>|ass=7 November, 1922<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date: Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 204.</ref>|end=10 September, 1924<ref>Leveson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 10.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Sir Allan F. Everett|appt=10 September, 1924<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  p. 23.</ref>|end=12 May, 1925<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 23.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Sir Allan F. Everett|appt=10 September, 1924<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  p. 23.</ref>|end=12 May, 1925<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 23.</ref>|note=invalided with "psychasthenia"}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=22 April, 1925<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>|ass=29 June, 1925<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>|end=8 November, 1926<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=22 April, 1925<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>|ass=29 June, 1925<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>|end=8 November, 1926<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 194.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.|appt=8 November, 1926<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 41.</ref>|end=13 November, 1928<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 41.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|nick=Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.|appt=8 November, 1926<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 41.</ref>|end=13 November, 1928<ref>Tyrwhitt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/89.}}  f. 41.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Archibald Howard Kelly|nick=Sir W. A. Howard Kelly|appt=13 December, 1930<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>|ass=28 February, 1931<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=11 March, 1933<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Archibald Howard Kelly|nick=Sir W. A. Howard Kelly|appt=13 December, 1930<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>|ass=28 February, 1931<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=11 March, 1933<ref>Kelly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 230.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Frederic Charles Dreyer|nick=Sir Frederic C. Dreyer|appt=9 January, 1933|ass=11 March, 1933<ref>Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=11 January, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Frederic Charles Dreyer|nick=Sir Frederic C. Dreyer|appt=9 January, 1933|ass=11 March, 1933<ref>Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=11 January, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Charles James Colebrooke Little|nick=Sir Charles J. C. Little|appt=7 November, 1935|ass=11 January, 1936<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date.  Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Charles James Colebrooke Little|nick=Sir Charles J. C. Little|appt=8 November, 1935<ref>Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/95.|D7603802}} f. 300.</ref>|ass=11 January, 1936<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date.  Dreyer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=5 February, 1938<ref>Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/95.|D7603802}} f. 300.</ref>|note=ill at end}}
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{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|nick=Lewis G. E. Crabbe|appt=21 December, 1937<ref>Crabbe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/168.|D7603675}} f. 169.</ref>|end=11 January, 1938<ref>Crabbe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/168.|D7603675}} f. 169.</ref>|ass=5 February, 1938<ref>Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/95.|D7603802}} f. 300.</ref>|as=Acting Commander-in-Chief, China Station|note=while Little was sick}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|nick=Percy L. H. Noble|appt=28 December, 1937|ass=5 February, 1938|end=18 November, 1940}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=10 July, 1940<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=10 December, 1941<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips|nick=Sir Tom S. V. Phillips|appt=|end=December, 1941}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=James Fownes Somerville|nick=Sir James F. Somerville|appt=February, 1942|end=August, 1944|as=Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Bruce Austin Fraser, First Baron Fraser|nick=Sir Bruce A. Fraser|appt=August, 1944|end=June, 1946|as=Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Denis William Boyd|nick=Sir Denis W. Boyd|appt=June, 1946|end=January, 1949|as=Commander-in-Chief, Far Eastern Fleet}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Eric James Patrick Brind|nick=Sir Eric J. P. Brind|appt=11 January, 1949|end=February, 1951|as=Commander-in-Chief, Far Eastern Fleet}}
 
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Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeSIC otitle="Second-in-Command, China Station"  nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Second-in-Command, China Station}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeSIC otitle="Second-in-Command, China Station"  nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Lister Oxley|nick=Charles L. Oxley|appt=7 May, 1896<ref>Oxley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 992.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Lister Oxley|nick=Charles L. Oxley|appt=7 May, 1896<ref>Oxley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 992.</ref>|end=27 October, 1897|precBy=New Command|note=3 months leave in England at end for "domestic affliction"}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald|nick=Charles C. P. FitzGerald|appt=27 October, 1897<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 453.</ref>|end=23 December, 1899<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587653}} f. 1060.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald|nick=Charles C. P. FitzGerald|appt=27 October, 1897<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 453.</ref>|end=23 December, 1899<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587653}} f. 1060.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=James Andrew Thomas Bruce|nick=Sir James A. T. Bruce|appt=18 September, 1899<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 152.</ref>|ass=23 December, 1899<ref>His predecessor left on that date.  FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587653}} f. 994.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=James Andrew Thomas Bruce|nick=Sir James A. T. Bruce|appt=18 September, 1899<ref>Bruce Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}}  f. 152.</ref>|ass=23 December, 1899<ref>His predecessor left on that date.  FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587653}} f. 994.</ref>|end=2 January, 1902}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=1901}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Harry Tremenheere Grenfell|nick=Harry T. Grenfell|appt=9 September, 1901<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|end=13 June, 1903<ref>Grenfell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1261.|D7598656}} f. 564.</ref>|note=invalided}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe|nick=The Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe|appt=13 June, 1903<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 275.</ref>|end=2 August, 1905<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 275.</ref>|succBy=Command Abolished}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe|nick=The Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe|appt=13 June, 1903<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 275.</ref>|end=2 August, 1905<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 275.</ref>|succBy=Command Abolished}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeSIC>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeSIC>
  
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==Senior Naval Officers, Yangtze==
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==Other Personnel==
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Dates of appointment given:
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===Fleet Gunnery Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFGO otitle="Fleet Gunnery Officer, China Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=John Otho Nicholson Wood|nick=John O. N. Wood|appt=9 July, 1921<ref>Wood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/247.|}} f. 294.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 766}}|end=August, 1923<ref>Wood Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/247.|}} f. 294.</ref>|note=commenced upon joining ship}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Wharton Stanley Gray|nick=Wharton S. Gray|appt=28 October, 1925{{NLJan26|p. 244}}|end=January, 1928}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|nick=Hubert G. D. Acland|appt=19 December, 1927{{NLJan28|p. 244}}|end=January, 1930<ref>Acland Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/52/265.|}} f. 622.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''G''')|name=Harold Hickling|nick=Harold Hickling|appt=1931<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>|end=29 February, 1932<ref>Hickling Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/195.|}} f. 27.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFGO>
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===Fleet Torpedo Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFTO otitle="Fleet Torpedo Officer, China Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Cecil Robert McCrum|nick=Cecil R. McCrum|appt=21 April, 1921<ref>McCrum Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/116.|}} f. 116.  Upon re-commissioning.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 766}}|end=March, 1923<ref>McCrum Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/116.|}} f. 116.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=30 April, 1923<ref>Middleton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|end=June, 1925<ref>Middleton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=Edward Christopher Bindloss|nick=Edward C. Bindloss|appt=31 March, 1925{{NLJan26|p. 244}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''T''')|name=James Frank William Mudford|nick=James F. W. Mudford|appt=20 April, 1927{{NLJan28|p. 244}}<ref>Mudford Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/120/162.|}} f. 162.</ref>|end=11 December, 1928<ref>Mudford Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/120/162.|}} f. 162.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFTO>
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===Fleet Signal Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFSO otitle="Fleet Signal Officer, China Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank=Flag {{LieutRN}}|name=Clifford Caslon|nick=Clifford Caslon|appt=10 November, 1926{{NLJan28|p. 244}}|end=6 June, 1930|note=and as Fleet Wireless Officer}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFSO>
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===Fleet Wireless Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFWO otitle="Fleet Wireless Officer, China Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} ('''S''')|name=John Pocklington Money|nick=John P. Money|appt=10 September, 1922<ref>Money Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/75.|}} f. 75.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 766}}|end=November, 1924<ref>Money Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/75.|}} f. 75.</ref>|note=commenced upon joining ship}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Edward Dangerfield|nick=Edward Dangerfield|appt=10 September, 1924{{NLJan26|p. 244}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Flag {{LieutRN}}|name=Clifford Caslon|nick=Clifford Caslon|appt=10 November, 1926{{NLJan28|p. 244}}|end=6 June, 1930|note=and as Fleet Wireless Officer}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFWO>
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===Fleet Navigating Officer===
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<div name=fredbot:officeFNO otitle="Fleet Navigating Officer, China Station" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Stanley Evans Thomas|nick=Stanley E. Thomas|appt=10 September, 1924{{NLJan26|p. 244}}|end=4 July, 1926}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Francis Nigel Miles|nick=Francis N. Miles|appt=4 July, 1926{{NLJan28|p. 244}}|end=18 March, 1929<ref>Miles Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/349.|}} f. 347.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Edward Wollaston Kitson|nick=Edward W. Kitson|appt=30 January, 1928<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/277.|}} f. 280.</ref>|end=February, 1930<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/277.|}} f. 280.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Gerald Percival Bowen|nick=Gerald P. Bowen|appt=February, 1930<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/163.|}} f. 521.</ref>|end=March, 1932<ref>Bowen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/163.|}} f. 521.</ref>|note=vice Kitson}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeFNO>
  
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<div name=fredbot:officeSNOY otitle="Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze"  nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze}}
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==See Also==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=14 February, 1914<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D8112203}} f. 148.</ref>|end=5 August, 1914<ref>FitzMaurice Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|D8112203}} f. 148.</ref>}}
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 20:20, 12 April 2023

The Royal Navy's China Station was an important base for projecting power into the Pacific.

On 1 November, 1911, the destroyers allotted to the "China Flotilla" were 3 "Rivers", four 30-knotters, and two 27-knotters.[1]

It was named the Eastern Fleet from 1941 to 1944, the Pacific Fleet from 1944 to 1946 and then the Far Eastern Fleet from 1946 to 1971.[2]

Commanders-in-Chief

Dates of appointment given:

Seconds-in-Command

Dates of appointment given:

Other Personnel

Fleet Gunnery Officer

Fleet Torpedo Officer

Fleet Signal Officer

Fleet Wireless Officer

Fleet Navigating Officer

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 160.
  2. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1880). p. 188.
  4. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  5. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  6. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  7. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  8. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
  9. ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1164.
  10. ↑ Bridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/400. f. 158.
  11. ↑ Bridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/400. f. 158.
  12. ↑ Noel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 956.
  13. ↑ Noel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 956.
  14. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
  15. ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 915.
  16. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered page.
  17. ↑ Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 500.
  18. ↑ Meux Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 500.
  19. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered page.
  20. ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  21. ↑ Winsloe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 541.
  22. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 7.
  23. ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
  24. ↑ Jerram Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 692.
  25. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 33.
  26. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 254/512.
  27. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 33.
  28. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 7.
  29. ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 204.
  30. ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 204.
  31. ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 April, 1922. Issue 42995, col B, p. 10.
  32. ↑ Leveson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 10.
  33. ↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 23.
  34. ↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
  35. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 194.
  36. ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 194.
  37. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 41.
  38. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/89. f. 41.
  39. ↑ Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 244.
  40. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  41. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 230.
  42. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  43. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  44. ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  45. ↑ Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  46. ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  47. ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  48. ↑ Oxley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 992.
  49. ↑ FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 453.
  50. ↑ FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1060.
  51. ↑ Bruce Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 152.
  52. ↑ Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  53. ↑ Grenfell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1261. f. 564.
  54. ↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
  55. ↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
  56. ↑ Wood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/247. f. 294.
  57. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 766.
  58. ↑ Wood Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/247. f. 294.
  59. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 244.
  60. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 244.
  61. ↑ Acland Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/265. f. 622.
  62. ↑ Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  63. ↑ Hickling Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/195. f. 27.
  64. ↑ McCrum Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/116. f. 116. Upon re-commissioning.
  65. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 766.
  66. ↑ McCrum Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/116. f. 116.
  67. ↑ Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/11. f. 11.
  68. ↑ Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/11. f. 11.
  69. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 244.
  70. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 244.
  71. ↑ Mudford Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/120/162. f. 162.
  72. ↑ Mudford Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/120/162. f. 162.
  73. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 244.
  74. ↑ Money Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/75. f. 75.
  75. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 766.
  76. ↑ Money Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/75. f. 75.
  77. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 244.
  78. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 244.
  79. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 244.
  80. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1928). p. 244.
  81. ↑ Miles Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/349. f. 347.
  82. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/277. f. 280.
  83. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/277. f. 280.
  84. ↑ Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/163. f. 521.
  85. ↑ Bowen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/163. f. 521.

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