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The '''Portsmouth Navigation School''' was also known as '''H.M.S. ''Dryad'''''.
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It was closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}  Just before closing for the war, the course of instruction offered ran about six months in duration.
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==Captains of H.M. Navigation School==
 
==Captains of H.M. Navigation School==
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Listed by date of appointment:
 
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*Captain [[Henry Francis Oliver|Henry F. Oliver]], 18 June, 1903.
 
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*Captain [[Laurence Eliot Power|Laurence E. Power]], 12 February, 1907.
 
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*Captain [[Henry William Grant|Henry. W. Grant]], 1 February, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 7 January, 1910.  Issue '''39163''', col D, p. 17.</ref>
 
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*Captain [[Edward Leonard Booty|Edward L. Booty]], 5 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1913).  p. 304.</ref>
 
  
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School closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.<ref name=Schofield192>Schofield.  p. 192.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Francis Oliver|nick=Henry F. Oliver|appt=22 February, 1906<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 319.</ref>|end=12 February, 1907<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 319.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Laurence Eliot Power|nick=Laurence E. Power|appt=12 February, 1907<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=31 January, 1910<ref>Power Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 469.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry William Grant|nick=Henry. W. Grant|appt=1 February, 1910<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 76.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 7 January, 1910.  Issue '''39163''', col D, p. 17.</ref>|end=5 January, 1912<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/69.|D7602414}} f. 76.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Leonard Booty|nick=Edward L. Booty|appt=5 January, 1912{{NLApr13|p. 304}}|end=1 September, 1914{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}|succBy=School Closed until 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth|nick=Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth|appt=1 February, 1919{{NLMay19|p. 781}}|succBy=School Closed since Sep 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Oliver Elles Leggett|nick=Oliver E. Leggett|appt=30 November, 1920{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Owen Reinold|nick=Harold O. Reinold|appt=30 November, 1922<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}|end=2 December, 1924<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Walsh Carrington|nick=John W. Carrington|appt=2 December, 1924{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}{{NLApr25|p. 234}}|end=16 December, 1926<ref>Carrington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 489.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Douglas Campbell|nick=John D. Campbell|appt=16 December, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 233}}{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}|end=17 December, 1928}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James Andrew Gardiner Troup|nick=James A. G. Troup|appt=17 December, 1928{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>|end=20 June, 1930<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/135.}} f. 340.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford|nick=Wilbraham T. R. Ford|appt=20 June, 1930{{SchofieldNav|p. 192}}<ref>Ford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=10 June, 1932<ref>Successor appointed that day.  Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=20 June, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 235}}<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.  This source MAY say 10 June.</ref>|end=27 July, 1934{{INF}}{{NLJul34|p. 235}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ernest John Spooner|nick=Ernest J. Spooner|appt=27 July, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 235}}|end=17 August, 1936<ref>Gell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|}} f. 251.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Hope Gell|nick=William H. Gell|appt=17 August, 1936<ref>Gell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/248.|}} f. 251.</ref>|end=May, 1937{{ToL|Royqal Navy|22 Apr. 1938, p. 26}}|note=left in ill health}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Robin Moore Bridge|nick=Arthur R. M. Bridge|appt=3 May, 1937{{NLMay39|p. 277}}|end=16 June, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Aubrey Rowley|nick=Henry A. Rowley|appt=16 June, 1939<ref>Rowley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/136.|}} f. 136.</ref>|end=5 December, 1939<ref>Rowley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/136.|}} f. 136.</ref>|note=vice Bridge}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Armstrong|nick=Thomas C. Armstrong|appt=5 December, 1939<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/24.|}} f. 24.</ref>{{NLDec41|p. 1302}}|end=19 January, 1944<ref>Armstrong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/24.|}} f. 24.</ref>|note=vice Rowley}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Brian Betham Schofield|nick=Brian B. Schofield|appt=19 January, 1944<ref>Schofield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/16.|}} f. 16.</ref>|end=6 January, 1945}}
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</div name=fredbot:office0>
  
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*Captain [[Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth|Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth]], 1 February, 1919.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1919).  p. 781.</ref>
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==See Also==
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*Captain [[Oliver Elles Leggett|Oliver E. Leggett]], 30 November, 1920.<ref name=Schofield192/>
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*Captain [[Harold Owen Reinold|Harold O. Reinold]], 30 November, 1922.<ref name=Schofield192/>
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* [[:Category:Navigating Officers (UK)|List of Royal Navy Navigating Officers]]
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*Captain J. W. Carrington, 2 December, 1924.<ref name=Schofield192/>
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*Captain J. D. Campbell, 16 December, 1926.<ref name=Schofield192/>
 
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*Captain J. A. G. Troup, 17 December, 1928.<ref name=Schofield192/>
 
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*Captain W. T. R. Ford, 20 June, 1930.<ref name=Schofield192/>
 
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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*Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977).  ''Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad''.  Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd.  ISBN 085937-087-9.
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Latest revision as of 19:34, 22 March 2022

The Portsmouth Navigation School was also known as H.M.S. Dryad.

It was closed from 1 September, 1914 to 2 January, 1919.[1] Just before closing for the war, the course of instruction offered ran about six months in duration.

Captains of H.M. Navigation School

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  2. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  3. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  4. ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 230.
  5. ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 469.
  6. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 76.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 January, 1910. Issue 39163, col D, p. 17.
  8. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 76.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1913). p. 304.
  10. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 781.
  12. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  13. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  14. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  15. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  16. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 234.
  18. ↑ Carrington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 489.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
  20. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  21. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  22. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  23. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
  24. ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
  25. ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
  26. ↑ Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  28. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384. This source MAY say 10 June.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
  31. ↑ Gell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 251.
  32. ↑ Gell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 251.
  33. ↑ "Royqal Navy." The Times (London, England), 22 Apr. 1938, p. 26.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 277.
  35. ↑ Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/136. f. 136.
  36. ↑ Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/136. f. 136.
  37. ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/24. f. 24.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1302.
  39. ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/24. f. 24.
  40. ↑ Schofield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/16. f. 16.

Bibliography

  • Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 085937-087-9.

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