Berehaven: Difference between revisions

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Berehaven is a port situated at the southwest corner of Ireland. A minor British naval base in the Great War, it is now called "Castletownbere".

Berehaven functioned as a sub-base to Auxiliary Patrol Area XXI, which was primarily based in Queenstown. The headquarters ship was Colleen.

Captain (retired) Robert H. Travers, 24 September, 1914 – November, 1915
Commander (retired) Odiarne U. Coates, mid November, 1915 – 27 May, 1917
Commodore, Second Class Hugh L. P. Heard, 23 April, 1917^[1] – 16 January, 1919
Commodore, Second Class Charles R. Sharp, 4 January, 1919^[2] – 24 August, 1920^[3]
Acting Commander John May, 3 August, 1920 – 9 October, 1922 (and as King's Harbour Master, Berehaven)

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 {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Odiarne Unett Coates|nick=Odiarne U. Coates|appt=mid November, 1915|end=27 May, 1917}}
 {{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard|nick=Hugh L. P. Heard|appt=23 April, 1917<ref>Heard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 84.</ref>|end=16 January, 1919}}
+{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Charles Reynolds Sharp|nick=Charles R. Sharp|appt=4 January, 1919<ref>Sharp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/138.|D7604042}} f. ?.</ref>|end=24 August, 1920<ref>Sharp Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/138.|D7604042}} f. ?.</ref>}}
 {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John May|nick=John May|appt=3 August, 1920|end=9 October, 1922|note=and as King's Harbour Master, Berehaven}}
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