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The East Indies Station was a squadron of the Royal Navy which encompassed the Indian Ocean.
Limits
In 1909 the limits of the Station were defined as:
North: By the South shores of Asia (including the Persian Gulf) from an imaginary line drawn from Ras Siyan on the African Coast to Cape Bab-el Mandeb on the Arabian Coast, to where the parallel of 10° North Latitutde touches the West Coast of the Malay Peninsula
East: By the Meridian of 95° East Longitude between the parallels of 10° North and 10° South Latitude.
South: By the parallel of 10° North Latitude between the Coast of the Malay Peninsula and the Meridian of 95° East Longitude, and by the parallel of 10° South Latitude between the Meridians of 70° and 95° East Longitude, and by the Equator between the Meridian of 70° East Longitude and the African Coast.
West: By the Meridian of 70° East Longitude between the parallel of 10° South and the Equator, and the Coast of African Coast.[1]
Commanders-in-Chief
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Rear-Admiral {{{nick}}}, 1882
- Rear-Admiral Frederick W. Richards, 18 May, 1885[2]
- Rear-Admiral The Honourable Sir Edmund R. Fremantle, 25 February, 1888[3]
- Rear-Admiral Frederick C. B. Robinson, 26 February, 1891[4]
- Rear-Admiral William R. Kennedy, 26 January, 1892[5]
- Rear-Admiral Edmund C. Drummond, 16 March, 1895[6]
- Rear-Admiral Archibald L. Douglas, 15 January, 1898[7]
- Rear-Admiral Day H. Bosanquet, 5 June, 1899[8]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Charles C. Drury, 5 June, 1902[9]
- Vice-Admiral Sir George L. Atkinson-Willes, 9 June, 1903[10]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë, 20 August, 1905[11]
- Rear-Admiral Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bart., 1 February, 1907[12]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond J. W. Slade, 3 March, 1909[13]
- Rear-Admiral The Honourable Sir Alexander E. Bethell, 23 March, 1912[14]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Richard H. Peirse, 20 December, 1912[15]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss, 1 January, 1916[16]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Ernest F. A. Gaunt, 23 June, 1917[17]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh H. D. Tothill, 1 August, 1919[18]
- Vice-Admiral Lewis Clinton-Baker, 1921
- Vice-Admiral Herbert W. Richmond, 4 October, 1923[19]
- Vice-Admiral Walter M. Ellerton, 1925[20]
- Vice-Admiral Bertram S. Thesiger, 1927[21]
- Vice-Admiral Eric J. A. Fullerton, 1929[22]
- Vice-Admiral Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith, 1932[23]
Composition
June, 1906:[24]
Attached ships:
- Lapwing
- Redbreast
- Sphinx
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ "Limits of the East Indies Station." Reel One. Slade Papers. National Maritime Museum. MRF/39/1.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 188.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 88.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 May, 1902. Issue 36763, col E, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 8 June, 1903. Issue 37101, col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 29 July, 1905. Issue 37772, col B, p. 10.
- ↑ Warrender Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1384.
- ↑ Slade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 1201.
- ↑ Hazell's Annual 1913. p. 197.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 383.
- ↑ Wemyss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 223.
- ↑ Gaunt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 276.
- ↑ Tothill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 186.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 288.
- ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
- ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
- ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
- ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
- ↑ The Navy List (June, 1906). pp. 268, 269a.
Bibliography
- Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.
