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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Officer, Berehaven" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Senior Officer, Berehaven" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Robert Henry Travers|nick=Robert H. Travers|appt=24 September, 1914|end=November, 1915}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Odiarne Unett Coates|nick=Odiarne U. Coates|appt=mid November, 1915|end=27 May, 1917}} | {{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=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}} | ||
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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.
In Command
- 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
- Acting Commander John May, 3 August, 1920 – 9 October, 1922 (and as King's Harbour Master, Berehaven)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Heard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 84.
