Portsmouth Navigation School
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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.
- Captain Henry F. Oliver, 22 February, 1906[2] – 12 February, 1907[3]
- Captain Laurence E. Power, 12 February, 1907[4] – 31 January, 1910[5]
- Captain Henry. W. Grant, 1 February, 1910[6][7] – 5 January, 1912[8]
- Captain Edward L. Booty, 5 January, 1912[9] – 1 September, 1914[10]
- Captain Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth, 1 February, 1919[11]
- Captain Oliver E. Leggett, 30 November, 1920[12]
- Captain Harold O. Reinold, 30 November, 1922[13][14] – 2 December, 1924[15]
- Captain John W. Carrington, 2 December, 1924[16][17] – 16 December, 1926[18]
- Captain John D. Campbell, 16 December, 1926[19][20] – 17 December, 1928
- Captain James A. G. Troup, 17 December, 1928[21][22] – 20 June, 1930[23]
- Captain Wilbraham T. R. Ford, 20 June, 1930[24][25] – 10 June, 1932[26]
- Captain Oswald H. Dawson, 20 June, 1932[27][28] – 27 July, 1934[Inference][29]
- Captain Ernest J. Spooner, 27 July, 1934[30] – 17 August, 1936[31]
- Captain William H. Gell, 17 August, 1936[32] – May, 1937[33] (left in ill health)
- Captain Arthur R. M. Bridge, 3 May, 1937[34] – 16 June, 1939
- Captain Henry A. Rowley, 16 June, 1939[35] – 5 December, 1939[36] (vice Bridge)
- Captain Thomas C. Armstrong, 5 December, 1939[37][38] – 19 January, 1944[39] (vice Rowley)
- Captain Brian B. Schofield, 19 January, 1944[40] – 6 January, 1945
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
- ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
- ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
- ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 230.
- ↑ Power Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 469.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 76.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 January, 1910. Issue 39163, col D, p. 17.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/69. f. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1913). p. 304.
- ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 781.
- ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 234.
- ↑ Carrington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 489.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.
- ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
- ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
- ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
- ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/135. f. 340.
- ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
- ↑ Ford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 180.
- ↑ Successor appointed that day. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384. This source MAY say 10 June.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
- ↑ Gell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 251.
- ↑ Gell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/248. f. 251.
- ↑ "Royqal Navy." The Times (London, England), 22 Apr. 1938, p. 26.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 277.
- ↑ Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/136. f. 136.
- ↑ Rowley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/136. f. 136.
- ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/24. f. 24.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1302.
- ↑ Armstrong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/24. f. 24.
- ↑ 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.
