Cape of Good Hope Station
| Cape of Good Hope Station | |
|---|---|
 The cruiser HMS Gibraltar, flagship of the Cape of Good Hope Station in the early 1900s | |
| Active | 1857–1939 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom |
| Branch |
 Royal Navy |
| Type | Fleet |
| Garrison/HQ | Simonstown, South Africa |
The Cape of Good Hope Station was one of the geographical divisions into which the British Royal Navy divided its worldwide responsibilities. It was formally the units and establishments responsible to the Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope. It lasted from 1857 to 1939.
History
Established in 1857,[1] the station covered most of the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean. On 17 January 1865, it was combined with the East Indies Station to form the East Indies and Cape of Good Hope Station; however, the station was recreated as a separate station on 29 July 1867.[1] From 1870, it absorbed the former West Africa Squadron.[2] The headquarters of the station was the Simon's Town Naval Base.[3]
Commanders-in-Chief
Commanders-in-Chief have included:[1][4]
Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station
- Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Grey (1857-1860)
- Rear Admiral Sir Henry Keppel (1860)
- Rear Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker (1861-1865)
- Commodore Sir William Dowell (1867-1871)
- Commodore Sir John Commerell (1871-1873)
- Commodore Sir William Hewett (1873-1876)
- Commodore Sir Francis Sullivan (1876-1879)
- Commodore Sir Frederick Richards (1879-1882)
- Rear Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon (1882-1885)
- Rear Admiral Sir Walter Hunt-Grubbe (1885-1888)
- Rear Admiral Sir Richard Wells (1888-1890)
- Rear Admiral Sir Henry Nicholson (1890-1892)
- Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford (1892-1895)
- Rear Admiral Sir Harry Rawson (1895-1898)
- Rear Admiral Sir Robert Harris (1898-1900)
- Rear Admiral Sir Arthur Moore (1901-1903)
- Rear Admiral Sir John Durnford (1904-1907)
- Rear Admiral Sir Edmund Poë (1907-1908)
- Rear Admiral Sir George Egerton (1908-1910)
- Rear Admiral Sir Paul Bush (1910-1913)
- Vice Admiral Sir Herbert King-Hall (1913-1916)
- Vice Admiral Sir Edward Charlton (1916-1918)
- Vice Admiral Sir Edward Fitzherbert (1918-1920)
Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station
- Vice Admiral Sir William Goodenough (1920-1922)
- Vice Admiral Sir Rudolph Bentinck (1922-1924)
- Vice Admiral Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice (1924-1926)
- Vice Admiral Sir David Anderson (1926-1929)
- Vice Admiral Sir Rudolf Burmester (1929-1931)
- Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Tweedie (1931-1933)
- Vice Admiral Sir Edward Evans (1933-1935)
- Vice Admiral Sir Francis Tottenham (1935-1938)
- Vice Admiral Sir George Lyon (1938-1939)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 William Loney RN
- ↑ West Africa Squadron
- ↑ Goosen, C (1973). South Africa's Navy - the first Fifty years. W. J. Flesch & partners. pp. 131–132. ISBN 0 949989 02 9.
- ↑ Simonstown Historical Society