Commander-in-Chief, North American Station

Residence of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiralty House, Halifax (built 1819)
Admiralty House, Bermuda, at Mount Wyndham (the location from 1810 to 1816)
On lookout for U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, October 1941

The Commander-in-Chief, North American Station commanded the North America and West Indies Station of the Royal Navy.

Commanders

Commanders of the station have included:[1][2][3][4][5]

Commander-in-Chief, North American Station

Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station

Vacant (1907–13)

Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station

Of note:In 1942 the name of the station was changed to Western Atlantic until 1945 accordingly the title of C-in-C America and West Indies was re-styled Senior British Naval Officer, Western Atlantic.[7][8][9]

Senior British Naval Officer, Western Atlantic

Of note after the end of world war two the former name of the station is restored.[10]

Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station

References

  1. ↑ Stout, Neil R. The Royal Navy in America, 1760-1775: A Study of Enforcement of British Colonial Policy in the Era of the American Revolution. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1973, p.199 via Gaspee Virtual Archives: Research Notes on Admiral John Montagu
  2. ↑ Commanders-in-Chief, North America, 1830-99
  3. ↑ Commanders-in-Chief 1904 – 1975
  4. ↑ Bermuda's Royal Navy base at Ireland Island from 1815 to the 1960s
  5. ↑ Senior Royal Navy appointments Archived March 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36822). London. 17 July 1902. p. 9.
  7. ↑ Admiralty, Great Britain (August 1942). The Navy List. London, England: H.M. Stationery Office. p. 1337.
  8. ↑ Admiralty, Great Britain (October 1944). The Navy List. London, England: H.M. Stationery Office. p. 2260.
  9. ↑ Admiralty, Great Britain (July 1945). The Navy List. London, England: H.M. Stationery Office. p. 2349.
  10. ↑ Harris, Dr Edward (3 December 2011). "HERITAGE MATTERS The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Island09". The Royal Gazette. Bermuda: The Bermuda Press. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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