Jamaica Division of the North America and West Indies Station

Jamaica Division of the North America and West Indies Station
Active	1838-1905
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Type	Naval base and Naval command
Part of	Royal Navy
Garrison/HQ	Port Royal

The Jamaica Division of the North America and West Indies Station^[1] was a sub-command of the British Royal Navy's North America and West Indies Station head-quartered at Port Royal dockyard in Jamaica from 1838 to 1905.^[2]

History

In 1830 The Jamaica Station merged with the North American Station to form the North America and West Indies Station. In 1838 the Royal Navy established a sub-command to the Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station. It was commanded by the Commodore on Jamaica Division of North America and West Indies Station who was responsible for the naval base until March 1905 when the dockyard was closed.^[2] In 1951, the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda closed after which the new post of Senior Naval Officer, West Indies (SNOWI) was established as the West Indies Sub-Area Command under the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet. The office holder would hold the rank of Commodore.^[3]

Administration of the base

Commodores on Jamaica Division

Post holders included:

	Rank	Flag	Name	Term	Notes
Commodore, on Jamaica Division of the North America and West Indies Station
1	Commodore		Sir John Strutt Peyton, K.C.H	1838 - 1839[2]
2	Commodore		Sir Peter John Douglas	1839 - 1843[2]
3	Commodore		the Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng	26 July 1842 - 7 September 1843[4][2]	(brother of V.Adm George Byng)
4	Commodore		Alexander Renton Sharpe C.B.	8 September 1843 - 15 September 1845[4][2]
5	Commodore		Daniel Pring	16 September 1845 - 29 November 1847[2][4]
post vacant 12/1847 - 01/1848
6	Commodore		Thomas Bennett	7 February 1848 -1851[2][4]	(Adm, by 1865)[4]
post vacant 1852-1854[2]
7	Commodore		Thomas Henderson	3 October 1854 - 3 August 1855[2][4]	(and as Senior Officer, West Indies)
post vacant 1856-1858[2]
8	Commodore		Henry Kellett C.B.	3 August 1855 16 March 1857/59[2][4]	(and as Senior Officer, West Indies)
9	Commodore		Hugh Dunlop	November 1859-January 1864[5]
10	Commodore		Peter Cracroft C.B.	March 1864 – 1865[5]
11	Commodore		Algernon F.R. de Horsey	1865	(acting Cmdre)[2]
12	Commodore		F. Leopold McClintock	September 1865-February 1868[5]
13	Commodore		Augustus Phillimore	February 1868-December 1869[5]
14	Commodore		Richard W. Courtenay	December 1869-January 1872[5]
15	Commodore		Algernon F.R. de Horsey	January 1872-February 1875[5]
16	Commodore		Algernon McLennan Lyons	February 1875-February 1878[5]
17	Commodore		the Hon. William J. Ward	February 1878-August 1880[5]
18	Commodore		William S. Brown	August 1880-August 1882[5]
19	Commodore		John C. Purvis	August 1882-July 1883[5]
20	Commodore		Francis M. Prattent	July 1883-July 1886[5]
21	Commodore		Henry Hand	July 1886-September 1889[5]
22	Commodore		Rodney M. Lloyd	September 1889-September 1892[5]	(also styled Commodore-in-Charge, Jamaica)
23	Commodore		Thomas S. Jackson	September 1892-September 1895[5]	ditto
24	Commodore		Herbert W. Dowding	1895-April 1898[5]	ditto
25	Commodore		William H. Henderson	April 1898-February 1900[5]	ditto
26	Commodore		Edward H.M. Davis C.M.G.	February 1900-May 1901[5]	ditto
27	Commodore		Daniel McN. Riddel	May 1901-July 1903[5]	ditto
28	Commodore		Frederic W. Fisher	July 1903-March 1905[5]	ditto

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