In the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

, a principal naval transport officer (P.N.T.O.) later known as principal sea transport officer (P.S.T.O.) is a shore-based

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or captain responsible for sea transport duties, and assisting the senior naval officer's area of command in the preparation of naval orders and conduct disembarkations. British Dominion Navies also used the concept.

History

Principal Transport Officers of the Royal Navy had been in existence from at least 1868. The Naval Transports Service was created by the

on 22 December 1914. From 1915 to 1916 the

Eastern Mediterranean Squadron The Eastern Mediterranean Squadron later known as the British Aegean Squadron was a naval formation of the Mediterranean Fleet based at Mudros from 1914 to 1916. It then alternated between Mudros and Salonika from 1917 to 1919. History The Easte ...

had a principal naval transport officer based at

Mudros Moudros ( el, Μούδρος) is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lemnos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lemnos, of which it is a municipal unit. It covers the entire eas ...

who held the rank of

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. The officers were employed as part of the Naval Transport Service as part of the

Department of the Director of Transports The Sea Transport Branch of the British Board of Trade, originally established as the Transport Department or Naval Transport Department, was a logistical branch of the Department of Admiralty responsible for the provision of naval transportation ...

. In 1921 the ''Naval Transport Service'' was restyled as the ''Sea Transport Service''. of the Sea Transport Department. Naval officers were assigned to postings at various ports and naval bases through to 1970.

Locations of principal naval transport officers

Locations of principal sea transport officers

References

{{reflist Nautical terminology Royal Navy appointments

History

Locations of principal naval transport officers

Locations of principal sea transport officers

See also

References