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Commander-in-Chief, Dover
The Commander in Chief, Dover was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally known as the Dover Command. History First World War Dover Patrol In late July 1914, with war looming, 12 Tribal class destroyer (1905), Tribal-class destroyers arrived at Dover to join the near obsolete destroyers already at anchor in the harbour, most of them built in the late 19th century. These destroyers formed the nucleus of the fledgling Dover Patrol, which, from its early beginnings as a modest and poorly equipped command, became one of the most important Royal Navy commands of the First World War. The command was instituted on 12 October 1914 under the command of Rear Admiral Horace Hood, Sir Horace Hood. Following the extra strain thrown on the Admiral of Patrols Rear Admiral George Alexander Ballard and his staff caused by the beginning of mine laying and the evacuation of Antwerp, the Admiralty decided to create a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Formation
Military organization ( AE) or military organisation ( BE) is the structuring of the armed forces of a state so as to offer such military capability as a national defense policy may require. Formal military organization tends to use hierarchical forms (see Modern hierarchy for terminology and approximate troop strength per hierarchical unit). In some countries, paramilitary forces are included in a nation's armed forces, though not considered military. Armed forces that are not a part of military or paramilitary organizations, such as insurgent forces, often emulate military organizations, or use these structures. History The use of formalized ranks in a hierarchical structure came into widespread use with the Roman Army. The Roman Army was organized into legions, each comprising around 5000 soldiers and led by a legate. Each legion was further divided into centuries which were led by centurions. In modern times, executive control, management and administration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Lynx (shore Establishment)
Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS ''Lynx'' after the wild cat: * was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1761 and sold in 1777. * was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1777. Converted to a hospital ship in 1780, the ship was sold in 1783. * was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1794 and sold in 1813. * ''Lynx'' was to have been an 18-gun . Originally ordered in 1812 as HMS ''Pandora'' she was renamed ''Lynx''. However construction was canceled in 1818. * was a launched in 1833 and broken up in 1845. * was an wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1862. * was a launched in 1868 and sold in 1888. * was a launched in 1894 and sold in 1912. * was an launched in 1913 and sunk by a mine in the Moray Firth in 1915. * was a Type 41 (or ''Leopard''-class) frigate launched in 1955, sold to Bangladesh in 1982 and renamed ''Abu Bakr''. * was also a shore establishment at Dover Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast England. It faces France across the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wolfran Round-Turner
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (James (wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/ǵerh₂-">ĝer-, where the ĝ is a palatal consonant, meaning "to rub; to be old; grain." An old man has been worn away and is now grey with age. In some Slavic languages, the name ''Drago (given name), Drago'' (and variants: ''Dragom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fischer Watson
Rear Admiral Fischer Burges Watson, (3 September 1884 – 14 August 1960) was a Royal Navy officer who served as commander-in-chief of the New Zealand Division. Naval career Born the eldest son of Rear Admiral Burges Watson and Marie Thérèse Fischer and educated at Ashdown House and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Watson joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1899. In early June 1902 it was announced that he would be posted to , serving in the Channel Squadron, but the appointment was cancelled and later the same month he was posted as Midshipman on board the protected cruiser , about to become flagship on the North America and West Indies Station. Watson served in the First World War as commanding officer of the destroyer from the start of the war, of from April 1917 and of from September 1918. After the war he briefly commanded before being appointed assistant to chief of staff and maintenance captain at Portsmouth in 1920. He became commanding officer of the cruise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sells
Vice-Admiral William Fortescue Sells CMG (19 January 1881 – 31 March 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Dungeness Station. Naval career Sells joined to Royal Navy in the late 19th century and was promoted to lieutenant on 19 January 1901.Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196. He served as naval attaché at the British Embassy in Athens during the First World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Promoted to captain on 31 December 1918, he became commanding officer of the depot ship HMS ''Sandhurst'' in March 1919, Captain of Devonport Gunnery School in May 1923 and Captain of the cruiser HMS ''Cleopatra'' in November 1925. He went on to be Captain of the battleship HMS ''Emperor of India'' in January 1928 and Captain of the battleship HMS ''Benbow'' in May 1929, before retiring in April 1930. He was recalled and served as Royal Naval Officer, Carnarvon from November 1942 and as Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tennant (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir William George Tennant (2 January 1890 – 26 July 1963) was a British naval officer. He was lauded for overseeing the successful evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. Tennant subsequently served as captain of the battlecruiser , when she searched for German capital ships in the Atlantic. He remained in this capacity when the ''Repulse'' was sunk by the Japanese along with in the South China Sea on 10 December 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He later aided in the setup of the Mulberry harbours and the Pluto pipelines, a crucial part of the success of Operation Overlord. He died in 1963. Biography Born in Upton-upon-Severn and educated at nearby Hanley Castle Grammar School, Tennant joined the Royal Navy in 1905 at the age of 15, as a naval cadet at Britannia Royal Naval College. He was eventually appointed an acting sub-lieutenant, being confirmed in that rank on 15 December 1909, and was promoted to lieutenant on 30 June 1912, eventually specialis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
