China station
The China Station was a naval unit of the British Royal Navy . It existed from January 1865 to December 1941, its successor association was the Eastern Fleet .
history
The China Station became an independent naval association on January 17, 1865, when the East Indies and China Station separated into the China Station and the East Indies and Cape of Good Hope Station . The station's area of responsibility included the coast of China and the navigable rivers of mainland China, the western part of the Pacific and the waters around the Dutch East Indies . This did not imply any territorial claims, although the Royal Navy was often used to enforce British trade interests in these sea areas.
The China Station bases were in Singapore , on or in HMS Tamar in Hong Kong (1844–1941 and 1945–1997) and in Weihai .
The China Station consisted mostly of older ships, mainly light cruisers and destroyers . Suitable gunboats with shallow drafts were used for patrol service on the Chinese rivers . These Insect-class boats were also known as "China gunboats". The China Station ships had white hulls, white superstructures and dark funnels.
In view of the growing Japanese threat, the China Station was merged with the East Indies Station to form the Eastern Fleet in December 1941 . The command of the Eastern Fleet was in Singapore.
Commander
| Period of command | commanding admiral |
|---|---|
| 1865-1867 | Rear Admiral Sir George St Vincent Duckworth King |
| 1867--1869 | Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Keppel |
| 1869-1871 | Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Kellett |
| 1871-1874 | Vice Admiral Sir Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell |
| 1874-1877 | Vice Admiral Sir Alfred Phillipps Ryder |
| 1877-1878 | Vice Admiral Sir Charles Farrel Hillyar |
| 1878-1881 | Vice Admiral Robert Coote |
| 1881-1884 | Vice Admiral Sir George Ommanney Willes |
| 1884-1885 | Vice Admiral Sir William Montagu Dowell |
| 1885-1887 | Vice Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton |
| 1887-1890 | Vice Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon |
| 1890-1892 | Vice Admiral Sir Frederick William Richards |
| 1892-1895 | Vice Admiral Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle |
| 1895-1897 | Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Buller |
| 1897-1901 | Vice Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour |
| 1901-1904 | Vice Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge |
| 1904-1906 | Vice-Admiral Sir Gerard Noel |
| 1906-1908 | Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Moore |
| 1908-1910 | Vice-Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux |
| 1910-1913 | Vice-Admiral Sir Alfred Winsloe |
| 1913-1915 | Vice Admiral Sir Martyn Jerram |
| 1916-1917 | Vice-Admiral Sir William Grant |
| 1917-1919 | Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Tudor |
| 1919-1922 | Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff |
| 1922-1925 | Admiral Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson |
| 1925-1926 | Vice-Admiral Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair |
| 1926-1928 | Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt |
| 1928-1931 | Vice Admiral Arthur Kipling Waistell |
| 1931-1933 | Vice Admiral Sir Howard Kelly |
| 1933-1936 | Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer |
| 1936-1938 | Vice Admiral Sir James Colebrooke Little |
| 1938-1940 | Admiral Sir Percy Noble |
| 1940-1941 | Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Royal Navy Foreign Stations
- ↑ HMS Falcon ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Paul Bevand & Frank Allen: Commander-in-Chief, China Station. (No longer available online.) In: Royal Navy Fleet Officers, 1904–1945. October 21, 2007, archived from the original on December 1, 2008 ; Retrieved July 4, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ William Loney: Royal Navy Fleet Station Commanders. Retrieved June 8, 2011 .
