Commander-in-Chief, The Nore | |
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Active | 1695β1961 |
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Type | Command (military formation) |
Garrison/HQ | Chatham, Kent |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | John Tovey |
The Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, was an operational commander of theββRoyal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally known as the Nore Station/Nore Command. The Nore is: a sandbank at the mouth of the Thames Estuary and River Medway. In due course the Commander-in-Chief became responsible for sub-commands at Chatham, London (less the Admiralty), Sheerness, Harwich and the Humber.
Historyβ»
The origins of the "Commander-in-Chief's post can be," tracedββto Stafford Fairborne, who in 1695 was appointed as captain of HMS London and "Commander in Chief of his Majesty's shipps in the River of Thames. And the Medway".
Thereafter, and for most of the eighteenth century, appointments were only made irregularly. And often just for limited periods of time (ranging between seven and thirty days). The appointment only became permanent with the posting of Commodore George Mackenzie in 1774.
In the early 18th century the post holder was usually known as Commander-in-Chief in the Thames and Medway. In 1711 the office beganββto be known as Commander-in-Chief in the Thames, Medway and Nore. In 1742 Sir Charles Hardy was appointed "Commander in chief of all the ships of war in the rivers Thames and "Medway," and at the buoy of the Nore", and similarly in 1745 Sir Chaloner Ogle, Admiral of the Blue, was appointed "Commander-in-Chief of HM Ships and Naval Vessels in the Rivers Thames and Medway and at the Buoy of the Nore" (as indeed was Isaac Townsend in 1752).
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From 1827 the Commander-in-Chief was accommodated in Admiralty House, Sheerness, built as part of the renewal of Sheerness Dockyard. From 1834 to 1899 his appointment was sometimes known as the Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness; but otherwise by, this time he was generally termed Commander-in-Chief at The Nore.
After the dissolution of the Home Fleet in 1905, remaining ships at a lesser state of readiness were split between three reserve divisions: Nore Division plus the Devonport Division and the Portsmouth Division. In 1909 the division was brought out of reserve status, and became operational as part of the 3rd and 4th Division of the Home Fleet.
In 1907 the Commander-in-Chief moved to a new Admiralty House alongside the naval barracks (HMS Pembroke) in Chatham, the Sheerness house being given over to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet. The Dover Patrol, Harwich Force, and Humber Force operated in the Channel during the First World War, but were responsible to the Admiralty in London; the Nore was effectively a provider of shore support rather than a command with operational responsibilities.
In 1938 an underground Area Combined Headquarters was built close to Admiralty House to accommodate the Commander-in-Chief together with the Air Officer Commanding No. 16 Group RAF, Coastal Command, and their respective staffs; similar headquarters were built close to the other Royal Dockyards. During the Second World War, the Nore assumed great importance: it was used to guard the east coast convoys supplying the ports of North Eastern England.
During the Second World War, the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, at Chatham, included eight sub commands, each of which usually commanded by a Flag Officer either a Rear Admiral. Or Vice Admiral. They included Brightlingsea station, Harwich, Humber, London (not including the Admiralty), Lowestoft, Sheerness, Southend and Yarmouth. These sub-commands were then sub-divided into Base areas usually commanded by a Naval Officer in Charge (NOIC) or a Residential Naval Officer (RNO) these included HM Naval Bases at Boston, Burnham-on-Crouch, Felixstowe, Gravesend, Grimsby, Immingham, and Queensborough.
With the onset of the Cold War, the Nore diminished in importance as the navy decreased in size. Between 1952 and 1961 the Commander-in-Chief, The Nore was double-hatted as Commander, Nore Sub-Area, of NATO's Allied Command Channel.
Cecil Hampshire writes that the appointment of Commander-in-Chief finally lapsed as part of the "Way Ahead" economies. The closing ceremony took place on 24 March 1961, when the station's Queen's Colour was formally laid up in the presence of members of the Admiralty Board, several former Commanders-in-Chief, other civilian and military figures, "..and the Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands Home Station flying his flag in the new Dutch destroyer Limburg who had been invited to attend." The Commander-in-Chief's appointment was finally discontinued on 31 March 1961. Cecil Hampshire writes that from 1 April 1961, the area was divided between the Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth and the Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland, the demarcation line being "roughly at The Wash." For purposes of administration from that date onward, the Admiral Superintendent Chatham also took the title of Flag Officer Medway.
The underground headquarters went on to serve as HMS Wildfire, a Royal Naval Reserve training and communications centre, from 1964 to 1994.
Installationsβ»
Chathamβ»
Chatham Dockyard was a Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent. Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently expanded into neighbouring Gillingham. At its most extensive, in the early 20th century, two-thirds of the dockyard lay in Gillingham, one-third in Chatham. The senior officer was a Captain-Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard or the Admiral-superintendent Chatham
In the early 20th century the Rear Admiral Commanding, Chatham Sheerness Reserve Division, was established and became responsible eventually to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet(s). Post holders included Rear Admirals Walter Hodgson Bevan Graham, 3 January 1905 β 3 January 1906; Charles H. Adair 3 January 1906 β 3 January 1907; and Frank Finnis 3 January 1907 β 4 January 1909.
The Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham were purpose-built to provide accommodation and training facilities for the men of the reserve fleet who were waiting to be appointed to ships. Designed by Colonel Henry Pilkington, construction of the barracks began in 1897 and completed in December 1902.
Sheerness Dockyardβ»
Sheerness Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the Sheerness peninsula, at the mouth of the River Medway in Kent. It was opened in the 1660s and closed in 1960.
It was directed by the Admiral-Superintendent, Sheerness.
Sub-areas during First and Second World Warsβ»
At various times during the First and Second World Wars, up to nine sub-areas were established. These were usually administered by either a retired vice or rear admiral. Or an active captain, who were appointed as Senior Naval Officers or Flag Officers.
Sub-area | Flag ship or ships borne in | Flag officers/officers commanding | Dates | Ref |
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Brightlingsea | HMS Wallaroo; HMS City of Perth then HMS Nemo | Senior Naval officer, Brighlingsea | 1914β1945 | |
Dover | HMS Nemo | Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dover & CO HMS Lynx | 1945β1946 | |
Harwich | HMS Badger | Flag Officer-in-Charge, Harwich | 1914β1944 | |
Humber | HMS Beaver | Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber | 1939β1946 | |
London | HMS Yeoman | Flag Officer-in-Charge, London | 1938β1946 | Rear Admiral Edward Courtney Boyle 1939β42 Admiral Martin Dunbar-Nasmith 1942β46 |
Lowestoft | HMS Minos | Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lowestoft | 1914β1918, 1942β1946 | |
Southend | HMS Leigh | Commander-in-Charge, Southend | 1914β1918, 1942β1946 | |
Yarmouth | HMS Watchful | Flag Officer-in-Charge, Yarmouth | 1942β1945 |
Other installations:
Facility | Based at | Date | Notes |
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HM Naval Base, Immingham | Immingham | 1914β1918 | chain of command was to the SNO/FO, Humber Station |
RNTE Shotley | Chatham | 1914β1918 | Shotley Training Establishment |
Seagoing formationsβ»
Various units that served in this command included:
Naval units | Based at | Date | Notes |
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Reserve Fleet | Chatham | 1900β1905 | 4 protected cruisers |
Reserve Fleet | Chatham | 1906β1914 | 13 cruisers from the Aeolus, Arrogant, Astraea, Diadem, Eclipse, Edgar classes. |
Reserve Fleet | Chatham | 1939 | inc: 6 cruisers, 15 destroyers, and 5 minesweepers |
3rd Battle Squadron | Chatham | May 1916 β April 1918 | ex Grand Fleet |
2nd Cruiser Squadron | Chatham | 1939β1940 | |
5th Cruiser Squadron | Chatham | 1908β1909 | |
7th Cruiser Squadron | Chatham | 1912 | |
HMS Curacoa (D41) | Chatham | 1939 | C-class cruiser (light) |
HMS London (69) | Chatham | 1939 | County-class cruiser |
1st Destroyer Flotilla | Harwich | December 1939 β June 1940 | |
4th Destroyer Flotilla | Humber | August β December 1916 | |
5th Destroyer Flotilla | Chatham | 1939β1940 | |
7th Destroyer Flotilla | Humber/Chatham | August 1914 β November 1918, 1939β1940 | WWI part of AOPs |
8th Destroyer Flotilla | Chatham | 1911β1914 | 1 cruiser leader, 2 scout cruisers and 24 torpedo boat destroyers |
9th Destroyer Flotilla | Nore | 1911β1914 | 1 cruiser leader, 2 scout cruisers and 27 destroyers |
16th Destroyer Flotilla | Harwich | June 1940 β May 1945 | |
18th Destroyer Flotilla | Harwich | JuneβDecember, 1940 | disbanded |
19th Destroyer Flotilla | Chatham | SeptemberβOctober, 1939 | transferred to Dover Command |
20th Destroyer Flotilla | Immingham | 1914β1918, 1941 | |
21st Destroyer Flotilla | Sheerness | July 1940 β May 1945 | formed the southern force for the escort of east coast convoys |
22nd Destroyer Flotilla | Harwich | NovemberβDecember, 1939 | inc: renamed 1st Destroyer Flotilla |
Nore Flotilla | Harwich | 1895β1909 | 43 torpedo boat destroyers |
Nore Local Flotilla | Harwich | 1912β1914 | was a Destroyer Flotilla |
20th Minelaying Destroyer Flotilla | Harwich | 1939β1940 | |
4th Minesweeper Flotilla | Harwich | September 1939 β July 1942 | |
5th Minesweeper Flotilla | Harwich | September 1939 β April 1941 | absorbed into 4MSF |
6th Minesweeper Flotilla | Harwich | MayβSeptember 1940 | |
7th Minesweeper Flotilla | Harwich | March 1944 β January 1945 | |
8th Minesweeper Flotilla | Chatham | 1939 | |
10th Minesweeper Flotilla | Chatham | April 1945 | |
11th Minesweeper Flotilla | Chatham | April 1945 | |
15th Minesweeper Flotilla | Chatham | February 1944 | |
18th Minesweeper Flotilla | Chatham | May 1943 | |
40th Minesweeper Flotilla | Harwich | 1945 | |
44nd Minesweeper Flotilla | Harwich | August 1944 | |
117 Minesweeper Flotilla | Sheerness | 1944 | |
133 Minesweeper Flotilla | Sheerness | 1944 | |
140 Minesweeper Flotilla | Sheerness & Harwich | 1944 | divided between two naval bases |
163 Minesweeper Flotilla | Lowestoft | 1944 | |
202 Minesweeper Flotilla | Lowestoft | 1944 | |
203 Minesweeper Flotilla | Harwich | 1944 | |
5th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla | Immingham | 1939β1941 | |
11th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla | Felixstowe | 1944 | |
21st Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla | Felixstowe | 1944 | |
22nd Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla | Felixstowe | 1944 | |
29th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla | Felixstowe | 1939 | |
2nd Submarine Flotilla | Immingham | August 1916 β February 1917 | coastal defence C Class |
3rd Submarine Flotilla | Immingham/Humber/Harwich | September 1916 β 1918, October 1939 β May 1940 | |
4th Submarine Flotilla | Sherness | August 1916 β September 1917 | Disbanded |
5th Submarine Flotilla | Sherness | August 1914 β August 1916 | renamed 4th Submarine Flotilla |
6th Submarine Flotilla | Humber | August 1914 β August 1916 |
Commanders-in-Chiefβ»
Commanders-in-Chief have included:
N = died in post
Commander-in-Chief Thames (1695β1696)β»
- Commodore Stafford Fairborne 1695
- Commodore James Gother 1696
N
Commander-in-Chief, Medway (1698β1699)β»
- Captain John Jennings (1698)
- Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell (1698β1699)
Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway (1706β1711)β»
- Captain Robert Fairfax (1706)
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Jennings (1708)
Commander-in-Chief, Thames, Medway and Nore (1711β1747)β»
- Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy (1711β1712)
- Captain George St Lo (1712β1714)
- Captain John Balchen (1716)
- Rear-Admiral William Caldwell (1717)
N
- Captain Nicholas Haddock (1732)
- Admiral Sir George Walton (1734β1735)
- Commodore Charles Brown (1741)
- Commodore Christopher O'Brien (1742β1743)
- Commodore Charles Cotterell (1744β1745)
- Commodore Thomas Smith (1745)
- Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle (1745β1746)
- Commodore Edward Boscawen (1746)
- Vice-Admiral Perry Mayne (1746β1747)
Commander-in-Chief, Medway and at the Nore (1747β1797)β»
- Rear-Admiral Henry Osborn (1747β1748)
- Commodore Temple West (1748)
- Commodore George Townshend (1748β1749)
- Admiral Isaac Townsend (1752)
- Commodore Francis Geary (1757β1758)
- Commodore William Boys (1759β1761)
- Commodore William Gordon (1762β1765)
- Commodore William Saltern Willett (1766β1769)
N
- Commodore Christopher Hill (1770)
- Rear-Admiral Sir Peter Denis (1771)
- Commodore George Mackenzie (1774β1775)
- Commodore Sir Edward Vernon (1775β1776)
- Rear-Admiral John Campbell (1778)
- Vice-Admiral Robert Roddam (1778β1783)
- Commodore Sir Walter Stirling (1783β1785)
- Commodore Sir Andrew Hamond (1785β1788)
- Vice-Admiral Richard Edwards (1788)
- Commodore Skeffington Lutwidge (1788β1789)
- Commodore Thomas Pasley (1789β1791)
- Commodore William Locker (1792)
- Commodore George Murray (1792β1793)
- Vice-Admiral John Dalrymple (1793β1795)
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Collier (1795)
- Vice-Admiral Charles Buckner (1795β1797)
Commander-in-Chief, Nore (1797β1834)β»
Post holders included:
- Vice-Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge (1797β1798)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley (1798β1799)
- Vice-Admiral Alexander Graeme (1799β1803)
- Vice-Admiral Lord Keith (1803β1807) (formed part of North Sea Command)
- Vice-Admiral Thomas Wells (1807β1810)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Stanhope (1810β1811)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Williams (1811β1814)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Rowley (1815β1818)
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore (1818β1821)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell (1821β1824)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Moorsom (1824)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood (1827β1830)
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Beresford (1830β1833)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Richard King (1833β1834)
N
Commander-in-Chief, Sheerness (1834β1899)β»
Post holders included:
- Vice-Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming (1834β1837)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Otway (1837β1840)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Digby (1840β1841)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Brace (1841β1843)
N
- Vice-Admiral Sir John White (1844β1845)
N
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Durnford King (1845β1848)
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Elliot (1848β1851)
- Vice-Admiral Josceline Percy (1851β1854)
- Vice-Admiral William Gordon (1854β1857)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Harvey (1857β1860)
- Vice-Admiral Sir William Hope-Johnstone (1860β1863)
- Vice-Admiral Sir George Lambert (1863β1864)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot (1864β1866)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker (1866β1869)
- Vice-Admiral Richard Warren (1869β1870)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Elliot (1870β1873)
- Vice-Admiral George Hastings (1873β1876)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Chads (1876β1877)
- Vice-Admiral Sir William King-Hall (1877β1879)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Macdonald (1879β1882)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Rice (1882β1884)
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Corbett (1884β1885)
- Vice-Admiral The Prince of Leiningen (1885β1887)
- Vice-Admiral Charles Waddilove (1887β1888)
- Vice-Admiral Thomas Lethbridge (1888β1890)
- Vice-Admiral Charles Curme (1890β1892)
N
- Vice-Admiral Sir Algernon Heneage (1892β1894)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Wells (1894β1896)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Nicholson (1896β1897)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Hotham (1897β1899)
Commander-in-Chief, Nore (1899β1961)β»
Post holders included:
- Vice-Admiral Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith (1899β1900)
- Vice-Admiral Sir William Kennedy (1900β1901)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Albert Markham (1901β1903)
- Admiral Sir Hugo Pearson (1903β1907)
- Admiral Sir Gerard Noel (1907β1908)
- Admiral Sir Charles Drury (1908β1911)
- Admiral Sir Richard Poore (1911β1915)
- Admiral Sir George Callaghan (1915β1918)
- Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee (1918β1921)
- Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas (1921β1924)
- Vice Admiral Sir William Goodenough (1924β1927)
- Admiral Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair (1927β1930)
- Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt (1930β1933)
- Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Tweedie (1933β1935)
- Vice Admiral Sir Edward Evans (1935β1939)
- Admiral Sir Studholme Brownrigg (January 1939 β December 1939)
- Admiral Sir Reginald Plunkett (1939β1941)
- Admiral Sir George Lyon (1941β1943)
- Admiral Sir John Tovey (1943β1946)
- Admiral Sir Harold Burrough (1946β1948)
- Admiral Sir Henry Moore (1948β1950)
- Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt (1950β1952)
- Admiral Sir Cyril Douglas-Pennant (1952β1953)
- Admiral Sir Geoffrey Oliver (1953β1955)
- Admiral Sir Frederick Parham (1955β1958)
- Admiral Sir Robin Durnford-Slater (1958β1961)
Senior staff officersβ»
Flag Captain, the Noreβ»
Post holders supporting the senior naval officer at the Nore included:
- Captain William G. Luard: July 1860 β July 1863
- Captain John Fulford: July 1863 β April 1866
- Captain Donald McL. Mackenzie: April 1866 β June 1869
- Captain Thomas Miller: June 1869 β June 1870
- Captain John C. Wilson: June 1870 β January 1872
- Captain George W. Watson: January 1872 β January 1875
- Captain Charles T. Curme: January 1875 β February 1876
- Captain St. George C. D'Arcy-Irvine: February 1876 β September 1877
- Captain Thomas B. Lethbridge: September 1877 β January 1879
- Captain Thomas B. M. Sulivan: January 1879 β July 1881
- Captain John D'Arcy: July 1881 β September 1883
- Captain James A. Poland: September 1883 β September 1886
- Captain Frederick C. B. Robinson: September 1886 β July 1887
- Captain Arthur C. Curtis: July 1887 β July 1890
- Captain Leicester C. Keppel: July 1890 β August 1892
- Captain Henry H. Boys: August 1892 β October 1894
- Captain William H. C. St.Clair: October 1894 β February 1896
- Captain James L. Hammet: February 1896 β January 1898
- Captain William F. S. Mann: January 1898 β July 1899
- Captain Charles Campbell: JulyβOctober 1899
- Captain Henry C. Bigge: October 1899 β February 1901
- Captain Archibald Y. Pocklington: February 1901 β December 1902
- Captain Arthur Y. Moggridge: January 1907 β April 1908
- Captain Clement Greatorex: AprilβDecember 1908
- Captain Henry J. L. Clarke: December 1908 β August 1911
- Captain Philip H. Colomb: August 1911 β January 1915
- Captain Ernest A. Taylor: January 1915 β May 1916
- Captain William Bowden-Smith: MayβJuly 1916
- Captain Alexander V. Campbell: July 1916 β April 1918
- Captain Cecil M. Staveley: AprilβOctober 1918
Chief of Staff, the Noreβ»
Post holders supporting the CINC, Nore included:
- Captain Theobald W. B. Kennedy: October 1918 β May 1921
- Captain Wilfred Tomkinson: May 1921 β June 1923
- Captain Herbert W.W. Hope: June 1923 β December 1924
- Captain the Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower: December 1924 β May 1927
- Captain the Hon. E. Barry S. Bingham: May 1927 β May 1929
- Captain Douglas B. Le Mottee: May 1929 β May 1931
- Captain Reginald V. Holt: May 1931 β August 1933
- Captain Hector Boyes: August 1933 β November 1934
- Captain Robert B. Ramsay: November 1934 β December 1935
- Captain Reginald B. Darke: December 1935 β August 1937
- Captain Philip Esmonde Phillips: August 1937 β July 1938
- Captain the Hon. George Fraser: July 1938 β May 1940
- Rear-Admiral Alfred H. Taylor: May 1940 β March 1943
- Commodore George H. Creswell: MarchβOctober 1943
- Commodore Robert G. H. Linzee: October 1943 β April 1946
- Captain Albert L. Poland: April 1946 β July 1948
- Captain Lennox A. K. Boswell: July 1948 β May 1949
- Captain Arthur M. Knapp: May 1949 β June 1951
- Captain Herbert F. H. Layman: June 1951 β January 1953
- Captain Ronald E. Portlock: January 1953 β December 1954
- Captain John A. W. Tothill: December 1954 β July 1956
- Captain William A. F. Hawkins: July 1956 β December 1957
- Captain Roger B. N. Hicks: December 1957 β April 1960
- Captain Barry J. Anderson: April 1960 β March 1961
Offices under the Chief of Staffβ»
Included:
- Deputy Chief of Staff
- Assistant Secretary
- Duty Staff Officer
- Flag Lieutenant-Commander
- Secretary to Chief of Staff
- Staff Officer (Minesweeping)
- Staff Officer A/P & Deputy Staff Officer (Minesweeping)
- Staff Officer (Convoys)
- Staff Officer (Intelligence)
- Staff Officer (LD)
- Staff Officer (Operations)
- Staff Officer (Plans)
- Staff Signal Officer
- Staff Torpedo Officer
- Maintenance Captain
Notesβ»
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At the request of the Naval Officer in Charge, Immingham, parties were landed to assist in the work of preparing demolitions at this port.
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Admiral Sir Geoffrey Oliver, Commander, Nore Sub-Area
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Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway.
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Commander-in-Chief, Medway and Nore Edward Vernon.
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