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Rosyth Command
(initially: Coast of Scotland Command)

C-in-C Rosyth Rosyth Dockyard Methil Port Edgar Invergordon Cromarty Tyne Aberdeen Peterhead Leith & Granton
Dundee N. Shields Blyth Sunderland Hartlepool and Tees Middlesbrough        

 

Coast of Scotland Command

Rear-Admiral & Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland [HMS Cochrane]
22.07.1937 - 03.08.1939
R.Adm. E.C.O. Thomson, RN
03.08.1939 - (08.1939)
V.Adm. C.G. Ramsey, RN
Chief of Staff
31.05.1939 - (08.1939)
Cdr. W.O. Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, RN
Secretary
21.04.1938 - (08.1939)
Paym.Cdr. H. Prevett, RN
Rosyth Dockyard  
see above  
Secretary
? - (08.1939)
H.J.S. Scull (civ)

 
Cromarty [HMS Cochrane]
King's Harbour Master, Cromarty  
29.01.1935 - (08.1939)
Cdr. L.G. Addington, RN (retd)

 
Rosyth [HMS President]
Liaison Officer for Naval Reserve and Merchant Navy duties  
26.04.1938 - (08.1939)
Cdr. G.E. Boultbee, RN

 
Rosyth Command
Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth [HMS Cochrane]
15.04.1942 - (04.1944)
Adm. Sir Wilbraham T.R. Ford, RN
01.06.1944 - (04.1946)
Adm. Sir William J. Whitworth, RN
Chief of Staff
15.05.1942 - (07.1945)
V.Adm. The Hon. E.R. Drummond, RN (retd)
01.09.1945 - (04.1946)
Cdre. 2nd cl. J.W. Farquhar, RN
Deputy Chief of Staff
10.03.1942 - (06.1944)
Capt. R.B. Wilmot-Sitwell, RN (retd)
Flag Lieutenant
29.05.1944 - (07.1945)
T/Lt. D.J.R. Austin, RNVR
Secretary
15.04.1942 - (04.1944)
Paym.Cdr. R.H. Johnson, RN
01.06.1944 - (04.1946)
A/Paym.Capt. F.R.J. Mack, RN

Rosyth Dockyard  
Admiral Superintendent Rosyth Dockyard  
24.09.1939 - (12.1943)
R.Adm. C. Cantlie, RN
15.04.1944 - (04.1946)
R.Adm. H.C. Bovell, RN
Secretary
08.01.1940 - (06.1944)
S. Collett (civ)
27.03.1944 - (04.1946)
E.W.C. Corry (civ)

Methil  till 1945/1946 ? [HMS Cochrane]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Methil  
12.06.1940 - (12.1943)
Capt. C.E. Maconochie, RN (retd)
03.03.1942 - (06.1944)
Capt. E.A.B. Stanley, RN (retd)
20.10.1944 - (07.1945)
Capt. H.G. Giffard, RN (retd)
Secretary
? - (08.1942)
Paym.Lt. S.H. Walker, RNR
10.01.1943 - (12.1943)
T/Paym.Lt. D.W. Minahan, RNVR
(04.1944) - (06.1944)
T/Paym.Lt. J. Taylor, RNVR

Port Edgar  till Oct/Dec 1943 ? [HMS Lochinvar]
Captain-in-Charge, Port Edgar  
18.12.1941 - (08.1942)
Capt. D. Young Jamieson, RN
10.10.1942 - (10.1943)
Capt. H.M. Barnes, RN
Secretary
04.09.1942 - (10.1943)
Paym.Lt. M.C.M. Jephson, RN

Invergordon  till 1944/1945 ? [HMS Flora]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Invergordon  
07.06.1942 - (06.1944)
V.Adm. L.L.P. Willan, RN (retd)
Secretary
03.06.142 - (06.1944)
Paym.Lt.Cdr. J.E. Hopperton, RNVR

Cromarty -
King's Harbour Master, Cromarty  
01.08.1940 - (04.1946)
Cdr. M.P. Vavasour, RN

Tyne  till 1945/1946 ? [HMS Calliope]
Flag Officer-in-Charge, Newcastle  
26.08.1939 - (07.1945)
R.Adm. W.G.C. Maxwell, RN (retd) [from 02.06.1943: Sir Wellwood G.C. Maxwell]
Chief Staff Officer
26.06.1942 - (07.1945)
Capt. E.H. Dauglish, RN (retd)
Secretary
24.08.1939 - (08.1942)
Paym.Cdr. S. Finnis, RN (retd)
(02.1943) - (07.1945)
Paym.Lt.Cdr. B.R.W. Gofton, RNVR

Aberdeen  till 1945/1946 ? [HMS Bacchante]
Flag Officer-in-Charge, Aberdeen  
10.04.1942 - (06.1944)
V.Adm. Sir Robert H.T. Raikes, RN
30.10.1944 - (07.1945)
Adm. Sir Lionel V. Wells, RN (retd)
Chief Staff Officer
26.04.1940 - (06.1944)
Capt. P.L. Neville, RN (retd)
Secretary
25.08.1939 - (06.1944)
T/A/Paym.Lt.Cdr. F. Wain, RNVR
09.10.1944 - (07.1945)
Lt.Cdr. (S) G.B. Potter, RNVR

Peterhead  till Oct/Dec 1943 ? [HMS Bacchante]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Peterhead  
07.06.1940 - (02.1943)
Cdr. G.O. Hewett, RN (retd)
05.02.1943 - (10.1943)
Capt. E.G.H. Du Boulay, RN (retd)
Secretary
31.08.1940 - (08.1942)
Paym.Lt. D.R. Macpherson, RNR
12.1942 - (10.1943)
Paym.Lt. D.R. Kilpatrick, RNVR

Leith & Granton (later only: Leith)  till 1945/1946 ? [HMS Claverhouse]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Leith & Granton (later only: Leith)  
26.06.1942 - (06.1944)
R.Adm. C.A.M. Sarel, RN (retd)
10.01.1945 - (07.1945)
V.Adm. G.T.C.P. Swabey, RN (retd)
Secretary
22.03.1942 - (12.1943)
Paym.Lt. J.B.W. Christie, RNVR
21.12.1943 - (06.1944)
T/Paym.Lt. G.H. Strachan, RNVR
01.03.1945 - (07.1945)
T/Lt. (S) J.F. Down, RNVR

Dundee  till 1944/1945 ? [HMS Cressy]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dundee  
07.06.1942 - (06.1944)
R.Adm. E.G. Robinson, RN (retd)
Secretary
25.08.1939 - (08.1942)
Paym.Lt.Cdr. S.A. Nicholls, RNR
28.10.1942 - (12.1943)
Paym.Lt. G.A. Lambert, RNR

N. Shields  till 1945/1946 ? [borne in HMS Calliope]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, N. Shields  
08.03.1940 - (07.1945)
Capt. R.B.C. Hutchinson, RN (retd)
Secretary
01.09.1941 - (12.1943)
T/A/Wt.Writer R. Thompson, RN
06.12.1943 - (06.1944)
T/Wt.Writer A. Hood, RN

Blyth  till 1945/1946 ? [HMS Elfin]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Blyth  
09.09.1941 - (02.1943)
Cdr. G.C. Phillips, RN
18.03.1943 - (07.1945)
Capt. C.P. Claridge, RN

Sunderland  till 1945/1946 ? [borne in HMS Calliope]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Sunderland  
26.06.1942 - (02.1943)
Cdr. H. Forrester, RN (retd)
22.04.1943 - (07.1945)
Cdr. G.F. Bradshaw, RN (retd)

Hartlepool and Tees (later only: Tees)  till 1945/1946 ? [HMS Paragon]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Hartlepool and Tees (later only: Tees)  
09.09.1941 - (02.1943)
Capt. E.J. Shelley, RN (retd)
12.07.1943 - (12.1943)
Capt. R.D. King-Harman, RN (retd)
08.02.1944 - (07.1945)
Capt. T.C. Armstrong, RN (retd)
Secretary
12.03.1942 - (06.1944)
Paym.Lt. C.E. Akeroyd, RNVR
05.09.1944 - (07.1945)
T/A/Lt.Cdr. (S) R.M. Cooper, RNVR

Middlesbrough  till late 1942/early 1943 ? [borne in HMS Paragon]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Middlesbrough  
28.10.1941 - (08.1942)
Cdr. R.H.B. Hammond-Chambers, RN (retd)
Secretary
24.08.1939 - (08.1942)
Paym.Lt. F. Stone, RNR

Ramsgate  since 1944/1945 ? [HMS Fervent]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Ramsgate  
16.09.1940 - (07.1945)
Capt. A.F.W. Howard, RN (retd)
Secretary
12.06.1941 - (07.1945)
T/Wt.Wtr.Off. A.G. Roberts, RN

Greenock  since 1945/1946 ? [ HMS Warren]
Rear-Admiral Commanding Combined Operational Bases Western Area  
19.08.1943 - (04.1946)
R.Adm. H.E. Horan, RN (retd)
Flag Lieutenant
08.03.1945 - (04.1946)
T/Lt. D.W.R. O'Leary, RNVR
Secretary
03.1946 - (04.1946)
A/Lt. (S) K.E. Moxon-Browne, RN