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Dover Command
Active
(1914–1919), (1939–1945)
Country
 United Kingdom
Branch
 Royal Navy
Type
military formation
Garrison/HQ
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.[1]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Administration of Dover command


    • 2.1 World War One


      • 2.1.1 Commander-in-Chief, Dover


        • 2.1.1.1 Rear-Admiral and Senior Officer, Dover


        • 2.1.1.2 Admiral-Superintendent, Dover


        • 2.1.1.3 Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk


          • 2.1.1.3.1 District Naval Transport Officer, Dunkirk






      • 2.1.2 Sub Area Commands


        • 2.1.2.1 Senior Naval Officer Folkestone


        • 2.1.2.2 Senior Naval Officer, Ramsgate






    • 2.2 World War Two


      • 2.2.1 Commander-in-Chief and Flag Officer-in-Charge, Dover


        • 2.2.1.1 Flag Officer, afloat off Dunkirk


        • 2.2.1.2 Captain Superintendent, Dover


        • 2.2.1.3 Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk


        • 2.2.1.4 Chief Staff Officer


          • 2.2.1.4.1 Flag Lieutenant Commander


          • 2.2.1.4.2 Secretary, Dover Command






      • 2.2.2 Sub-Area commands


        • 2.2.2.1 Flag Officer, Dungeness Station


        • 2.2.2.2 Senior Naval Officer, Selsey Station


        • 2.2.2.3 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Ramsgate


        • 2.2.2.4 Senior Naval Officer-in-Charge, Folkestone








  • 3 Components


  • 4 References


  • 5 Sources


  • 6 External links





History[edit]


In late July 1914, with war looming, 12 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,[2] 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 Rear Admiral Sir Horace Lambert Alexander Hood.


Following the extra strain thrown on the Admiral of Patrols[3]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 separate command encompassing the patrols from the naval base at Dover, the naval base itself, and the Downs Boarding Flotilla. Command was transferred to Rear-Admiral The Honorable Horace L. A. Hood on 11 October, and he hoisted his flag on 13 October. He was given the title of Rear-Admiral Commanding the Dover Patrol and Senior Naval Officer Commanding, Dover, with the short title "Rear-Admiral, Dover Patrol".[4]


The Dover Patrol operated continuously through the end of the war, with its strength consisting primarily of the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, the Fifth Submarine Flotilla, the Downs Boarding Flotilla, and at times a collection of monitors. Its primary mission was to monitor barriers and defences at the eastern end of the English Channel to prevent U-boats from gaining access to western areas.
It also harassed German fortifications on the coast of occupied Belgium.[4]


During the Second World War, like Rosyth, and Orkneys and Shetlands, this former Great War command was re-established in 1939 to control and protect sea traffic in the Straits of Dover. It was formed by removing the Straits from Nore Command. Its function was to protect the supply lines to France. Its primary role failed disastrously during its supervision of the evacuation from Dunkirk code-named Operation Dynamo.[5] Once the threat of a German invasion subsided in 1941, its continued existence as a separate command from Nore Command was perceived by some quarters as more to do with prestige. The command played a prominent part in the Normandy landings.[6]



Administration of Dover command[edit]



World War One[edit]



Commander-in-Chief, Dover[edit]


Post holders include:



  • Rear-Admiral The Hon. Horace L. A. Hood, 3 October, 1914 – 13 April, 1915

  • Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald H. S. Bacon, 13 April, 1915 – 1 January, 1918

  • Acting Vice-Admiral Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, 1 January, 1918 – 20 March, 1919 [7]

  • Vice-Admiral Cecil F. Dampier, 20 March, 1919 – 15 October, 1919



Rear-Admiral and Senior Officer, Dover[edit]

Post holders included:[8]



  • Rear-Admiral Heathcoat S. Grant, 10 January, 1917 – 18 June, 1917

  • Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Dampier, 18 June, 1917 – 1 June, 1918 (and as Adm.Supt.)



Admiral-Superintendent, Dover[edit]

Post holders included:[8]


  • Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Dampier, 18 June, 1917 – 1 June, 1918 (and as SO.Dover.)


Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk[edit]

Post holders included:[9]




  • Commodore Charles Johnson, 13 December 1914 – 4 July 1917


  • Commodore Hubert Lynes, 5 July 1917 – May 1918


  • Commodore Frank Larken, June 1918



District Naval Transport Officer, Dunkirk[edit]

Post holders included:[9]



  • Captain Gerald C. A. Marescaux, – May, 1915

  • Captain William F. Benwell, May, 1915 – 27 August, 1917

  • Captain David M. Hamilton, 27 August, 1917 – 26 March, 1919


Command is deactivated during interwar years. 1919 – August 1939


Sub Area Commands[edit]



Senior Naval Officer Folkestone[edit]


  • Captain Pennant A. I. Lloyd, 30 October, 1914 – 15 September, 1916

  • Rear-Admiral Bentinck J. D. Yelverton, 18 September, 1916 – 21 October, 1919 (retired)



Senior Naval Officer, Ramsgate[edit]

Post holders included:



  • Captain George N. Tomlin, 15 January, 1915 – 28 May, 1917

  • Captain Walter L. Allen, 27 May, 1917 – 25 March, 1919



World War Two[edit]



Commander-in-Chief and Flag Officer-in-Charge, Dover[edit]




  • Vice Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay[10] (retired), 24 August 1939 – April 1942


  • Commodore Robert Cunliffe, 23 April 1942 – 1 August 1942


  • Vice Admiral Henry Pridham-Wippell, 1 August 1942 – June 1944


  • Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Wippell, June 1944 – 10 July 1945


  • Rear Admiral Henry Hugh Bousfield, (retired), 10 July 1945 – June 1946



Flag Officer, afloat off Dunkirk[edit]

  • Rear-Admiral W.Frederic Wake-Walker, May-June 1940[11]


Captain Superintendent, Dover[edit]

  • Captain. F. A. H. Russell, 16 December 1940 – June 1944.[11]


Senior Naval Officer, Dunkirk[edit]

  • Captain W. G. Tennant, May-June 1940


Chief Staff Officer[edit]


  • Captain. A. Day, 31 August 1939 – August 1942.

  • Captain. H.St.L. Nicolson, 27 December–June 1944.



Flag Lieutenant Commander[edit]


  • Lieutenant. R.N. Gibb, 15 June 1941 – 16 August 1942.

  • Lieutenant. W.H.L. Mead, 17 August 1942 – June 1944.



Secretary, Dover Command[edit]


  • Paymaster. Commander R.H.G. Franklin, 31 August 1939 – July 1942.

  • Paymaster. Commander H. Prevett, July 1942 – June 1944.



Sub-Area commands[edit]



Flag Officer, Dungeness Station[edit]


  • Vice-Admiral William Fortescue Sells, (retired), 6 June 1944.


Senior Naval Officer, Selsey Station[edit]


  • Rear-Admiral Fischer Burges Watson, (retired), May - 6 June 1944.


Naval Officer-in-Charge, Ramsgate[edit]

Post holders included:



  • Captain W.R. Phillimore, 1939 -1940.[11]

  • Captain. A.F.W. Howard, 16 September 1940 – June 1944.



Senior Naval Officer-in-Charge, Folkestone[edit]

  • Vice-Admiral Charles Wolfran Round-Turner, 1940 - 1944


Components[edit]


Note that components were not all permanently stationed at Dover; they were regularly re-assigned by the Admiralty.


The base ship and headquarters at Dover was HMS Lynx, which paid off in 1946.


Shore establishments



  • Dungess Station

  • Ramsgate Station

  • Selsey Station

  • HM Dockyard Dover

  • HM Coastal Force Base, Folkestone


Patrols


  • Dover Patrol

Squadrons and flotillas



  • 2nd Motor Gun Boat Flotilla

  • 2nd Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla


  • 3rd Submarine Flotilla, June 1914 – 1919


  • 4th Submarine Flotilla, June 1914 – 1919


  • 5th Submarine Flotilla, June 1914 – 1919

  • 5th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla


  • 6th Destroyer Flotilla, June 1914 – 1919


  • 6th Minesweeper Flotilla, 5 September 1940 – June 1944.

  • 9th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla

  • 11th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla

  • 12th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla

  • 14th Motor Gun Boat Flotilla


  • 19th Destroyer Flotilla, 9 November 1939 and February 1940 – June 1940.

  • 19th Minelayer Flotilla

  • 21st Minelayer Flotilla

  • 50th Minelayer Flotilla


  • 50th Motor Launch Flotilla, 1914–1919

  • 51st Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla

  • 59th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla


  • Downs Boarding Flotilla,[12] 1914–1919


Minesweeper Groups



  • Minesweeping Group 46

  • Minesweeping Group 61

  • Minesweeping Group 125

  • Minesweeping Group 126



References[edit]





  1. ^ Redford, Duncan; Grove, Philip D. (2014). The Royal Navy: a history since 1900. I.B.Tauris. p. 141. ISBN 9780857735072..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Bacon, Admiral Sir Reginald (16 November 2014). "World War 1 at Sea - Contemporary Accounts THE DOVER PATROL 1915-1917 , Volume I, mainly Belgian Coast Operations". Naval History.Net. Retrieved 1 November 2016.


  3. ^ Dodd, Francis (1917). Admirals of the British Navy: Portraits in Colours with Introductory and Biographical Notes. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 9781465572332.


  4. ^ ab Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony (30 November 2015). "The Dover Patrol". The Dreadnought Project. Retrieved 1 November 2016.


  5. ^ Gardner, W. J. R.; Section, Great Britain Admiralty Historical (2000). The Evacuation from Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo, 26 May-4 June 1940. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 57. ISBN 9780714681504.


  6. ^ Kennedy, Paul (2013). Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers who Turned the Tide in the Second World War. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-846-14728-9.


  7. ^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2014). World War I: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. ABC-CLIO. p. 188. ISBN 9781851099658.


  8. ^ ab Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony (1 November 2017). "Dover". The Dreadnought Project. Retrieved 21 March 2018.


  9. ^ ab Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony (30 May 2017). "Dunkirk". The Dreadnought Project. Retrieved 21 March 2018.


  10. ^ Redford, Duncan (2014). A History of the Royal Navy: World War II. London: I.B.Tauris. p. 30. ISBN 9781780765464.


  11. ^ abc Grehan, John; Mace, Martin (2014). The BEF in France 1939-1940: Manning the Front Through to the Dunkirk Evacuation. Barnsley, England: Pen & Sword. p. 110. ISBN 9781783462117.


  12. ^ "By Telegraph". The Evening Post. LXXXVIII (137). 7 December 1914. Retrieved 1 November 2016 – via Papers Past.




Sources[edit]




  • Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1924). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical): Fleet Issue. Volume X. Home Waters—Part I. From the Outbreak of War to 27 August 1914. O.U. 5528 (late C.B. 917(H)). Copy at The National Archives. ADM 186/619.


  • Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1924). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical): Fleet Issue. Volume XI. Home Waters—Part II. September and October 1914. O.U. 5528 A (late C.B. 917(I)). Copy at The National Archives. ADM 186/620.

  • Sheldon, Jack (2010). The German Army at Ypres 1914 and the Battle for Flanders. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military.
    ISBN 978-1-84884-113-0.


  • "Naval-History.net".


  • Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen. "WWII Unit Histories and Officers".



External links[edit]



  • Niehorster, Dr. Leo. "North Atlantic Command, Royal Navy, 3.09.39". niehorster.org. Retrieved 1 November 2016.











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