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Commander-in-Chief, North Atlantic
Active
1939-1945
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Royal Navy
Garrison/HQ
Gibraltar
The Commander in Chief, North Atlantic was an operational commander of the Royal Navy.[1] His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally known as the Flag Officer Gibraltar and North Atlantic they were charged with the administration of the RN Naval Base, Gibraltar and North Atlantic geographic area.[2]
Contents
1History
2Commanders
3Components
4References
5Sources
6External links
History[edit]
At the outbreak of the Second World War the Gibraltar command was elevated to North Atlantic Command with responsibility for the sea lanes on either side of the Straits of Gibraltar. Those duties remained in place although the flag officers' mission was often unclear due to the operations of both Force H and Western Approaches Command. It was these ambiguous boundaries of command responsibility between Gibraltar and Force H that led to confusion when conducting naval operations in the stated area.[3] In the book The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean, the author David Brown discusses this problem and the Admiralty's response: The division of responsibility between the Flag Officer North Atlantic Command (FOCNA) and the Flag Officer Force H and the Commander in Chief Mediterranean was defined as follows:[4]
F.O.C.N.A was responsible for preventing the passage of Gibraltar Straight by all enemy vessels and by vessels of other nations as maybe ordered by the Admiralty from time to time.[5] While Force H was based on Gibraltar, F.O.C.N.A was to call on, Flag Officer, Force H for such assistance as be necessary. Except when directed to carry out specific tasks by the Admiralty.[6]
On 1 January 1941, the Admiralty acted and decided that the command's primary function was to house and then protect convoy escorts; from that point on it became a component area command of the allied naval forces Mediterranean.
Commanders[edit]
Included:[7][8][9][10][11]
Styled as: Rear Admiral Gibraltar then Vice Admiral Gibraltar, then Vice Admiral Gibraltar/North Atlantic Command & Admiral Superintendent Gibraltar Dockyard
Rank
Flag
Name
Term
Commander-in-Chief, North Atlantic
1
Rear-Admiral
Norman Wodehouse
May 1939-1 November 1939
2
Vice-Admiral
Sir Dudley North
1 November 1939 – 23 February 1907
3
Vice-Admiral
Sir Frederick Edward-Collins
9 December 1940 – 9 September 1943
4
Vice-Admiral
Sir Harold Martin Burrough
9 September 1943–January 1945
Components[edit]
Base ship Gibraltar: HMS Cormorant
Before 1939, there was a small force of destroyers based at Gibraltar.
Task Forces
Force H (see history although stationed at Gibraltar was under the command of Flag Officer, Force H from 1940).
Capital Ships
Battleship: HMS Resolution (16/12/1939)
Heavy Cruiser: HMS Berwick (31/12/1939)
Squadrons and Flotillas
11th Cruiser Squadron 9 October 1939
13th Destroyer Flotilla September 1939- May 1945
8th Submarine Flotilla December 1940 - December 1942 (flotilla then moved to Algiers)
Sub-Divisions
Destroyer Division 25, (assigned to 13th Destroyer Flotilla)
Destroyer Division 26, (assigned to 13th Destroyer Flotilla)
Submarine and Minesweepers Groups
7th Anti Submarine Group
92nd Minesweeping Group
Escort Groups were based at Gibraltar (although they were part of Western Approaches Command).
Escort Group 28
Escort Group 36
Escort Group 37
Escort Group 38
References[edit]
^Axelrod, Alan (2007). Encyclopedia of World War II 2-Volume Set. New York: Infobase Pub. p. 402. ISBN 9780816060221..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}
^Axelrod, Alan; Kingston, Jack A. (2007). Encyclopedia of World War II. New York: H W Fowler. p. 402. ISBN 9780816060221.
^Watson, Graham. "GIBRALTAR/NORTH ATLANTIC COMMAND 1939-1945". naval-history.net. Naval History.Net, 19 September 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
^Brown, David (2002). The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean: Vol.II: November 1940-December 1941. London: Routledge. p. 41. ISBN 9781136341205.
^Brown, David (2002). The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean: Vol.II: November 1940-December 1941. London: Routledge. p. 41. ISBN 9781136341205.
^Brown, with an introduction by David (2002). The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean. London: Whitehall History Pub. in association with Frank Cass. p. 42. ISBN 9781136341205.
^Government, H.M. (October 1913). "Flag Officers - Vice Admirals". The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 87.
^Brown, David (2005). The Road to Oran: Anglo-French Naval Relations, September 1939-July 1940. Routledge. ISBN 978-0714654614.
^Sutherland, Jonathan; Canwell, Diane (2011). Vichy Air Force at War: The French Air Force that Fought the Allies in World War II. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Casemate Publishers. p. 18. ISBN 9781848843363.
^Smith, Donald A. Bertke ; Don Kindell ; Gordon (2009). World War II sea war (1. ed.). Dayton, Ohio: Bertke Publ. p. 202. ISBN 9781937470012.
^Whitby, Michael (2006). Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layard. UBC Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0774811941.
Sources[edit]
www.naval-history.net
External links[edit]
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