HMS Tana (RN base, Kilindini, Mombasa, Kenya, (1914–1945)
The East Africa Station and originally known as East Coast of Africa Station (1862–1919) was a military unit of the British Royal Navy administered by the Flag Officer, East Africa and initially a sub-command of the East Indies Station then later Eastern Fleet from 1862 to 1962.
Contents
1History
2Administration
2.1World War I
2.1.1Naval Officer-in-Charge, Zanzibar
2.1.2Senior Naval Officer, Tanganyika
2.1.3Officer Commanding, RNAS East Indies Naval Air Station.
2.2World War II
2.2.1Senior British Naval Officer, Kilindini (Kenya)
2.2.2Flag Officer, East Africa and Admiral Superintendent, H.M. Dockyard, Kilindini
2.2.3Commodore, Naval Air Stations, East Africa
3Air units in this command
4Naval units in this command
5References
6Sources
7External links
History[edit]
During the 1850s and 1860s the British Royal Navy was operating in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa fighting to suppress the Eastern Slave trade operating out of Zanzibar up to the North Coast of the Arabian Sea.[1] Between 1862 and 1872 the British established an East Africa Squadron[2] as part of the East Indies Station. In 1873 treaties were signed between Great Britain and the Sultanates of Muscat and Oman and Zanzibar allowing for a permanent naval presence on the Zanzibar coast.[3] However Britain's real intentions in East Africa was to stop other European naval powers from establishing any similar bases in the region, the stations purpose was to protect British trade interests passing through the Western Indian Ocean area.[4] In the early twentieth century HMNB Zanizibar was primarily used as a coaling station.[5] Prior to the advent of World War I British naval operations were gradually scaled down.
The East Coast of Africa Station' was re-established in 1914 within the British East Africa Protectorate as a sub-command of the East Indies Station.[6] The East Africa Station eventually consisted of two Royal Navy bases one in Tanganyika and the other at Zanzibar. Its principal role was to protect British commerce from German surface raiders – then seen as priority between 1914–1915.[7] The command existed until 1918, when the Cape of Good Hope Station was assigned the duties of the East Coast of Africa command. During the inter-war period the command was scaled down to non-operational status.
The Kilidini (Kenya) station was re-established to operational status in September 1939 at the start of World War II, while Kenya was a British colony. Kilindini became the temporary command base of the British Eastern Fleet from early 1942 until the Japanese naval threat to Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) had subsided by January 1945.[8] Reserve units serving under this command included the Tanganyika Naval Volunteer Force and the Zanzibar Naval Volunteer Force.[9] Following World War II the station became the main headquarters for the Royal East African Navy from 1952 to 1962.
Administration[edit]
World War I[edit]
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Zanzibar[edit]
Rank
Insig
Name
Term
Notes/Ref
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Zanzibar
1
Commander
Oswald C. M. Barry
20 November 1918–1919
[10] (later Captain).
Senior Naval Officer, Tanganyika[edit]
Rank
Insig
Name
Term
Notes/Ref
Senior Naval Officer, Tanganyika
1
Lieutenant-Commander
Leonard Spain
12 September 1918 – April 1919
[11]
Officer Commanding, RNAS East Indies Naval Air Station.[edit]
Rank
Insig
Name
Term
Notes/Ref
Officer Commanding, RNAS East Indies Naval Air Station
1
Commander
Robert Gordon
January, 1915– September 1915
World War II[edit]
Senior British Naval Officer, Kilindini (Kenya)[edit]
Rank
Insig
Name
Term
Notes/Ref
Senior British Naval Officer, Kilindini (Kenya)
1
Commander
D. E. Blunt (retd)
1 September 1939 – April 1942
[12]
Flag Officer, East Africa and Admiral Superintendent, H.M. Dockyard, Kilindini[edit]
Rank
Flag
Name
Term
Notes/Ref
Flag Officer, East Africa
1
Rear-Admiral
Peter Reid
April 1942 – October 1942
[13]
2
Commodore
Charles G. Stuart
October 1942 – 8 February 1943
3
Rear-Admiral
Charles G. Stuart
8 February 1943 – 11 January 1944.
[14]
4
Rear-Admiral
Richard Shelly Benyon
11 January 1944 - November 1944
[15]
5
Commodore
Sir Philip Bowyer
November 1944 - 1945
Commodore, Naval Air Stations, East Africa[edit]
Rank
Flag
Name
Term
Notes/Ref
Commodore, Naval Air Stations, East Africa
1
Rear-Admiral
F. Elliott
19 August 1943 – 1 January 1945
[16]
Air units in this command[edit]
Various units that served in this command included:
Units
Date
Notes
RNAS Kilidini
1942-44
Station name: HMS Kipanga
RNAS Mackinnon Road
1942-44
Station name: HMS Tana Kipanga II
RAF Port Reitz
1942-44
used by the Fleet Air Arm as a land base of the BEF
Naval units in this command[edit]
Various units that served in this command included:[17]
^Friedman, Norman (2014). Fighting the Great War at Sea: Strategy, Tactic and Technology. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 9781848321892.
^Watson, Dr Graham. "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years 1914–1918". naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 27 October 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^Argyle, C.J. (1976). Japan at war, 1937–45. London: A. Barker. p. 111. ISBN 9780213165864.
^Navy List Quarterly Volume 1. H.M. Stationery Office. January 1945. p. 352.
^The Navy List. London, England: H.M Stationery Office. May 1919. p. 877.
^The Navy List: Supplement. London, England: H.M. Stationery Office. April 1919. p. 9.
^"Flag Officers in Commission etc.". The Navy List. London, England: H. M. Stationery Office. August 1940. p. 874.
^Kindell, Don. "Eastern Fleet, Admiralty War Diary 1942". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 14 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^Wells, Anne Sharp (2000). The Anglo-American "special relationship" during the Second World War : a selective guide to materials in the British Library. [London]: Eccles Centre for American Studies, The British Library. p. 25. ISBN 0712344268.
^Houterman, J.N. "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - S:". unithistories.com. Houterman and Kloppes. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
^The navy list. London, England: London : His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1944. pp. 2182–2183.
^Watson, Dr Graham. "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years 1914–1918". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 27 October 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^"TANGANYIKA'S NAVY, C. 19 OCTOBER 1944". Imperial War Museums. Imperial War Museum, UK. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
^Puddefoot, Geoff (2010). Ready For Anything: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905–1950. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 9781848320741.
^Page, Malcolm (2011). King's African Rifles: A History. Pen and Sword. p. 264. ISBN 9780850525380.
^Page, Malcolm (2011). King's African Rifles: A History. Pen and Sword. p. 264. ISBN 9780850525380.
Sources[edit]
Argyle, C.J. (1976). Japan at war, 1937-45. London: A. Barker.
ISBN 9780213165864.
Friedman, Norman (2014). Fighting the Great War at Sea: Strategy, Tactic and Technology. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing.
ISBN 9781848321892.
Houterman, J.N. "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939–1945 – S:". unithistories.com. Houterman and Kloppes.
Howell, Raymond (1987). The Royal Navy and the slave trade. London: Croom Helm.
ISBN 9780709947707.
Navy List (1945), Quarterly Volume 1. H.M. Stationery Office.
Sudans Twentyyear Refugee Dilemma". The International Journal of African Historical Studies. Africana Publishing Company. 21 (1–2): 184.
The navy list. (1944), London, England: London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
Watson, Dr Graham. (2015) "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years 1914–1918". naval-history.net. Gordon Smith.
Wells, Anne Sharp (2000). The Anglo-American "special relationship" during the Second World War : a selective guide to materials in the British Library. [London]: Eccles Centre for American Studies, The British Library.
ISBN 0712344268.
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