East Indies Station

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies
	; ; HMS Swiftsure at gunnery practice on the East Indies Station in the summer of 1913;
Active	; 1744–1958
Country	; United Kingdom;
Branch	; Royal Navy;
Type	; Fleet;
Part of	; Admiralty;
Garrison/HQ	; Trincomalee;

The Commander-in-Chief, East Indies was a British Royal Navy admiral and the formation subordinate to him from 1865 to 1958.^[1] Even in official documents, the term East Indies Station was often used. In 1941 the ships of the China Squadron and East Indies Squadron and were merged to form the Eastern Fleet under the control of the Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet.^[2] The China Station then ceased as a separate command. The East Indies Station and its shore establishments continued until disbandment in 1958.

2 Commanders-in-Chief
- 2.1 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies
- 2.2 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station
- 2.3 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station
- 2.4 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
- 2.5 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and Egypt Station
- 2.6 Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
  - 2.6.1 Fleet headquarters
    - 2.6.1.1 Chief of Staff
  - 2.6.2 Operational and shore sub-commands
    - 2.6.2.1 Flag Officer, East Africa
    - 2.6.2.2 Royal Indian Navy
      - 2.6.2.2.1 Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy
    - 2.6.2.3 Red Sea Station
      - 2.6.2.3.1 Senior Naval Officer, Red Sea
      - 2.6.2.3.2 Senior Naval Officer, Red Sea Force
    - 2.6.2.4 Persian Gulf Station
      - 2.6.2.4.1 Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf
    - 2.6.2.5 Naval officers ports and bases
  - 2.6.3 Naval formations that served in this command
  - 2.6.4 Establishments and facilties in this command

3 See also

4 Notes

5 References

6 External links

History[edit]

Navy House, Trincomalee, residence of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station from 1811 to 1942

The East Indies Station was established as a Royal Navy command in 1744. From 1831–1865, the East Indies and the China Station were a single command known as the East Indies and China Station.^[3] The East Indies Station, established in 1865, covered the Indian Ocean (excluding the waters around the Dutch East Indies, South Africa and Australia) and included the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.^[4] These responsibilities did not imply territorial claims but rather that the navy would actively protect British trading interests. From 1913 the station was renamed the Egypt and East Indies Station until 1918.^[5]^[6]

The East Indies Station had bases at Colombo, Trincomalee, Bombay, Basra and Aden. In response to increased Japanese threats, the separate East Indies Station was merged with the China Station in December 1941, to form the Eastern Fleet.^[7]

In early May 1941, the Commander-in-Chief directed forces to support the pursuit of Pinguin, the German raider that eventually sank after the Action of 8 May 1941 against HMS Cornwall.

On 7 December 1941, cruisers on the station included the heavy cruisers Cornwall, Dorsetshire, and Exeter; the light cruisers Glasgow, Danae, Dauntless, Durban, Emerald and Enterprise (some sources also place the heavy cruiser Hawkins as being on station on that date, while others report her being under refit and repair in the UK between early November 1941 & May 1942), and six armed merchant cruisers. Also assigned to the station was 814 Naval Air Squadron at China Bay, Ceylon, which unit was at that time equipped with Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers.^[8]^[8]^[9]

The last flagship of the station, in 1957-58, was HMS Gambia.^[10] In 1958 the station closed and was replaced by the Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf Station.^[11]

Commanders-in-Chief[edit]

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies[edit]

Prior to 1862 flag officers were appointed to coloured squadrons command flags shown below. see: Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries

Post holders included:^[12]^[13]

	Rank	Name	Term	Ref
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
1	Commodore	Curtis Barnett	(1744–1746)	^[14]
2	Commodore	Thomas Griffin	(1746–1748)	^[15]^[a]
3	Rear-Admiral	Edward Boscawen	(1748–1750)	^[16]^[17]
4	Rear-Admiral	Charles Watson	(1754–1757)	^[18]^[19]^[b]
5	Vice-Admiral	George Pocock	(1757–1759)	^[20]^[c]
6	Commodore	Charles Steevens	(1760–1761)	^[21]^[d]
7	Rear-Admiral	Samuel Cornish	(1761–1763)	^[22].^[23]^[e]
8	Commodore	John Byron	(1764)	^[24]^[f]
9	Commodore	John (later Sir John) Lindsay	(1769–1772)	^[25]
10	Rear-Admiral	Sir Robert Harland, 1st Baronet	(1771–1775)	^[26]^[27]
11	Commodore	Edward Hughes	(1773–1777)	^[28]
12	Commodore	Sir Edward Vernon	(1776–1780)	^[29]^[g]
13	Rear-Admiral	Sir Edward Hughes	(1780–1784)	^[28]^[h]
14	Vice-Admiral	Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet	(1782)	^[30]^[31]^[i]
15	Commodore	Andrew Mitchell	(1784–1785)	^[32]
16	Commodore	William Cornwallis	(1788–1794)	^[33]
17	Commodore	Peter Rainier	(1794–1805)	^[34]
18	Vice-Admiral	Sir George Keith Elphinstone	(1795)	^[35]^[36]^[j]
19	Rear-Admiral	Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Baronet	(1804–1809)	^[37]^[38]^[k]
20	Rear-Admiral	Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet	(1805–1807	^[39]^[40]^[l]
21	Rear-Admiral	William O'Bryen Drury	(1809–1811)	^[41]
22	Vice-Admiral	Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet	(1811–1814)	^[42]^[m]
23	Commodore	George Sayer	(1814)	^[43]
24	Rear-Admiral	Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet	(1816–1820)	^[44]^[n]
25	Rear-Admiral	Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet	(1820–1822)	^[45]^[o]
26	Commodore	Charles Grant	(1822–1824)
27	Commodore	Sir James Brisbane	(1825–1826)	^[46]
28	Rear-Admiral	Joseph Bingham	(1825)	^[47]^[p]
29	Rear-Admiral	William Hall Gage	(1825–1829)	^[48]
30	Rear-Admiral	Edward Owen	(1829–1832)	^[49]

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station[edit]

Note: for the period 1832–1865.

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station[edit]

Post holders included:^[50]

	Rank	Name	Term
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station
1	Commodore	Frederick Montresor	(1865) ^[3]
2	Commodore	Charles Hillyar	(1865–1867) ^[3]

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station[edit]

^[3]^[51]^[52]

	Rank	Name	Term
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
1	Rear-Admiral	Leopold Heath	(1867–1870)
2	Rear-Admiral	James Cockburn	(1870–1872)
3	Rear-Admiral	Arthur Cumming	(1872–1875)
4	Rear-Admiral	Reginald Macdonald	(1875–1877)
5	Rear-Admiral	John Corbett	(1877–1879)
6	Rear-Admiral	William Gore Jones	(1879–1882)
7	Rear-Admiral	William Hewett	(1882–1885)
8	Rear-Admiral	Frederick Richards	(1885–1888)
9	Rear-Admiral	Edmund Fremantle	(1888–1891)
10	Rear-Admiral	Frederick Robinson	(1891–1892)
11	Rear-Admiral	William Kennedy	(1892–1895)
12	Rear-Admiral	Edmund Drummond	(1895–1898)
13	Rear-Admiral	Archibald Douglas	(1898–1899)
14	Rear-Admiral	Day Bosanquet	(1899–1902)
15	Rear-Admiral	Charles Drury	(1902–1903)^[53]
16	Rear-Admiral	George Atkinson-Willes	(1903–1905)
17	Rear-Admiral	Edmund Poë	(1905–1907)
18	Rear-Admiral	Sir George Warrender	(1907–1909)
19	Rear-Admiral	Edmond Slade	(1909–1912)
20	Rear-Admiral	Alexander Bethell	(1912-1913)

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and Egypt Station[edit]

Note:The post was sometimes styled as Senior Naval Officer, Egypt and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.^[54]

	Rank	Name	Term
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and Egypt Station
1	Rear-Admiral	Richard Peirse	(1913–1915) ^[55]
2	Rear-Admiral	Rosslyn Wemyss	(1916–1917) ^[56]

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station[edit]

	Rank	Name	Term
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
21	Rear-Admiral	Ernest Gaunt	(1917–1919)
22	Rear-Admiral	Hugh Tothill	(1919–1921)
23	Rear-Admiral	Lewis Clinton-Baker	(1921–1923)
24	Rear-Admiral	Herbert Richmond	(1923–1925)
25	Rear-Admiral	Walter Ellerton	(1925–1927)
26	Rear-Admiral	Bertram Thesiger	(1927–1929)
27	Rear-Admiral	Eric Fullerton	(1929–1932)
28	Rear-Admiral	Martin Dunbar-Nasmith	(1932–1934)
29	Vice-Admiral	Forrester Rose	(1934–1936)
30	Vice-Admiral	Alexander Ramsay	(1936–1938)
31	Vice-Admiral	James Somerville	(1938–1939)
32	Admiral	Sir Ralph Leatham	(1939–1941)
33	Vice-Admiral	Geoffrey Arbuthnot	(1941–1942)^[8]
34	Admiral	Sir Geoffrey Layton	(1942–1944)
35	Vice-Admiral	Sir Arthur Power	(1944–1945)
36	Admiral	Sir Arthur Palliser	(1946–1948)
37	Vice-Admiral	Sir Charles Woodhouse	(1948–1950)
38	Admiral	Sir Geoffrey Oliver	(1950–1952)
39	Admiral	Sir William Slayter	(1952–1954)
40	Vice-Admiral	Sir Charles Norris	(1954–1956)
41	Vice-Admiral	Sir Hilary Biggs	(1956–1958)

Fleet headquarters[edit]

Chief of Staff[edit]

Included:^[57]

	Rank	Name	Term
Chief of Staff, East Indies Station/Eastern Fleet
1	Captain	Frederick Rodney Garside	3 January 1939 - June 1941 ^[58]
2	Rear-Admiral	Arthur F. E. Palliser	June - December 1941

Note: Under East Indies Station briefly when the Eastern Fleet its established Rear-Admiral Palliser becomes COS to C-in-C, Eastern Fleet.

Operational and shore sub-commands[edit]

Flag Officer, East Africa[edit]

Originally established by the Royal Navy as East Coast of Africa Station (1862–1919) was administered by the Flag Officer, East Africa and a sub-command of the East Indies Station then later Eastern Fleet from 1862 to 1962.

Within the Eastern Fleet command from April 1942 to September 1943 then transferred back under East Indies Station

	Rank	Name	Term	Notes/Ref
Flag Officer, East Africa
1	Rear-Admiral	Charles G. Stuart	September, 1943 – 11 January 1944.	^[59]
4	Rear-Admiral	Richard Shelly Benyon	11 January 1944 - November 1944	^[60]
5	Commodore	Sir Philip Bowyer	November 1944 - 1945

Royal Indian Navy[edit]

The Royal Indian Navy (RIN) was the naval force of British India and the Dominion of India from 1 May 1830 – 26 January 1950. It came under the East Indies Station at the outbreak of World War Two on 3 September 1939 ^[61] until December 1941 transfers to Eastern Fleet command.

Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy[edit]

	Rank	Flag	Name	Term	Notes/Ref
Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy
1	Vice-Admiral		Sir Herbert Fitzherbert	Sptember 1939 - December 1941

Red Sea Station[edit]

The Red Sea Station was one of the geographical divisions into which the Royal Navy divided its worldwide responsibilities for most of its existence was a sub-command of the East Indies Station.

Senior Naval Officer, Red Sea[edit]

Base afloat:HMS HMS Egret

Senior Naval Officer, Red Sea Force[edit]

Notes: On 21st October 1941 the title is changed to Flag Officer, Red Sea and his command but now reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet until 17 May 1942.^[62] On 18 May 1942 the title is changed again to Flag Officer, Commanding Red Sea and Canal Area and transferred again to the Eastern Fleet.

Persian Gulf Station[edit]

The Persian Gulf Station was originally located at Basidu, Qishm Island in Persia (c. 1850-1935) then later Juffair, Bahrain. It included a naval base, depot and naval forces known as the Persian Gulf Patrol, then the Persian Gulf Squadron later called he Persian Gulf Division it was a sub-command of the East Indies Station until 1958 when it merged with the Red Sea Station to create the Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf Station of the new Middle East Command.

Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf[edit]

Naval officers ports and bases[edit]

#	Location	In command	Dates	Notes
1	Aden	Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aden	1839 to 1917, 1921 to 1943, 1945	naval base/shore establishment
2	Addu Atoll	Naval Officer in Charge, Addu Atoll	1942 to 1945	fleet base ^[63]
3	Calcutta	Naval Officer in Charge, Calcutta	1939 to 1945	during WW2 only normally under FOCOMM, Royal Indian Navy
4	Colombo	General Staff Officer, Colombo	1938 to 1939
5	Diego Suarez	Naval Officer in Charge, Diego Suarez	1935 to 1945	fleet base ^[64]
6	Kilidini, Mombasa	Senior British Naval Officer, Kilindini	1935 to 1945	shore establishment
7	Port Louis	Naval Officer-in-Charge, Port Louis	18	shore establishment
8	Port Sudan	Naval Officer-in-Charge, Port Sudan	1935 to 1945
9	Seychelles	Naval Officer-in-Charge, Seychelles	1915 to 1945	fleet base ^[64]
10	Lake Tanganyika, Africa	Naval Officer-in-Charge, Tanganyika	1915 to 1945
11	Trincomalee	Captain-in-Charge, Ceylon	1915 to 1945
12	Zanzibar	Naval Officer-in-Charge, Zanzibar	1915 to 1945

Naval formations that served in this command[edit]

Various units that served in this command included:

Naval Units	Based at	Date	Notes
4th Cruiser Squadron	Colombo/Trincomalee, Ceylon	August to December, 1916
4th Light Cruiser Squadron	Colombo/Trincomalee, Ceylon	November 1918 to April 1919
Arabian Bengal Ceylon Escort Force (ABCEF )	Aden, Colony of Aden	1941 to 1942	Under the Eastern Fleet command from April 1942 to November 1943.^[65]
East Indies and Egyptian Seaplane Squadron	Port Said, Egypt	1916 to 1918	Royal Navy's first carrier squadron
Red Sea Division	Port Tawfik, Egypt	August 1914 to November 1918
Red Sea Force	Port Tawfik, Egypt	April 1940 to 1944	Naval base HQ Red Sea Force ^[66]
Persian Gulf Division	Basidu, Persia,(1818-1935), Ras Al-Jufair, Bahrain	1885 to 1958
Persian Gulf Squadron	Basidu, Persia/ Ras Al-Jufair, Bahrain	1818 to- 1885

Establishments and facilties in this command[edit]

#	Unit name	Location	Dates	Notes
1	Admiralty House	Trincomalee, Ceylon	1813 to 1958	Official residence of the Commander-in-Chief
2	HM Naval Dockyard, Trincomalee	Trincomalee, Ceylon	1813 to 1939, 1945-1958	Headquarters East Indies Station
3	HMS Gloucester II	HM Naval Office, Colombo, Ceylon	1939-1945	Headquarters East Indies Station ^[67]
4	HM Naval Dockyard, Madras	Madras, India	1796 to 1813	Headquarters, East Indies Station ^[68]
5	HMS Anderson	Colombo, Ceylon	1939 to 1949	Listening station of the Far East Combined Bureau,
6	HM Naval Base, Basra	Basra	1939 to 1949	Naval base
7	HM Naval Dockyard, Bombay	Bombay, India	1811 to 1958	naval base during WW2 known as HMS Braganza
8	HM Naval Base, Calcutta	Calcutta, India	1811 to 1958	Naval base during WW2 known as HMS Braganza
9	HMS Lanka	Colombo, Ceylon	1939 - 1958	Naval base and shore station
10	HMS Mauritus	Tombeau Bay, Mauritius	1810 to 1958	Telegraphic then Wireless Station ^[69]
11	HM Naval Base, Port Jackson ^[70]	Port Jackson, New South Wales	1785 to 1865	Naval base transferred to China Station
12	Port Louis	Port Louis, Mauritius	1810 to 1968	Naval base
13	HM Naval Base, Port Tawfik	Port Tawfik, Red Sea, Egypt	August 1914 to 1944	Naval base HQ Red Sea, Patrol/Division/Force
14	HMS Sheba	Steamer Point (now Tawahi) in Aden	Example	Naval and shore base till 1958
15	RNAS China Bay	Trincomalee, Ceylon	1938 to 1945	Air Station HMS Bambara
16	RNAS Colombo Racecourse	Prince of Wales Island, George Town, Penang	1943 to 1945	Naval air station - HMS Bherunda
17	RNAS Katukurunda	Katukurunda, Ceylon	1938 to 1945	Naval air station - HMS Ukussa
18	RNAS Mackinnon Road	Mackinnon Road, Kenya, East Africa	1942 to 1944	Naval air station - HMS Tana then HMS Kipanga II ^[71]
19	RNAS Puttalam	Puttalam Ceylon	1942 to 1944	Naval air station - HMS Rajaliya ^[72]
20	RNAS Port Reitz	Port Reitz, Mombasa, Kenya	1942 to 1944	Naval air station, Aircraft Repair Yard, Reserve aircraft storage - HMS Tana then HMS Kipanga II HQ of Commdre-in-Charge, NAS, (Eastern Stations.).
21	RNAS Tanga	Tanga, Tanzania	1942 to 1944	Naval air station - HMS Kilele ^[73]

Notes[edit]

^ Thomas Griffin promoted later Rear- then Vice-Admiral

^ Charles Watson promoted later to Vice-Admiral

^ George Pocock appointed Vice-Admiral of the White, February 1757, Ref:Harrison. Simon, (2010-2018)

^ Charles Steevens promoted later to Rear-Admiral

^ Samuel Cornish promoted later to Vice-Admiral

^ Byron's appointment was initially a subterfuge, designed to provide apparent legitimacy for a voyage along the coast of Spanish South America and around the Cape of Good Hope. Byron's true mission was to establish a British naval presence on an uninhabited island off Spanish South America, which he achieved via landings on the Falkland Islands in December 1764.^[24]

^ Edward Vernon promoted later to Rear-Admiral

^ Edward Hughes, second term as Commander-in-Chief

^ Hyde Parker appointed 1782 but lost at sea on his way out

^ Elphinstone went to capture the Dutch East Indies in 1795 but Rainier had already done it

^ Pellew was later promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Red, 9 November 1805

^ Troughbridge served jointly with Edward Pellew

^ Samuel Hood appointed Vice-Admiral of the White, 4 June 1814, Harrison, 2010-2018

^ Richard King appointed Rear-Admiral of the White, 4 June 1814 ref: Harrison, Simon (2010-2018)

^ Henry Blackwood appointed Rear-Admiral of the Blue, July 1819 ref: Harrison, Simon (2010-2018)

^ Joseph Bingham appointed 1825 but died before taking up post

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^ J. K. Laughton, Hood, Sir Samuel, first baronet (1762–1814), rev. Michael Duffy, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007, accessed 18 Dec 2011.

^ The United Service Magazine, 1831, Part 2, page 222

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^ J. K. Laughton, Brisbane, Sir James (1774–1826), rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008, accessed 18 Dec 2011.

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^ Sheffy, Yigal (2014). British Military Intelligence in the Palestine Campaign, 1914-1918. Cambridge, England: Routledge. p. 66. ISBN 9781135245702.

^ Parkinson, Jonathan (2018). The Royal Navy, China Station: 1864 - 1941: As seen through the lives of the Commanders in Chief. Leicester, England: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 312. ISBN 9781788035217.

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[21] Charles Watson promoted later to Vice-Admiral

[23] George Pocock appointed Vice-Admiral of the White, February 1757, Ref:Harrison. Simon, (2010-2018)

[25] Charles Steevens promoted later to Rear-Admiral

[28] Samuel Cornish promoted later to Vice-Admiral

[30] Byron's appointment was initially a subterfuge, designed to provide apparent legitimacy for a voyage along the coast of Spanish South America and around the Cape of Good Hope. Byron's true mission was to establish a British naval presence on an uninhabited island off Spanish South America, which he achieved via landings on the Falkland Islands in December 1764.^[24]

[36] Edward Vernon promoted later to Rear-Admiral

[37] Edward Hughes, second term as Commander-in-Chief

[40] Hyde Parker appointed 1782 but lost at sea on his way out

[46] Elphinstone went to capture the Dutch East Indies in 1795 but Rainier had already done it

[49] Pellew was later promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Red, 9 November 1805

[52] Troughbridge served jointly with Edward Pellew

[55] Samuel Hood appointed Vice-Admiral of the White, 4 June 1814, Harrison, 2010-2018

[58] Richard King appointed Rear-Admiral of the White, 4 June 1814 ref: Harrison, Simon (2010-2018)

[60] Henry Blackwood appointed Rear-Admiral of the Blue, July 1819 ref: Harrison, Simon (2010-2018)

[63] Joseph Bingham appointed 1825 but died before taking up post

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Military units distributed under the Admiralty	1st Fleet 2nd Fleet 3rd Fleet Africa Station Atlantic Fleet Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf Australia Station Cape of Good Hope Station Cape and West Africa Station Battle Cruiser Fleet Battle Cruiser Force Caspian Flotilla Channel Fleet Channel Squadron Coastal Forces Coast of Ireland Station Cork Station Coast of Scotland Command China Command Dover Command Downs Station East Africa Station East Indies Fleet East Indies Station East Indies and China Station Eastern Fleet Far Eastern Fleet English Channel Grand Fleet Germany Station Gibraltar Command Gibraltar and Mediterranean Approaches Command Harwich Force Home Fleet Jamaica Station Leith Station Levant Levant and East Mediterranean Leeward Islands Station Lisbon Station Mediterranean Fleet Medway Middle East Newfoundland Station New Zealand Division New Zealand Naval Forces Narrow Seas Nore Command North America and West Indies Station North Atlantic Command North Sea Fleet Orkneys and Shetlands Command Pacific Fleet Pacific Station Patrols Command Plymouth Command Portsmouth Command Queenstown Station Royal East African Navy Royal Indian Navy Royal Navy Submarine Service Rosyth Command Reserve Fleet Scotland and Northern Ireland Sheerness Station South Atlantic Command South Atlantic and Pacific Station South America Station South East Coast of America Station Thames Thames and Medway Thames, Medway and Nore West Africa Squadron West Africa Station Western Approaches Command West Indies Station Western Squadron
Direction of Naval Finance	Department of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
Departments under Secretary	Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty Accountant-General's Department Comptroller of the Navy Department of the Surveyor of the Navy
Direction of Naval Administration and the Admiralty Secretariat	Department of the Permanent Secretary
Branches and offices under Permanent Secretary	Admiralty Central Copying Branch Admiralty Central Registry Branch Admiralty Record Office Admiralty Library Admiralty Secretariat Air Branch Civil Branch Legal Branch Military Branch Naval Branch Ship Branch
Civil Administration	Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Department of the Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty
Departments under Civil Administration	Accountant-General's Department Contract and Purchase Department Department of the Director of Contract Labour Department of the Surveyor of Buildings Director of Works' Department Greenwich Hospital Department Works Loan Department
Legal	Judicial Department
Legal under Judicial Department	Admiralty court High Court of Admiralty Office of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty High Court of Justice Office of the Judge Advocate of the Fleet Office of the Chief Naval Judge Advocate Office of the Marshall High Court of the Admiralty Office of the Admiralty Advocate Office of the Admiralty Proctor Office of the Receiver of Droits High Court of Admiralty Office of the Registrar High Court of the Admiralty Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty and Navy Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty Court of Admiralty for the Cinque Ports King's Bench Division (Admiralty) Queens's Bench Division (Admiralty) Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division Vice Admiralty courts Colonial Courts of Admiralty

v t e Historic fleets and naval commands of the Royal Navy
North and Irish Seas and English Channel	1st Fleet 2nd Fleet 3rd Fleet Atlantic Fleet Battle Cruiser Fleet Channel Fleet Channel Squadron Coast of Ireland Coast of Scotland Devonport Dover Downs Eastern English Channel Fleet Command Grand Fleet Germany Humber Home Fleet Leith Narrow Seas Nore North North and West North Sea Orkneys and Shetlands Plymouth Portsmouth Rosyth Reserve Fleet South West and Irish Sea West Western Approaches Western Western Squadron Yarmouth
Atlantic Ocean	Atlantic Fleet Barbadoes and Leeward Islands Good Hope Jamaica Division Jamaica Station Leeward Islands Lisbon Newfoundland North America North America and West Indies North Atlantic South Atlantic and South America South Atlantic South Atlantic and Pacific South East Coast of America West Africa Squadron West Africa Station West Coast of Africa West Indies
Baltic Black,Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas	Adriatic Aegean Baltic Fleet Black Sea and Caspian Caspian Coast of Spain Eastern Mediterranean Egypt and Red Sea Germany Gibraltar Gibraltar and Mediterranean Approaches Levant Levant and East Mediterranean Malta Malta and Central Mediterranean Mediterranean Fleet Portugal
Arabian Seas Indian and Pacific Oceans	Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf Australia Station China Station East Africa East Coast of Africa East Indies East Indies and China East Indies Fleet Eastern Fleet Far East Fleet Egypt and Red Sea Ismailia Middle East New Zealand New Zealand Naval Forces Pacific Fleet Pacific Station Red Sea and Canal Red Sea South Atlantic and Pacific Persian Gulf

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies
HMS Swiftsure at gunnery practice on the East Indies Station in the summer of 1913
Active	1744–1958
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Type	Fleet
Part of	Admiralty
Garrison/HQ	Trincomalee