This is a list of Royal Navy stations
A Naval station is a geographic command responsible for conducting all naval operations within its defined area. It may consist of flotillas, or squadrons, or individual ships under command.[1]
History
editThe British Royal Navy for command purposes was separated into a number of stations or fleets, each normally under an admiral, vice admiral, rear admiral or commodore for those stations deemed strategically important .[2]. Minor naval stations normally served as sub-commands to the larger station these would normally be commanded by a naval officer in charge of captain rank or below.
Alphabetical listing
editNote:In regards to subordinate listing only the last station the command reported to is shown for example the Aden station through out its history was under six different higher commands. For a full list of stations they were part of see the relevant articles.
A
editNo. | name | location | subordinate of | dates | ref | |
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1. | Aberdeen Station | Scotland | Coast of Scotland Station/Rosyth Command | 1915-1919, 1942-1945 | [3] | |
2. | Aden Station | Yemen | Middle East Command | 1839—1967 | [4] [5] | |
3. | Africa Station | South Africa | Admiralty | 1920—1939 | [6] | |
4. | Algiers Station | Algeria | Mediterranean Station | 1942—1946 | ||
5. | Alexandria Station | Egypt | Mediterranean Station | 1939—1944 | [7][8][9] | |
6. | Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf Station | Yemen | Middle East Command | 1959—1962 | [10] | |
7. | Archangel Station | Russia | Admiralty | 1917—1919 | [11] | |
8. | Ascension Station | Ascension Island | West Coast of Africa Station | 1815—1923 | [12] | |
10. | Aultbea Station | Scotland | Coast of Scotland/Rosyth Command | 1915-1942 | ||
11. | Australia Station | Australia | Admiralty | 1859—1913 | [13] | |
12. | Avonmouth Station | England | Plymouth Station | 1914—1919 |
B
editC
editNo. | name | location | subordinate of | dates | ref | |
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33. | Cairo | Egypt | ||||
34. | Calais | France | ||||
35. | Cape and West Africa Station | South Africa | Admiralty | 1865-1867 | ||
36. | Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station | South Africa | Admiralty | 1857-1865 | ||
37. | Cape of Good Hope Station | South Africa | Admiralty | 1795-1857 | ||
38. | Cardiff Station | Wales | Western Approaches Command | 1939-1945 | ||
39. | Ceylon Station | Ceylon | Admiralty | 1940-1942 | ||
39. | Ceylon Station | Ceylon | East Indies Station | 1933-1940 | ||
40. | Cherbourg | France | ? | 1915-1919 | ||
41. | China Station | Singapore/Hong Kong | Admiralty | |||
42. | Clyde | Scotland | Coast of Scotland Station/Rosyth Command | 1917-1940 | ||
43. | Coast of Ireland Station | Ireland | Admiralty | 1876-1919 | ||
44. | Coast of Scotland Station | Scotland | Admiralty | 1919-1939 | ||
45. | Colombo Station | Ceylon | East Indies Station | 1915-1945 | [24] | |
46. | Constantinople | Ottoman Empire | Mediterranean Station | 1916-1920 | [25] | |
47. | Cowes Station | England | Portsmouth Station | |||
48. | Cromarty Station | Scotland | Coast of Scotland Station/Rosyth Command | 1913-1946 |
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editNo. | name | location | subordinate of | dates | ref | |
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1. | Danube Station | Austria-Hungary | Mediterranean Station | 1914-1926 | ||
2. | Dar es Salaam Station | German East Africa | East Indies Station | 1918-1919 | [26] | |
3. | Deal Station | |||||
4. | Deptford Station | England | 1513-1869 | [27] | ||
5. | Dieppe Station | France | 1915-1918 | [28] [29] | ||
5. | Downs Station | |||||
6. | Dublin Station | |||||
7. | Dundee Station | |||||
8. | Durban Station |
E
editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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1. | East Africa Station | |||||
2. | East Coast of Africa Station | |||||
3. | East Coast of England Station | |||||
4. | Eastern Mediterranean | |||||
5. | East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station | |||||
6. | East Indies and China Station | |||||
7. | East Indies Station | |||||
8. | Egypt | |||||
9. | Egypt and Red Sea | |||||
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Falmouth
- Far East Station
- Fécamp
- Fleetwood
- Folkestone
- France
- Fraserburgh
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Galway
- Genoa
- Gibraltar
- Glasgow
- Granton
- Great Yarmouth
- Greenock
- Grimsby
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Haifa
- Hartlepool
- Hartlepool and Tees
- Harwich
- Harwich Station
- Holyhead
- Hull
- Humber Area
- Humber Station
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Iceland
- India
- Invergordon
- Inverness
- Irish Sea Area
- Ismailia Station
- Italy
J
editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Jamaica Station
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Kantara
- Kilidini
- Killybegs
- King's Lynn
- Kingstown
- Kirkwall
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- La Pallice
- La Spezia
- Larne
- Le Havre
- Leeward Islands Station
- Leghorn
- Leith and Granton
- Leith Station
- Lerwick
- Levant
- Levant and East Mediterranean
- Lisbon Station
- Lisbon Station and Coast of Spain
- Littlehampton
- Liverpool
- Lowestoft
M
editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Manchester
- Marseilles
- Mediterranean Station
- Mersa Matruh
- Methil
- Middle East
- Middlesbrough
- Mudros
- Murmansk
N
editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Nantes
- Naples
- New Zealand Station
- New Zealand Station
- Newcastle
- Newfoundland Station
- Newhaven
- Newport
- Nore Station
- Nore Station
- North America and West Indies Station
- North America and West Indies Station
- North America Station
- North of Scotland Area
- North Sea
- North Shields
- Nyasa Lake
O
editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Oban
- Orkneys and Shetlands
- Osea
- Ostend
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Pacific Station
- Penarth
- Persian Gulf
- Persian Gulf Station
- Peterhead
- Phillippeville
- Piraeus
- Plymouth
- Plymouth Station
- Plymouth Station
- Poole
- Portugal
- Port Edgar
- Port of London
- Port Said
- Port Sudan
- Portsmouth
- Portsmouth Station
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Queenstown
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Ramsgate
- Red Sea Station
- Reykjavik
- Rochefort and La Rochelle
- Rosyth
- Rotterdam
- Rouen
- Rye
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Saldanha Bay
- Salonika
- Savona
- Scapa Flow
- Scilly Islands
- Shandon
- Shanghai
- Sheerness Station
- Sierra Leone
- Simonstown
- Smyrna
- South America Station
- South Atlantic and Pacific Station
- South Atlantic and South America Station
- South Atlantic Station
- Southampton
- Southend
- Spithead Station
- St. Johns
- St. Malo and Granville
- St. Nazaire
- St. Valery
- Stornoway
- Suez
- Sunderland
- Swansea
- Swarbacks Minn
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Tanganyika
- Taranto
- Taranto and Adriatic
- Tees
- Thames and Medway Station
- Thames Station
- Thurso
- Torquay
- Trieste
- Tripoli
- Trouville
- Tunisia
- Tyne
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Vancouver
- Venice
- Vladivostoc
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- Wei-hai-Wei
- Wellington
- West Africa Station
- West Coast of Africa Station
- Western Italy
- West Indies Station
- West River
- Western Atlantic Station
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editNo. | name | location | type | subordinate of | dates | ref |
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- Yangtse River
- Yarmouth Station
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- Zanzibar
Notes
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