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  1. The 3rd and 4th Divisions was a naval formation of the Home Fleet, Royal Navy. It was created before the First World War from March 1909 until May 1912. [2] In March 1909, following a Royal Navy re-organisation, the Channel Fleet was absorbed by the Home Fleet. The ships in home waters, including the former Channel Fleet, then became the Home ...

  2. Leith Station. Downs Station. Admiral of the Blue Thomas Smith (1707 – 28 August 1762) [1] was a British admiral and colonial governor, credited with the invention of the divisional system that remains in use on ships of the Royal Navy. [1] He served as Commander-in-Chief, North Sea, Commander-in-Chief, Leith and Commander-in-Chief, the Downs.

  3. Educated at Pangbourne College, Webster joined the Royal Navy in 1951. [1] He became Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS Argonaut in 1970, Liaison Officer in Ottawa in 1974 and Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS Cleopatra in 1977. [1] He was appointed Director of Naval Warfare at the Ministry of Defence in 1980, Flag Officer Sea Training ...

  4. Service/ branch. Royal Navy. Years of service. 1974–2009. Rank. Vice Admiral. Awards. Companion of the Order of the Bath. Vice Admiral Robin Paul Boissier, CB (born 14 October 1953) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Chief of Fleet Support from 2004 to 2006.

  5. Writer. Vice admiral Gordon Campbell, VC, DSO & Two Bars (6 January 1886 – 3 October 1953) was a British naval officer, writer, politician and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre and appointed ...

  6. Vice Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800. [1] Both a sailor and a scholar, he explored the Parramatta River as early as 1788, and was the first to surmise that Tasmania might be an island.

  7. First World War. Second World War. Awards. Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. Companion of the Order of the Bath. Admiral Sir Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant, KCVO, CB (23 September 1867 – 8 September 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1919 to 1921.