Английская Википедия:Downs Station
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The Downs Station[1] also known as the Commander-in-Chief, the Downs[2] or Admiral Commanding at the DownsШаблон:Sfn was a formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain and then the United Kingdom's Royal Navy based at Deal. It was a major command of the Royal Navy from 1626 until 1834.[3]
The Downs is a roadstead (area of sheltered, favourable sea) in the southern North Sea near the English Channel off the east Kent coast. It is primarily known in naval history for the Dutch defeat of the Spanish in the Battle of the Downs in 1639.
History
The Downs served as permanent base for naval vessels operating out of Deal, Kent.[4]
It served as a base for warships patrolling the North Sea. The command generally covered an area in the southern North Sea near the English Channel off the east Kent coast. The station lasted until 1815, when it was absorbed into the Commander-in-Chief, The Nore's control, whose role and geographic area of responsibility was re-defined by the Admiralty.
Commanders in chief
Incomplete list includes:[5]
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- Commodore Sir Henry Palmer, 1626
- Rear-Admiral Sir John Penington, 1626–1631
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Penington, 1638–1645Шаблон:Sfn
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Mennes, 1645–1649Шаблон:Sfn
- Rear-Admiral Richard Badiley, 1649–1650
- Vice-Admiral John Lawson, 1650–1656
- Vice-Admiral Richard Badiley, 1656 Шаблон:X mark-n
- Admiral Sir Edward Montagu, 1657–1663Шаблон:Sfn
- Commodore Thomas Allin, 1663–1664Шаблон:Sfn
- Admiral Sir William Penn, 1664–1666Шаблон:Sfn
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Holmes, 1667–1679Шаблон:Sfn
- Commodore Stafford Fairborne, 1695–1697 [6]
- Rear-Admiral Basil Beaumont, 1699–1703 Шаблон:X mark-n
- Commodore Richard Griffith, 1707
- Commodore Gerard Ellwes, 1707–1708 [7]
- Commodore Charles Cornwall, 1709–1710
- Commodore Tudor Trevor, 1711–1712[7]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Wager, 1712–1714[7]
- Captain Edward Vernon, 1716
- Commodore Philip Cavendish, 1716[7]
- Admiral Edward Vernon, 1745Шаблон:Sfn
- Vice-Admiral William Martin, 1745
- Commodore Matthew Michell, 1745–1748
- Admiral Thomas Smith, 1755–1758
- Commodore Sir Peircy Brett, 1758–1761
- Commodore John Moore, 1761–1766[7]
- Rear-Admiral John Montagu, 1771[7]
- Commodore John Elliot, 1777–1778[7]
- Vice-Admiral Matthew Buckle, 1778–1779[7]
- Vice-Admiral Francis William Drake, 1779–1782Шаблон:Sfn
- Rear-Admiral John Evans, 1780–1781*
- Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Hughes, 1781–1782*[8]
Station not active 1782 to 1790
- Rear-Admiral Sir Richard King, 1790–1791[2]
Station not active 1791 to 1793
- Rear-Admiral John MacBride, 1793–1794 [9]
- Vice-Admiral Joseph Peyton, 1794–1799[7]
- Rear-Admiral John Bazely, 1796–1797*
- Vice-Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge, 1799–1802[10]
- Rear-Admiral Edward Thornbrough, 1803 [11]
- Vice-Admiral Philip Patton, 1803–1804[12]
- Vice-Admiral John Holloway, 1804–1807 [13]
- Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Rowley, 1807–1808 [14]
- Vice-Admiral George Campbell, 1808–1811[15]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, 1811–1815 [16]
- Rear-Admiral William Hall Gage, 1833[17]
Temporary command in absence of senior officer *
Notes
References
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- Ireland, Bernard (2001), Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail - War at Sea 1756–1815, 1st Ed, WW Norton & Co. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Marshall, John (18 November 2010). Royal Naval Biography: Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-Officers, Superannuated Rear-Admirals, Retired-Captains, Post-Captains, and Commanders. Cambridge University Press. Шаблон:ISBN
- Rodger, N.A.M. (2004), The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649–1815. New York and London: W.W. Norton and Company. Шаблон:ISBN.
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