Superintendants of H.M. Dockyards, 1830-1899
Superintendants of H.M. Dockyards, 1830-1899

► Royal Navy ► Personnel

* Chatham * Portsmouth * Plymouth/Devonport * Woolwich * Deptford * Sheerness * Pembroke * Gibraltar * Malta *

Chatham  
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CaptainCharlesBullenDecember 18318 June 1832 
CaptainSir James AlexanderGordon9 June 18326 April 183710 January 1837 Rear-Admiral
CaptainJohnClavell7 April 183723 August 1841 
CaptainWilliam HenryShirreff24 August 184119 September 1846 
CaptainThomasBourchier20 September 184626 April 1849Died in commission
CaptainPeterRichards5 May 184914 June 1854 
CaptainChristopherWyvill14 June 185422 May 1856 
CaptainGeorgeGoldsmith23 March 185631 March 1861 
CaptainEdward GennysFanshawe1 April 186118 November 1863 
CaptainWilliam HoustonStewart19 November 186330 November 1868 
CaptainWilliam CharlesChamberlain1 December 18682 February 1879 
CaptainCharles Fellowes19 January 18742 February 187918 June 1876 Rear-Admiral
Rear-AdmiralThomasBrandreth3 February 187930 November 1881 
Rear-AdmiralGeorge WillesWatson1 December 188130 April 188612 April 1886 Vice-Admiral
Rear-AdmiralWilliamCodrington1 May 188631 October 1887 
Rear-AdmiralEdwardKelly1 November 188724 January 1892 
Rear-AdmiralGeorge DigbyMorant25 January 18921 September 189520 June 1895 Vice-Admiral
Rear-AdmiralHillary GustavusAndoe2 September 18951 September 1899 
Rear-AdmiralSwinton ColthurstHolland2 September 18991 September 1902 
 
Portsmouth
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CaptainSir MichaelSeymour14 January 182927 June 1832 
CaptainSir Frederick LewisMaitland28 June 183225 July 1837 
Rear-AdmiralDuncombe PleydellBouverie26 July 18373 August 1842 
Rear-AdmiralHydeParker4 August 184226 September 1847 
Rear-AdmiralWilliam HenryShirreff27 September 18471 December 1847Died in commission
Rear-AdmiralHenryPrescott14 December 184730 September 1852 
Rear AdmiralArthurFanshawe1 October 18521 December 1853 
Rear AdmiralWilliam FanshaweMartin2 December 185324 February 1858 
Rear-AdmiralGeorgeGrey25 February 185818 February 1863 
Rear-AdmiralGeorgeElliot19 February 186330 June 1865 
Rear-AdmiralGeorge GrevilleWellesley1 July 186530 June 1869 
Rear-AdmiralAstley CooperKey1 July 186919 November 1871 
Rear-AdmiralWilliam HoustonStewart20 November 187128 April 1872 
Rear-AdmiralSir Francis Leopold McClintock29 April 187229 April 1877 
Rear-AdmiralFitzgerald Algernon CharlesFoley30 April 187730 April 188223 November 1881 Vice-Admiral
Rear-AdmiralJohn DobreeMcCrea1 May 18825 April 1883 
Rear-AdmiralFrederick AnstrutherHerbert6 April 188331 October 1886 
Rear-AdmiralJohn OmmanneyHopkins1 November 18865 August 1888 
Rear-AdmiralWilliam ElringtonGordon6 August 188820 May 1891 
Rear-AdmiralJohn ArbuthnotFischer21 May 189131 January 1892 
Rear-AdmiralCharles GeorgeFane1 May 189231 January 1896 
Rear-AdmiralErnestRice1 February 189651 August 189913 July 1899 Vice-Admiral
 
Gibraltar  
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JohnSlight26 October 182931 March 1833 
JohnDavidson1 April 183318 August 1842Clark in Charge, died in commission
CaptainJohn GordonSinclair17 December 184215 January 1846 
CaptainGeorgeGrey16 October 184612 December 1856 
CaptainFrederickWarden13 December 185613 April 1861 
CaptainErasmusOmmanney14 April 186231 December 1864 
CaptainJames CharlesPrevost1 January 186531 January 1870 
CaptainAugustusPhillimore1 February 187031 December 1873 
CaptainJohn DobreeMcCrea1 January 187415 January 1878 
CaptainWilliam HenryEdye16 January 18789 January 1881 
CaptainHon. Edward RobertFremantle10 January 188126 December 1883 
CaptainJohn ChildPurvis27 December 188314 December 1886 
CaptainHenry CravenSt John15 December 18862 September 1889 
CaptainClaude EdwardBuckle3 September 18896 January 1892 
CaptainAtwell Peregrine MacleodLake7 January 189219 January 1895 
CaptainJohn Andrew ThomasBruce20 January 189519 January 1898 
CaptainCharles CarterDrury20 January 189831 August 1899 
CaptainWilliam HarveyPigott1 September 189931 September 1902 

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