Leith Station

Commander-in-Chief at Leith
Active1745–1825
CountryUnited Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
RoleConvoy Protection, Trade Protection
Part ofRoyal Navy
Garrison/HQLeith Roads, Leith, Scotland
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Rear-Admiral John Byng
Military unit

The Commander-in-Chief, Leith formally known as the Commander-in-Chief at Leith and on the Coast of Scotland was a military commander and formation of the Royal Navy from 1745 to 1825.

History

Royal Navy forces first began operating from Leith between 1709 and 1713 during the War of the Spanish Succession when the then Lord High Admiral Thomas Herbert ordered a new squadron to Leith Roads naval anchorage which was then placed under the command of the Provost of Edinburgh Sir Patrick Johnston.[1] Leith was initially used as an important port to protect convoys operating between the Orkney islands and Newcastle upon Tyne and to ports on the other side of the North Sea.[2] The station was established in 1745 at the Port of Leith during the time of the French Revolutionary Wars and existed until 1825. The station throughout its existence was under the command of Commander-in-Chief, Leith who also duel-hatted in the role as Port Admiral, Leith.

Commander-in-Chief, Leith

Incomplete list of post holders included:

References

  1. ^ Murdoch, Steve (2010). The Terror of the Seas?: Scottish Maritime Warfare 1513–1713. Leiden, Netherlands: BRILL. p. 306. ISBN 978-9004185685.
  2. ^ Murdoch, Steve (2010). The Terror of the Seas?: Scottish Maritime Warfare 1513–1713. Leiden, Netherlands: BRILL. p. 306. ISBN 978-9004185685.
  3. ^ Laughton, John Knox. "Smith Thomas (d.1762)". Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900. Smith, Elder & Co, 1885–1900. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ^ Jiscocks, Richard. "Richard Rodney Bligh – more than Nelson". more than Nelson. Richard Hiscocks 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jefferies. 1830. p. 469. Commander-in-Chief at Leith, Rear-Admiral Edmund Nagle.
  6. ^ The United Service Magazine: With which are Incorporated the Army and Navy Magazine and Naval and Military Journal. H. Colburn. 1831. p. 220.
  7. ^ "Admiral Sir Robert Waller Otway (1770–1846) – National Maritime Museum". collections.rmg.co.uk. Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  8. ^ Marshall, John (1835). Royal Naval Biography; Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-officers, Superannuated Rear-admirals, Retired-captains, Post-captains, and Commanders, Whose Names Appeared on the Admiralty List of Sea Officers at the Commencement of the Present Year, Or who Have Since Been Promoted; Illustrated by a Series of Historical and Explanatory Notes ... With Copious Addenda: Commanders, flag-officers, captains. London, England: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. p. 478.
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