Port Admiral (Royal Navy)

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Port Admiral was a positional rank, now apparently defunct, in the British Royal Navy.

A Port Admiral was not an actual Admiral, but typically a veteran Captain who served as the shore commander of a British Naval Port and was in charge of supplying, refitting, and maintaining the ships docked at harbour. As the Port Admiral technically had control of a fleet of ships, albeit mostly in drydock and layup, the position was granted the status of a Navy Admiral.

[edit] Port Admirals, Portsmouth

The most powerful Port Admiral of the 18th and 19th century British Navy was the Port Admiral of Portsmouth, considered the leading harbour of the Royal Navy.

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Name	From	To	Flagship
Rear Admiral Sir F L Maitland	1832		Victory
Rear Admiral Duncombe Pleydell-Bouverie	1837		Victory
Rear Admiral Hyde Parker	1842		Victory
Rear Admiral W H Shiffeff	1847		Victory
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet	March 20, 1848	December 19, 1848	Victory
Admiral Sir Thomas Bladen Capel	December 20, 1848	December 19, 1851	Victory
Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs	December 20, 1851	March 19, 1853	Victory
Vice Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane	March 20, 1854	March 19, 1856	Victory
Vice Admiral Sir George Frederick Seymour	March 20, 1856	March 19, 1859	Victory
Admiral William Bowles	March 20, 1859	March 19, 1860	Victory
Vice Admiral Henry Bruce	March 20, 1860	December 19, 1864	Victory
Vice Admiral Sir Michael Seymour	December 20, 1864	March 19, 1866	Victory
Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley	March 20, 1866	March 20, 1869	Victory
?	December 20, 1869	September 1, 1891	Duke of Wellington^[1]
Admiral The Earl of Clanwilliam	August 1, 1891	September 17, 1894	Victory
Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon VC	September 18, 1894	August 31, 1897	Victory
Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour	September 1, 1897	November 17, 1900	Victory
Admiral Sir Charles F Hotham	November 18, 1900	September 30, 1903	Victory
Admiral Sir John Fisher	October 1, 1903	March 18, 1904	Victory
?	March 19, 1904	January 31, 1905	Hercules^[2]
?	February 1, 1905	?	Firequeen
Rear-Admiral Stanley McArdle[1]	1973	1975	?