A naval station is a former geographic command of the Royal Navy that was responsible for conducting all naval operations within its defined area.[1] It could consist of fleets, flotillas, squadrons, or individual ships under its command. The Royal Navy's network of naval stations covered the whole of the earth's surface, consisting of areas of responsibility ranging from the size of seas to oceans.[2] They were often under the command of a commander-in-chief, usually a rear or vice admiral.
United States usage
editThe United States Department of the Navy's General Order No 135 issued in 1911 as a formal guide to Naval Terms described a Naval Station as "any establishment for building, manufacturing, docking, repair, supply, or training under control of the Navy. It may also include several establishments". A Naval Base by contrast was "a point from which naval operations may be conducted" [3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Archives, The National. "Records of Stations and Fleets: Division within ADM". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. London, England: The National Archives. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ↑ Watson, Graham. "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years: 1914-1918: INTRODUCTION". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 27 October 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ↑ Strauss, Michael J. (2009). The leasing of Guantanamo Bay. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Security International. p. 65. ISBN 9780313377839.
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