Movatterモバイル変換


[0]ホーム

URL:


Jump to content
WikipediaThe Free Encyclopedia
Search

Jamaica Station (Royal Navy)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Long Island Rail Road station, seeJamaica station.
Jamaica Station
Ships at Port Royal c. 1820
Active1655–1830
Disbanded1830
CountryEngland
Great Britain
United Kingdom
BranchRoyal Navy
Typecommand
Garrison/HQPort Royal
Military unit

TheJamaica Station was acommand of theRoyal Navy which existed from 1655 to 1830. Located in the Britishcolony of Jamaica, it was headquartered atPort Royal. In 1830, the command was merged with theNorth America and Newfoundland Station to form theNorth America and West Indies Station.

History

[edit]
Remains of the Naval Hospital, rebuilt 1818 byEdward Holl.

The station was formed, following the capture ofJamaica, by assembling about a dozen frigates in 1655.[1] The first "Admiral and General-at-Sea" wasSir William Penn.[2] Its main objectives in the early years were to defend Jamaica and to harass Spanish ports and shipping.[3] In the late 1720s three successive commanders of the station lost their lives to tropical diseases while undertaking aBlockade of Porto Bello during theAnglo-Spanish War.[4] The general ill-health associated with the station continued throughout the century. An assessment of Navy strength at the Jamaica station in 1742 found around 3,000 men were fit to serve out of a total Navy complement of 6,620.[5] A Navy hospital was constructed in 1745 but its location was poor and many patients brought in for shipboard diseases developed additional tropical illnesses while in the hospital itself. A report to theAdmiralty in 1749 found that the hospital was "rather a hurt to the [Navy] Service than a Relief."[6]

The station merged with the North American Station to form theNorth America and West Indies Station in 1830.[2]

The station closed in 1830, but the Royal Navy continued to operate the dockyard until it closed it in 1905. An earthquake in 1907 and hurricane in 1951 damaged the abandoned dockyard. Part of the station now houses the headquarters of theJamaica Defence Coast Guard (HMJSCagway, Port Royal); the rest is being restored as part of the Port Royal Heritage Tourism Project.[7]

Commanders-in-Chief

[edit]

Commanders included:[8]
NoN = died in post

Naval Commanders-in-Chief at Jamaica

[edit]
The barqueWoodmansterne calling for a pilot at Port Royal

Commander-in-Chief, West Indies

[edit]

Sub commands

[edit]
UnitFromToRef
Jamaica Dockyard16751829[10]
Port Antonio Dockyard17291749

References

[edit]
  1. ^Bradley, p. 192
  2. ^abCundall, p. xx
  3. ^Bradley, p. 198
  4. ^Bradley, p. 204
  5. ^Baugh 1965, p. 217
  6. ^Admiralty papers 1/234, 15 January 1749. Cited in Baugh 1965, p. 218
  7. ^"Port Royal Heritage Tourism Project"(PDF). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 18 January 2017. Retrieved16 January 2017.
  8. ^Cundall, Frank (1915)."Historic Jamaica : With fifty-two illustrations".archive.org. London : Published for the Institute of Jamaica by the West India Committee, pp. 28-31. Retrieved15 March 2018.
  9. ^Winfield.British Warships of the Age of Sail 1793–1817. HMS Thalia.
  10. ^Cundall, Frank (1915).Historic Jamaica : With fifty-two illustrations. England: London : Published for the Institute of Jamaica by the West India Committee. p. xxii.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

Sources

[edit]

External links

[edit]
Direction and control
Naval affairs
Under the offices
of Direction and control
Direction of
Military Units
Military units
Admiralty Departments
Under
Lord High Admiral/Board of Admiralty
Civil Departments
Under
Council of the Marine & Navy Board
Autonomous Civil Departments
Arms and Ordnance
Direction of Naval Finance
Departments under the
Treasurer
Direction of Naval Administration
Branches and offices under the
Secretary to the Admiralty
Legal Services
Legal under
Judicial Department
Direction and control
of Admiralty and Naval affairs
Boards and offices under
the First Lord
Direction of
Admirals
Naval/Sea Lords
War and Naval Staff
Secretariat and staff under
the First Sea Lord
Operational planning, policy
strategy, tactical doctrine
requirements
Divisions and sections
under the War and
Naval Staff
Offices of the Sea Lords
Admiralty civil departments
and organisations
under the Sea Lords
Direction/Command of the Fleet
Naval formations after 1707
Naval formations before 1707
Direction of Naval Finance
Departments under the
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary
Direction of Naval Administration
and the Admiralty Secretariat
Branches and offices under the
Permanent Secretary
Civil Administration
Departments under the
Civil Lords
Legal
United Kingdom Historic fleets and naval commands of theRoyal Navy
North and Irish Seas and English Channel
Atlantic Ocean
Baltic, Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas
Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jamaica_Station_(Royal_Navy)&oldid=1304650450"
Categories:
Hidden categories:

[8]ページ先頭

©2009-2025 Movatter.jp