Jamaica Station (Royal Navy)

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Jamaica Station
Ships at Port Royal c. 1820
Active1655–1830
Disbanded1830
CountryUnited Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeFleet
Part ofRoyal Navy
Garrison/HQPort Royal

The Jamaica Station was a

formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed at Port Royal in Jamaica
from 1655 to 1830.

History

Remains of the Naval Hospital, rebuilt 1818 by Edward Holl.

The station was formed, following the capture of

Admiralty 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 the North 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 the Jamaica Defence Coast Guard (HMJS Cagway, Port Royal); the rest is being restored as part of the Port Royal Heritage Tourism Project.[7]

Commanders-in-Chief

Commanders included:[8]
NoN = died in post

Naval Commanders-in-Chief at Jamaica

The barque Woodmansterne calling for a pilot at Port Royal

Commander-in-Chief, West Indies

Sub commands

Unit From To Ref
Jamaica Dockyard 1675 1829 [10]
Port Antonio Dockyard 1729 1749

References

  1. ^ Bradley, p. 192
  2. ^ a b Cundall, 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 from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 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. Retrieved 15 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.

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