MarketReserve Fleet (United Kingdom)
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Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)

The Reserve Fleet was a Royal Navy formation of decommissioned vessels which could be brought to a state of readiness at time of war.

Commanding admirals
Admirals commanding included: • 1919–1920 Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Oliver • 1920–1922 Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Phillimore • 1922–1923 Vice-Admiral Sir Douglas Nicholson • 1923–1924 Vice-Admiral Sir William Goodenough • 1924–1926 Vice-Admiral Sir Victor Stanley • March–October 1926 Vice-Admiral Sir Rudolph Bentinck • 1926–1928 Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh Watson • 1928–1929 Vice-Admiral Sir William Boyle • 1929–1930 Vice-Admiral Percival Hall-Thompson • 1930–1932 Vice-Admiral Sir Frank Larken • 1932–1934 Vice-Admiral Sir William Kerr • 1934–1935 Vice-Admiral Edward Astley-Rushton • 1935–1937 Vice-Admiral Sir Gerald Dickens • 1937–1939 Vice Admiral Sir Max Horton, Vice-Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet, flag aboard HMS Hawkins until June 1938. Hawkins was disarmed at the time. From 1944 Included: • 1944–1945 Rear-Admiral Charles Harris • 1945–1947 Rear-Admiral Leslie Ashmore • 1947–1948 Rear-Admiral Reginald Servaes • 1948–1951 Vice-Admiral Sir Robin Bridge • 1951–1953 Vice-Admiral Sir Henry McCall • 1953–1954 Vice-Admiral Sir Ian Campbell • 1954–1955 Vice-Admiral Sir John Eaton • 1955–1956 Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Cazalet • 1956–1958 Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Onslow • 1958–1959 Vice-Admiral Sir Guy Sayer • 1959–1960 Rear-Admiral John Grant ==Reserve divisions==
Reserve divisions
Subordinate officers included: Portsmouth Division Rear Admiral Commanding Portsmouth Reserve • Rear-Admiral Edward F. Bruen, 1 February 1919 – 23 April 1919 • Rear-Admiral Cole C. Fowler, 23 April 1919 – 23 April 1920 • Rear-Admiral Clement Greatorex, 23 April 1920 – 1 October 1921 • Rear-Admiral Edmond H. Parker, 1 October 1921 Devonport Division Rear Admiral Commanding Devonport Reserve • Rear-Admiral Douglas R. L. Nicholson, 1 February 1919 – 18 March 1919 • Rear-Admiral James A. Fergusson, 18 March 1919 – 9 April 1919 • Rear-Admiral Maurice Woollcombe, 9 April 1919 – 9 April 1920 • Rear-Admiral Philip H. Colomb, 9 April 1920 • Rear-Admiral Charles D. Johnson, 9 April 1921 Captain Commanding • Captain Alfred A. Ellison, 16 May 1922 – 1 November 1922 • Captain Rowland H. Bather, 15 April 1922 – 1 July 1922 (temporary) • Captain John E. Cameron, 1 November 1922 – April, 1924 • Captain Herbert A. Buchanan-Wollaston, 25 July 1927 – 17 April 1928 • Captain Edward B. Cloete, 3 November 1929 – 4 May 1931 Nore Division Rear Admiral Commanding Nore Reserve • Rear-Admiral A. Thomas Hunt, 1 February 1919 – 8 March 1919 • Rear-Admiral Henry L. Mawbey, 17 March 1919 – 17 March 1920 • Rear-Admiral Vivian H. G. Bernard, 17 March 1920 – 17 March 1921 • Rear-Admiral William J. S. Alderson, 17 March 1921 – 15 April 1922 Captain Commanding Nore Reserve • Captain Lawrence W. Braithwaite, 24 April 1925 – 17 August 1926 • Captain Arthur L. Snagge, c. 1927 • Captain Claude C. Dobson, 17 October 1931 – 17 October 1933 • Captain Richard M. King, 17 October 1933 – 16 January 1935 (and as Captain of Cardiff) • Captain Hamilton C. Allen, 16 January 1935 – 24 July 1935 • Captain John H. Young, 1 October 1935 – 1 September 1936 Rosyth Division Vice-Admiral/Rear Admiral Commanding Rosyth Reserve • Vice-Admiral Sir Trevylyan D. W. Napier, 1 February 1919 – 1 May 1919 • Rear-Admiral Charles F. Corbett, 1 May 1919 – 1 May 1920 • Rear-Admiral Crawford Maclachlan, 1 May 1920 • Captain Henry P. Boxer, 28 January 1937 – 1 June 1938 Portland Division Rear Admiral Commanding Portland Reserve • Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson, 1 November 1919 – 1 April 1920 Vice-Admiral Reserve Fleet destroyers Vice-Admiral Commanding • Vice-Admiral Sir R. H. T. Raikes (1939-1945) (retired) ==References==
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