24-475: Hyde Parker may refer to: Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet (1714–1782) Admiral Hyde Parker (Royal Navy officer, born 1739) (1739–1807), second son Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker (Royal Navy officer, born 1784) (1784–1854), son of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker Sir Hyde Parker, 8th Baronet (1785–1856), Tory Member of Parliament for West Suffolk [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
48-687: A base for cruisers operating against the slaving dhows, for four years. By 1873, London was a hulk , serving as a depot ship in Zanzibar Bay, off the east coast of Africa. In March 1878, she was recommissioned and involved in the suppression of the slave trade in the area, serving as a central depot for many smaller steam screw boats; she functioned as a repair depot, a hospital and a storage ship. At this time, there were Africans from West Africa (Kroomen or Krumen) and East Africa ( Seedies or Sidis) serving on board. There were also Zanzibari and Arab interpreters and cooks from Portuguese Goa (India). London
72-578: A period flew his flag afloat in HMS ; Egret . At the beginning of the war, Rear Admiral A.J.L. Murray was Senior Officer, Red Sea Force . On 21 October 1941, the title was changed to Flag Officer, Red Sea , and that officer was resubordinated to the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet , until 17 May 1942. On 18 May 1942 the title was changed again to Flag Officer, Commanding Red Sea and Canal Area , and transferred again to
96-529: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet (1 February 1714 – 1782) was a British naval commander. Parker was born at Tredington in Worcestershire. His father, a clergyman, was a son of Sir Henry Parker. His paternal grandfather had married a daughter of Alexander Hyde , Bishop of Salisbury . He began his career at sea in
120-689: The Admiralty , it was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies. Even in official documents, the term East Indies Station was often used. In 1941, the ships of the China Squadron and East Indies Squadron were merged to form the Eastern Fleet under the control of the Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet . The China Station then ceased as a separate command. The East Indies Station
144-803: The China Station were a single command known as the East Indies and China Station . The East Indies Station, established in 1865, was responsible for British naval operations in the Indian Ocean (excluding the waters around the Dutch East Indies , South Africa and Australia ) and included the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea . From 1913, the station was renamed the Egypt and East Indies Station until 1918. During
168-496: The East Indies command , though he had just succeeded to the family baronetcy. On the outward voyage his flagship, HMS Cato was lost with all on board. He was succeeded by his eldest son Harry Parker , the sixth Baronet. Parker's second son was Admiral Sir Hyde Parker (1739–1807). East Indies Station The East Indies Station was a formation and command of the British Royal Navy . Created in 1744 by
192-754: The Eastern Fleet . The Royal Navy's presence in the Persian Gulf was originally located at Basidu , Qishm Island, in Persia (c. 1850–1935), then later Juffair , Bahrain . It was commanded by the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf . It included a naval base, depot and naval forces known as the Persian Gulf Patrol, then the Persian Gulf Squadron later called the Persian Gulf Division. It
216-472: The light cruisers Glasgow , Danae , Dauntless , Durban , Emerald and Enterprise (some sources also place the heavy cruiser Hawkins as being on station on that date, while others report her being under refit and repair in the UK between early November 1941 & May 1942), and six armed merchant cruisers . Also assigned to the station was 814 Naval Air Squadron at China Bay , Ceylon, which unit
240-764: The 1850s and 1860s, the Royal Navy fought to suppress the slave trade operating out of Zanzibar up to the North Coast of the Arabian Sea . An East African Squadron, which was part of the East Indies Station, was active in suppressing slavery in 1869. The mission of Sir Bartle Frere in 1869 "produced... a recommendation that a guardship be permanently stationed off the Zanzibar coast." Britain's real intentions in East Africa
264-545: The East Indies Station at the outbreak of the Second World War on 3 September 1939. In December 1941 it came under the command of the new Eastern Fleet . Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert Fitzherbert was the Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy , from September 1939 to December 1941. The Senior Naval Officer, Red Sea , was responsible to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, and during the Second World War for
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#1732854910178288-617: The East Indies was reappointed. During the 1950s, the task for Royal Navy vessels in the East Indies "..was to deliver fighting power in support of British foreign policy, be that in major warfighting (Korea) or low intensity operations such as counterinsurgency (Malaya), and to offer a British military presence in support of national policy." But disagreement over Suez meant that the Ceylonese Government did not wish to let British naval forces use their bases in an emergency, and this policy
312-585: The French privateer Très Vénėrable . During the latter part of the Seven Years' War he served in the East Indies , taking part in the capture of Pondicherry in 1761 and of Manila in 1762. In the latter year Parker with two ships captured one of the valuable Spanish plate ships in her voyage between Acapulco and Manila . In 1778 he became Rear-Admiral and went to North American waters as second-in-command. For some time before George Rodney 's arrival he
336-504: The merchant service. Entering the Royal Navy at the age of 24, he was made lieutenant in 1744, and in 1748 he was made post-captain . In his royal navy career, he captured a Spanish galleon that was worth £600,000. This gave his family its wealth. Currently, his descendants live in the south wing of Melford Hall . In October 1755 Hyde Parker commissioned the newly launched post ship HMS Squirrel . A year later, in her he captured
360-404: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hyde_Parker&oldid=691735002 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
384-482: Was a sub-command of the East Indies Station until 1958 when it was merged with the Red Sea Station under the new appointment of Commodore, Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf . [REDACTED] N = died in post Prior to 1862, flag officers were appointed to coloured squadrons. Command flags are shown below. See: Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries . Post holders included: Note: for
408-533: Was administered by the Flag Officer, East Africa. This officer was subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, then later came under the Eastern Fleet from 1862, from April 1942 to September 1943, and then the command's name changed back to the East Indies station. The Royal Indian Navy (RIN) was the naval force of British India and the Dominion of India from 1 May 1830 to 26 January 1950. It came under
432-653: Was at that time equipped with Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers . In response to increased Japanese threats, the separate East Indies Station was merged with the China Station in December 1941, to form the Eastern Fleet . Later the Eastern Fleet became the East Indies Fleet. In 1952, after the Second World War ended, the East Indies Fleet became the Far East Fleet . Meanwhile, a separate Commander-in-Chief for
456-454: Was disbanded in 1958. It encompassed Royal Navy Dockyards and bases in East Africa , Middle East , India and Ceylon , and other ships not attached to other fleets. For many years under rear admirals, from the 1930s the Commander-in-Chief was often an Admiral or a Vice-Admiral. The East Indies Station was established as a Royal Navy command in 1744. From 1831 to 1865, the East Indies and
480-649: Was in command on the Leeward Islands station, and conducted a skilful campaign against the French at Martinique . In 1781, having returned home and become Vice-Admiral , he fell in with a Dutch fleet of about his own force, though far better equipped, near the Dogger Bank on 5 August 1781. After a fiercely contested battle , in which neither combatant gained any advantage, both sides drew off. Parker considered that he had not been properly equipped for his task, and insisted on resigning his command. In 1782 he accepted
504-426: Was reaffirmed by the new government installed after the 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election . The Navy Yard, and Admiralty House were handed over on 15 October 1957, the flag was lowered over the shore establishment HMS Highflyer , and the next day, 16 October 1957, the last flagship, HMS Ceylon , left Trincomalee. The station was temporarily relocated to Bahrain. The Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf
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#1732854910178528-505: Was sold and broken up in 1884. The East Indies Station had bases at Colombo , Trincomalee , Bombay , Basra and Aden . In early May 1941, the Commander-in-Chief directed forces to support the pursuit of Pinguin , the German raider that eventually sank after the action of 8 May 1941 against HMS Cornwall . On 7 December 1941, cruisers on the station included the heavy cruisers HMS Cornwall , Dorsetshire , and Exeter ;
552-522: Was to become an independent commander with the title Commodore, Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf . "At nine o'clock on the morning of 7 September 1958, 'the flag of the one-hundredth Commander in Chief of the East Indies Station, Vice Admiral Sir Hilary Biggs, was hauled down over HMS Jufair ,'" the Royal Navy base in Bahrain . Originally established by the Royal Navy as East Coast of Africa Station (1862–1919)
576-541: Was to stop other European naval powers from establishing any similar bases in the region, and the station's purpose was to protect British trade interests passing through the Western Indian Ocean. Rawley writes that Captain George Sulivan and his successor directed the activities of the old ship-of-the-line HMS London (1840) , reequipped as both prison and hospital, with some success. London served as
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