The South East Coast of America Station was a formation of the Royal Navy which existed from 1838 until just after the end of the 19th century.
History The station was separated from the Pacific Station in 1838 in order to combat the slave trade in Brazil. In its early years it was often referred to as the " and River Plate Station". In the mid-1840s Rear Admiral Samuel Inglefield took decisive action to keep the Paraná River open so ensuring continuity of trade during the Uruguayan Civil War.
The station suffered significant ship reductions between 1869 and 1874.Bourne, p. 305 From 1870 it was commanded by a captain, designated the "senior officer", and comprised just three gunboatsPreston and Major, p.67 although it had responsibility for the Western Atlantic from Brazil South.O'Hara, chapter 4 The squadron's only permanent base was a coal station at Stanley on the Falkland Islands. It was disbanded altogether in 1905.Brown, p. 32 Its area of operation, along with that of the Pacific Station, was ultimately absorbed, in 1928, into that of the North America and West Indies Station, with its main base at the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda, which was redesignated the America and West Indies Station.Lieutenant-Commander B. Ian D. Stranack, The Andrew and The Onions: The Story of The Royal Navy in Bermuda, 1795–1975. Bermuda Maritime Museum Press;
Commanders Commanders included: Commodore Thomas Sulivan (1838–1841) Commodore John Purvis (1842–1844) Rear Admiral Samuel Inglefield (1844–1846) Commodore Thomas Herbert (1847–1849) Rear Admiral Barrington Reynolds (1849–1851) Rear Admiral William Henderson (1851–1854) Rear Admiral William Hope-Johnstone (1854–1857) Rear Admiral Provo Wallis (May 1857 – September 1857)Heathcote, p. 249 Rear Admiral Stephen Lushington (1858–1860) Rear Admiral Henry Keppel (1860–1861)Heathcote, p. 142 Rear Admiral Richard Warren (1861–1864) Rear Admiral Charles Elliot (1864–1866)Heathcote, p. 71 Rear-Admiral George Ramsay (1866–1869) Commodore Charles James Norcock (1898–1899) Commodore Robert Leonard Groome (1899–1902) Commodore Frank Finnis (1902–1904)
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