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The Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Portsmouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the post. ==History== An admiral commanding in Portsmouth has been attested as early as 1697, but the first Flag Officer who records clearly establish was responsible for Portsmouth was Rear-Admiral Sir John Moore, appointed in 1766.〔(History in Portsmouth )〕 The Command extended along the south coast from Newhaven in East Sussex to Portland in Dorset.〔(Sea Your History )〕 In 1889 the Commander-in-Chief took as his Flagship.〔(A Chronolgy of HMS Victory ) Royal Naval Museum〕 In the late 18th century port admirals began to reside ashore, rather than on board their flagships; the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth was provided with a large house in the High Street (formerly home to one Philip Varlo, four times Mayor of Portsmouth). In the 1830s this Admiralty House was sold to the War Office (as Government House, it went on to house the Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth for the next fifty years). The Commander-in-Chief moved in turn into the former Dockyard Commissioner's house, which still stands within HMNB Portsmouth. During the Second World War the Command Headquarters was at Fort Southwick.〔(Capel, A.F., ''Commanding Canadians: the Second World War diaries of A.F.C. Layard'', page 310 ) University of Columbia Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7748-1193-4〕 In 1952 the Commander-in-Chief took up the NATO post of Commander-in-Chief, Channel (CINCHAN). This move added Allied Command Channel to the NATO Military Command Structure. The admiral commanding at Portsmouth had control naval operations in the area since 1949 under WUDO auspices.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fort Southwick NATO Communications Centre )〕 The post of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth was merged with that of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1969 to form the post of Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (CINCNAVHOME).〔 The posts of Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command were amalgamated in 1994 following the rationalisation of the British Armed Forces following the end of the Cold War.〔(Admiral Sir Michael Layard, KCB, CBE )〕 In 2012, however, all distinct Commander-in-Chief appointments were discontinued, with full operational command being vested instead in the First Sea Lord; he now flies his flag from HMS ''Victory''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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