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East Indies Station
The Commander-in-Chief, East Indies was a British Royal Navy admiral and the formation subordinate to him, from 1865 to 1941.〔(William Loney RN )〕 Even in official documents, the term East Indies Station was often used.
==History==
From 1831–1865, the East Indies and the China Station were a single command known as the East Indies and China Station.〔 The East Indies Station, established in 1865, covered the Indian Ocean (excluding the waters around the Dutch East Indies, South Africa and Australia) and included the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.〔(Royal Navy foreign stations )〕 These responsibilities did not imply territorial claims but rather that the navy would actively protect British trading interests.
The East Indies Station had bases at Colombo, Trincomalee, Bombay, Basra and Aden. 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.〔(The sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse )〕
On 7 December 1941, cruisers on the station included the heavy cruisers , , and ; the light cruisers , , , , and (some sources also place the heavy cruiser 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 was at that time equipped with Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=East Indies Fleet )〕〔
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