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The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated in the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967. Before the First World War it consisted of the four Port Guard ships; during the First World War it comprised some of the older ships of the Royal Navy but during the Second World War it was the Royal Navy's main battle force in European waters. ==Pre-First World War== On 1 October 1902, the Admiral Superintendent Naval Reserves, then Vice-Admiral Gerard Noel, was given the additional appointment of Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, and allotted a rear-admiral to serve under him as commander of the Home Squadron.〔Matthew S. Seligmann, (A prelude to the reforms of Admiral Sir John Fisher: the creation of the Home Fleet, 1902–3 ), Historical Research, 2009〕 "... the nucleus of the Home Fleet would consist of the four Port Guard ships, which would be withdrawn from their various scattered dockyards and turned into a unified and permanent sea-going command – the Home Squadron – based on Portland. Also under the direction of the commander-in-chief of the Home Fleet would be the Coast Guard ships, which would continue to be berthed for the most part in their respective district harbours in order to carry out their local duties, but would join the Home Squadron for sea work at least three times per year, at which point the assembled force – the Home Squadron and the Coast Guard vessels – would be known collectively as the Home Fleet."〔Seligmann 2009, drawing upon T.N.A.: P.R.O., ADM 1/7606, docket Coast Guard, 24 March 1902, proposal by Sir Gerard Noel, 14 May 1902, and memorandum by Lord Walter Kerr, 17 May 1902.〕 Rear-Admiral George Atkinson-Willes was Second-in-Command of the Home Fleet, with his flag in the battleship HMS ''Empress of India'', at this time.〔Seligmann 2009〕 In May 1903 Noel was succeeded as Commander-in-Chief by Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson.〔Heathcote, p. 195〕 On 14 December 1904, the Channel Fleet was re-styled the Atlantic Fleet and the Home Fleet became the Channel Fleet.〔National Archives record searches〕 In 1907, the Home Fleet was reformed with Vice-Admiral Francis Bridgeman in command, succeeded by Admiral Sir William May in 1909. Bridgeman took command again in 1911, and in the same year was succeeded by Admiral Sir George Callaghan. On 4 August 1914, as the First World War was breaking out, John Jellicoe was ordered to take command of the Fleet, which by his appointment order was renamed the Grand Fleet. Commanders in-Chief during the pre-war period were: *Vice-Admiral Sir Gerard Noel (1902–1903) *Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson (1903–1904) :''Note: There was no Home Fleet between 1904 and 1907'' *Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman (1907–1909) *Vice-Admiral Sir William May (1909–1911) *Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman (March 1911–November 1911) *Vice-Admiral Sir George Callaghan (1911–1914) 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「Home Fleet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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