Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet

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Royal Navy appointment naval command

The Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet was the senior Royal Navy officer responsible for commanding British naval forces in the strategically vital Mediterranean Sea.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet canonical 13
Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet 2
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet (acting) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy appointment ⓘ
naval command ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
associatedWith Alexandria Naval Base ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria naval base

Gibraltar Harbour ⓘ
surface form: Gibraltar naval base

Malta Dockyard ⓘ
commanded Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
commandLevel theatre-level naval command ⓘ
conflictInvolvement Balkan Wars ⓘ
surface form: First Balkan War

Italo-Turkish War ⓘ
Mediterranean theatre of World War I ⓘ
Battle of the Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II

Balkan Wars ⓘ
surface form: Second Balkan War

Suez Crisis ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDuty blockade and containment of enemy fleets in the Mediterranean ⓘ
coordination with allied naval forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ
operational control of Royal Navy units in the Mediterranean ⓘ
planning and execution of naval operations in the Mediterranean ⓘ
protection of maritime trade routes in the Mediterranean ⓘ
hasRole command of British naval forces in the Mediterranean ⓘ
protection of British sea lines of communication ⓘ
strategic maritime defence ⓘ
support of British imperial interests ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ
Gibraltar ⓘ
Malta ⓘ
notableCommander Andrew Browne Cunningham ⓘ
Charles Madden ⓘ
Henry Harwood ⓘ
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe ⓘ
surface form: John Jellicoe
notableDuring World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

interwar period ⓘ
partOf British Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access to the Suez Canal ⓘ
control of routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ
projection of British naval power in the Mediterranean ⓘ
subordinateTo Board of Admiralty ⓘ
First Sea Lord ⓘ
successorPosition Royal Navy Fleet Commander ⓘ
surface form: Commander-in-Chief Fleet (Royal Navy)

Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command ⓘ
typicallyHeldByRank Admiral ⓘ
Vice Admiral ⓘ
usedBy Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Admiralty

Royal Navy ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Fisher → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
Edward Codrington → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean Fleet
Admiral Samuel Hood → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
Henry Harwood → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
Andrew Cunningham → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet
Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Rosslyn Wemyss
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: John Arbuthnot Fisher
John Arbuthnot Fisher → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
Jacky Fisher → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
James Somerville → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet (acting)
Admiral Sir John Jervis → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Cuthbert Collingwood
Admiral James Somerville → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: James Somerville
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet (acting/temporary roles associated with Force H operations)
Andrew Browne Cunningham → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet
Vice‑Admiral Sir Roger Keyes → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Roger Keyes
Admiral John de Robeck → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: John de Robeck
Admiral Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe