Commander-in-Chief, West Indies Station

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Royal Navy appointment military office naval command

The Commander-in-Chief, West Indies Station was the senior Royal Navy officer responsible for directing British naval operations and administration in the Caribbean and surrounding waters during the age of sail and imperial expansion.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Commander-in-Chief, British forces in the West Indies	1
Commander-in-Chief, West Indies Station canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy appointment ⓘ military office ⓘ naval command ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British West Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Antilles NERFINISHED ⓘ Gulf of Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Lesser Antilles NERFINISHED ⓘ North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ West Indies Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanded	West Indies Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDuties	administration of Royal Navy establishments in the West Indies Station ⓘ blockade and operations against enemy colonies during wartime ⓘ command of British naval forces in the West Indies ⓘ coordination with British Army commanders in the region ⓘ defence of British colonies in the West Indies ⓘ direction of naval operations in the Caribbean region ⓘ protection of British trade routes in the Caribbean ⓘ suppression of piracy in the Caribbean ⓘ
hasRank	flag officer ⓘ
hasResponsibility	discipline of naval personnel in the station ⓘ implementation of Admiralty orders in the Caribbean ⓘ maintenance of ships on the West Indies Station ⓘ naval logistics in the West Indies Station ⓘ
hasTypicalRank	admiral ⓘ rear admiral ⓘ vice admiral ⓘ
historicalPeriod	age of British imperial expansion ⓘ
historicalRole	participation in major Anglo-French colonial wars ⓘ participation in the Napoleonic Wars in the Caribbean theatre ⓘ projection of British sea power in the Caribbean ⓘ support of British colonial administration in the West Indies ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters	Barbados NERFINISHED ⓘ Bermuda NERFINISHED ⓘ English Harbour, Antigua NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Royal, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
subordinateTo	Admiralty NERFINISHED ⓘ Board of Admiralty NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorPosition	Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Royal Navy ⓘ
usedDuring	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ Age of Sail NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Commander-in-Chief, North American Station → relatedTo → Commander-in-Chief, West Indies Station ⓘ

Ralph Abercromby → positionHeld → Commander-in-Chief, West Indies Station ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commander-in-Chief, British forces in the West Indies