This article is about the British naval formation. For the U.S. Navy's West Indies Squadron of 1822–1842, see West Indies Squadron (United States). For the U.S. Navy West India Squadron of the American Civil War (1861–1865), see Union blockade.
North America and West Indies Station
Royal Navy ships of the America and West Indies Station off Bermuda
Active
North American Station (1745–1818) North America and West Indies Station (1818–1926) America and West Indies Station (1926–1956) West Indies (1956–1976) HMS Malabar (1976–1995)
Disbanded
1 April 1976
Country
United Kingdom, Bermuda, and Canada
Branch
Royal Navy
Type
Regional command
Part of
Royal Navy
Garrison/HQ
Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax 1745–1905 & Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda 1795–1956; HM Naval Base Bermuda HMS Malabar (South Yard of the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda) 1956-1976 (closing in 1995)
Notable ships
Fame, Invincible, Leopard, Resolute
Engagements
Battle of Craney Island, Battle of the Chesapeake, Battle of Cape Henry, Siege of Yorktown, Battle of St. Kitts (American Revolutionary War) USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere, Capture of HMS Frolic, Capture of USS Chesapeake, Capture of HMS Boxer, Burning of Washington (Chesapeake Campaign), Battle of Baltimore (Chesapeake Campaign) (War of 1812), pursuit of SM U-53 (1916), Battle of the Atlantic
Military unit
The North America and West Indies Station was a formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed in North American waters from 1745 to 1956, with main bases at the Imperial fortresses of Bermuda and Halifax, Nova Scotia. The North American Station was separate from the Jamaica Station until 1830 when the two combined to form the North America and West Indies Station. It was briefly abolished in 1907 before being restored in 1915. It was renamed the America and West Indies Station in 1926. It was commanded by Commanders-in-Chief whose titles changed with the changing of the formation's name, eventually by the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.
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British and Commonwealth forces. Commerell went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station, Commander-in-Chief, NorthAmericaandWestIndies Station...
Empire, The Indies was the designation for all its overseas territories and was overseen by the Council of the Indies, founded in 1524 and based in Spain...
its newfound importance as a Royal Navy and British Army base from which the NorthAmericaandWestIndiesStation could be controlled meant increasing interest...
during the Mahdist War and the Boxer Rebellion was all ashore. Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the NorthAmericaandWestIndiesStation before the war, his...
Falklands. She was assigned to the NorthAmericaandWestIndiesStation in 1915 and continued to patrol against German raiders and escort convoys to the end of...
Global Information
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