Rear Admiral Sir Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock was an English senior officer of the Royal Navy. He earned a reputation for great gallantry.
Christopher Cradock
The first take-off by an aeroplane from a moving ship, 2 May 1912. Hibernia's bow and flying-off ramp at bottom left.
Having flown his flag in HMS Suffolk, Cradock transferred to the armoured cruiser HMS Good Hope (pictured) in late August 1914
Monument to Sir Christopher Cradock in York Minster
North America and West Indies Station
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.
Royal Navy ships of the America and West Indies Station off Bermuda
Admiralty House, Halifax, summer headquarters of the Admiral in command of the station
The Grassy Bay anchorage seen from HMD Bermuda in 1865
Admiralty House Bermuda, Clarence Hill (1816-1956), Pembroke Parish, Bermuda