The Commander-in-Chief, China, was the admiral in command of what was usually known as the China Station, at once both a British Royal Navy naval formation and its admiral in command. It was created i
A British Danae-class cruiser inside the Admiralty IX floating dry dock at Singapore Naval Base in September 1941
Navy Office, Singapore
Mōri Takachika George King Mōri Motonori 02
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel
East Indies Fleet
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The Eastern Fleet, later called the East Indies Fleet, was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1952.
Commander-in-Chief, China (Royal Navy)
…the city. In response to increased Japanese threats, the separate China Station was merged with the East Indies Station in December 1941 to form the Eastern Fleet…
HMS Renown in 1944 with other Eastern Fleet ships
On board HMS Racehorse, destroyer of the Eastern Fleet
Admiral Sir James Somerville, Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet, in Colombo, British Ceylon, 17 July 1944
Gracie Fields with the British East Indies Fleet, Trincomalee, Ceylon, 20 October 1945