East Indies and China Station
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The Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China was a formation of the Royal Navy from 1831 to 1865. Its naval area of responsibility was the Indian Ocean and the coasts of China and its navigable rivers.
Admiralty House, Hong Kong
East Indies Station
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The East Indies Station was a formation and command of the British Royal Navy. Created in 1744 by the Admiralty, it was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies.
HMS Swiftsure at gunnery practice on the East Indies Station in the summer of 1913
Navy House, Trincomalee, residence of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, from 1811 to 1942