Naval station

{{Short description|Naval organisation}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} A '''naval station''' is a former geographic command of the Royal Navy that was responsible for conducting all naval operations within its defined area.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Archives |first1=The National |title=Records of Stations and Fleets: Division within ADM |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C723 |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |accessdate=11 October 2018 |location=London, England}}</ref> It could consist of fleets, flotillas, squadrons, or individual ships under its command. The Royal Navy's network of naval stations covered the whole of the earth's surface, consisting of areas of responsibility ranging from the size of seas to oceans.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Graham|title=Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years: 1914-1918: INTRODUCTION|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1914-1918.htm#5|website=www.naval-history.net|publisher=Gordon Smith, 27 October 2015|accessdate=21 March 2018}}</ref> They were often under the command of a commander-in-chief, usually a rear or vice admiral.

==United States usage== The United States Department of the Navy's General Order No 135 issued in 1911 as a formal guide to Naval Terms described a Naval Station as "any establishment for building, manufacturing, docking, repair, supply, or training under control of the Navy. It may also include several establishments". A Naval Base by contrast was "a point from which naval operations may be conducted" <ref>{{cite book|last1=Strauss|first1=Michael J.|title=The leasing of Guantanamo Bay|date=2009|publisher=Praeger Security International|location=Westport, Conn.|isbn=9780313377839|page=65}}</ref>

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