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The Commander-in-Chief, China was the admiral in command of what was usually known as the China Station, at once both a British
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The formation had bases at
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
naval formation and its admiral in command. It was created in 1865 and deactivated in 1941.
From 1831 to 1865, the East Indies Station
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.
Even in official documents, the term ''East Indies Station'' was ...
and the China Station were a single command known as the East Indies and China Station
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.
The Commander-in-Chief was appointed in 18 ...
.William Loney RN/ref> The China Station, established in 1865, had as its
area of responsibility
Area of responsibility (AOR) is a pre-defined geographic region assigned to Combatant commanders of the Unified Command Plan (UCP), that are used to define an area with specific geographic boundaries where they have the authority to plan and con ...
the coasts of China and its navigable rivers, the western part of the Pacific Ocean
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, and the waters around the Dutch East Indies. The navy often co-operated with British commercial interests in this area.
The formation had bases at Singapore
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