Coast of Ireland Station

The Coast of Ireland Station was a historic command of the Royal Navy.

History
The command dates back to 1797 and was originally known as "Admiral Commanding in Ireland". It was renamed "Commander in Chief, Western Approaches" in 1919 and was disbanded in 1922 although the Royal Navy stationed ships in Ireland, under part of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, until 1938. The command was based at Cobh (previously known as Queenstown).

Commanders
Commanders included: Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland Station Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches
 * Rear-Admiral Sir Lewis Jones (1862-1865)
 * Vice-Admiral Charles Frederick (1865-1867)
 * Rear-Admiral Claude Buckle (1867-1869)
 * Rear-Admiral Arthur Forbes (1869-1871)
 * Rear-Admiral Edmund Heathcote (1871-1874)
 * Rear-Admiral Robert Coote (1874-1876)
 * Rear-Admiral Henry Hillyar (1876-1878)
 * Vice-Admiral William Dowell (1878-1880)
 * Rear-Admiral Richard Hamilton (1880-1883)
 * Rear-Admiral Thomas Lethbridge (1883-1885)
 * Rear-Admiral Henry Hickley (1885-1886)
 * Rear-Admiral Walter Carpenter (1887-1888)
 * Rear-Admiral James Erskine (1888-1892)
 * Rear-Admiral Henry St John (1892-1895)
 * Rear-Admiral Claude Buckle (1895-1898)
 * Rear-Admiral Atwell Lake (1898-1901)
 * Vice-Admiral Edmund Jeffreys (1901-1904)
 * Vice-Admiral Angus MacLeod (1904-1906)
 * Rear-Admiral Sir George King-Hall (1906-1908)
 * Rear-Admiral Sir Alfred Paget (1908-1911)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Coke (1911-1915)
 * Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly (1915-1919)
 * Admiral Sir Reginald Tupper (1919-1921)
 * Admiral Sir Ernest Gaunt (1921-1922)