Grayson Space Navy

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The Fourth Fleet comprises of the entirety of the Grayson Space Navy and is one of the numbered fleets within The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc.. Commanded by HADM Lord Sir Tom Saidak, KDE, DSO, Steadholder Henesy, this fleet has no set area of operations, as its nature as (mostly) correspondence chapters mean that its members can be located anywhere in the world.

History

The Grayson Space Navy was founded as part of the initial development of TRMN, due to the expectation that correspondence chapters would be needed, and would require different leadership to help them succeed. Kirylyn Dreamer became first High Admiral and helped setup the first chapters based from Texas and Florida, and worked with Martyn Griffths to start the Great Britain chapter. As more chapters were created, the needs of the GSN expanded. Their love of Monty Python quotes spread over into every post on the main Facebook group, so they had to relocate / flee / ordered to leave and developed their own identity.

Unfortunately, Kiry developed a chronic health condition and had to step down. She was awarded the first steadholder title in thanks for her four years of service. Nicholas Hurst took over as High Admiral in 2012 and worked to find ways to increase participation within the correspondence chapters. He developed a computer processed baseball league, where he had ships playing against each other, and encouraged the use of online games as qualifiers for marksmanship awards. Unfortunately, real life intervened for him as well, and he stepped down from the head spot, although he maintained the baseball league. Eventually, Hurst built the first Grayson meeting chapters in America.

Since the beginning of 2014, Tom Saidak has been the High Admiral. After three years of service, he was also awarded the title of steadholder. He continues to expand the fleet and tend to the needs of the GSN.

Fourth Fleet Commanding Officers

# Name Flagship Assumed Relieved
1 HADM Lady Kirylyn Dreamer, Steadholder Blackbird GNSS Katherine Mayhew (SS-001) 01 February 2008 01 March 2012
2 HADM Nicholas Hurst GNS Barbara Bancroft (SD-32) 01 March 2012 31 December 2013
3 HADM Lord Sir Tom Saidak, KDE, DSO, Steadholder Henesy HMS Intractable (SD-459) 31 December 2013 Incumbent

Fleet Headquarters Unit

  • Commanding Officer: HADM Lord Sir Tom Saidak, KDE, DSO, Steadholder Henesy
  • Chief of Operations: RADM David Melsome
  • Staff Intelligence Officer: CAPT David Sanders
  • Staff Communications Officer: CAPT Angela Sanders
  • Aide-de-Camp: CAPT Jeremy Carsten
  • Bosun of the Navy: SMCPON Thomas Bainbridge

Order of Battle

Fourth Fleet has one large echelon assigned to it:

Destroyer Squadron 41 (DesRon 41)

Main article: Destroyer Squadron 41

DesRon 41 is under the command of CDRE Martyn Griffiths, Steadholder Pittman, and patrols the United Kingdom

It is divided into two divisions:

Destroyer Division 413 (DesDiv 413)

Destroyer Division 414 (DesDiv 414)

The following units are on detached duty within Fourth Fleet:

Former Echelons and Member Vessels

The following ships were formerly part of Fourth Fleet:

Fleet Orders

See Protector's Orders

Related Orders

Directive Effective Date Subject Status
Naval Directive 17FE-01 17 Feb 2017 Establishment of DesRon 41 and Subordinate Divisions Active

References



The Numbered Fleets of the Royal Manticoran Navy
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