Grayson Space Navy

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)

• GNS Albion (DD-42) - (Squadron Flagship) patrolling the entire United Kingdom under the command of LCDR Rowan Wagstaff-Weston.
• GNS Joshua (DD-18) - patrolling Lisburn, Northern Ireland, under the command of LCDR Neil Simpson.

Destroyer Division 414 (DesDiv 414)

• GNS Mercy (DD-43) - patrolling Coventry, England under the command of LCDR Colin Lloyd.
• GNS Paul of Tarsus (DD-43) - patrolling Wokingham, England under the command of LCDR Misha Sumra.

The following units are on detached duty within Fourth Fleet:

• GNS Glory (CLAC-09) - patroling Continental Europe, Israel, and South Africa
• GNS Hermes (CL-73) - patrolling Houston, Texas
• GNS Barbara Bancroft (SD-32) - patrolling Texas
• GNS Madrigal (BC-13) - patrolling British Columbia, Canada

Former Echelons and Member Vessels

The following ships were formerly part of Fourth Fleet:

• GNS Matthias was upgraded to GNS Nathan on 29 April 2014.
• GNS David was upgraded to HMS Juggernaut on 23 May 2014.
• GNS Joshua was upgraded to GNS Hermes on 02 September 2015.
• GNS Leah was decommissioned on 22 October 2012.
• GNS Covington was decommissioned on 30 November 2016.
• GNS Nathan was decommissioned on 30 November 2016.
• GSNLAC Green Knight was decommissioned on 22 February 2016.

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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