Fourth Fleet

The Fourth Fleet comprises of the United Kingdom and Ireland and is one of the numbered fleets within The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc.. It is also known as Grayson Home Fleet. It is commanded by RADM Lord Martyn Griffiths, MC, DSO, RM, Steadholder Pittman.

History

Originally Fourth Fleet was synonymous with the Grayson Space Navy, as such it included all Grayson Ships and the commanding officer was always the High Admiral. This ended with Protector's Order 1704-01 which was issued on the 2nd April 2017. This appointed RADM Martyn Griffiths, Steadholder Pittman as 4th Fleet/GSN Home Fleet commanding officer, breaking the link between this role and the High Admiral. Fourth Fleet's area of Operations was originally the entire Grayson Space Navy this was updated by Admiralty Order 1701-03 which defined it as covering the United Kingdom. Further clarifications issued explained this also covered the Republic of Ireland, as one of the Fourth Fleet ships includes that country in it's area of operations. In addition a grandfather clause was issued to allow units previously assigned to 4th Fleet to remain so if they wished to.

Originally the Fourth Fleet, as the container for all Grayson Space Navy ships, consisted exclusively of correspondence chapters. The distinction between correspondence and meeting chapters was later dropped, and there are Grayson ships of all types today. The first ships were established in Texas, Florida and the UK, eventually spawning more and more chapters around the world.

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	2 April 2017
4	RADM Lord Martyn Griffiths, MC, DSO, RM, Steadholder Pittman	GNS Albion (DD-42)	2 April 2017	Incumbent

Fleet Headquarters Unit

• Commanding Officer: RADM Lord Martyn Griffiths, MC, DSO, RM, Steadholder Pittman
• Deputy Commanding Officer: CDRE Misty White, CE
• 4th Fleet Bosun: SMCPO William Underhill, ME
• Fleet Operations Officer: LT Rosemary Underhill
• 4th Fleet Communications Officer: CDR Emil Bojar, OE

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 CDR Neil Simpson, and patrols the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

It is divided into two divisions:

Destroyer Division 413 (DesDiv 413), under the command of LCDR Rowan Wagstaff-Weston.

• GNS Albion (DD-42) - (Squadron Flagship) patrolling any unassigned areas of the UK, under the command of LCDR Rowan Wagstaff-Weston.
• GNS Joshua (DD-18) - patrolling Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, under the command of CDR Neil Simpson.

Destroyer Division 414 (DesDiv 414), under the command of CDR Elisabeth Bickerton.

• GNS Mercy (DD-43) - patrolling South England and East Anglia, under the command of LCDR David Thompson.
• GNS Paul of Tarsus (DD-43) - patrolling London and its surrounds, under the command of LCDR Misha Sumra.

Independent Units

The following units are not assigned to any of the above echelon forces:

• GNSS Katherine Mayhew (SS-02) - Holding Chapter for the Grayson Space Navy, under the command of the High Admiral Angela Sanders.
• GNS Glory (CLAC-09) - patrolling Continental Europe, Israel, and South Africa, under the command of CAPTJG Rick Matheny.
• GNS Covington (CLAC-01) - patrolling globally as a roleplay chapter, under the command of CAPT David Sanders.
• GNS Barbara Bancroft (SD-32) - patrolling Texas, under the command of CAPTSG Jeremy Carsten.
• GSNLAC Gideon's Sword (GSNLAC-24) - under the command of LTSG Anne Zecca, with a parent ship of GNS Glory.

Former Echelons and Member Vessels

The following ships were formerly part of Fourth Fleet:

• GNS Hermes was decommissioned on 9 April 2017 to upgrade to GNS Barbara Bancroft.
• GNS Leah was decommissioned on 22 October 2012 to upgrade to GNS Glory.
• GNS Nathan was decommissioned on 30 November 2016.

Fleet Orders

Please also see Protector's Orders

NOTE: This Wiki is the authoritative source for orders per the Fourth Space Lord. All orders have been provided by the issuing authority or are as posted in the TRMN Forums.

Fleet Order	Effective Date	Subject	Status
Fourth Fleet Order 01-1804-17	18 April 2017	Eastercon 2017 Awards	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 02-0106-17	01 June 2017	Manticon Awards	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 03-0510-17	05 October 2017	Fleet Promotion	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 04-1911-17	19 November 2017	Fleet Promotion	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 05-2511-17	25 November 2017	Pistol Marksman	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 06-1012-17	10 December 2017	HonorCon 2017 Fleet Level Awards	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 07-0601-18	06 January 2018	Fleet Staff	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 08-0601-18	06 January 2018	4th Fleet Cup Winners 2017	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 09-0601-18	06 January 2018	4th Fleet Cup Awards	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 10-2001-18	20 January 2018	4th Fleet Bravery Awards	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 11-2001-18	20 January 2018	4th Fleet Officer Promotion	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 12-1002-18	10 February 2018	LAC Launch	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 13-1002-18	10 February 2018	Fleet Event	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 14-3003-18	30 March 2018	4th Fleet Convention Ship	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 15-0703-18	07 March 2018	4th Fleet EasterCon Awards	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 16-1404-18	14 April 2018	4th Fleet Marksman Awards	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 17-0505-18	05 May 2018	4th Fleet DesRon 41 Command Change	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 18-1905-18	19 May 2018	GNS Covington Officer Promotion	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 19-1905-18	19 May 2018	Fleet Communications NCOIC	Superseded by 20-2805-18
Fourth Fleet Order 20-2805-18	28 May 2018	Fleet Communications Officer	Active
Fourth Fleet Order 21-0106-18	01 June 2018	Rife Marksman Expert	Active

Related Orders

Directive	Effective Date	Subject	Status
Naval Directive 17FE-01	17 Feb 2017	Establishment of DesRon 41 and Subordinate Divisions	Active
Admiralty Order 1701-03	9 Feb 2017	Fleet Composition – UPDATED	Active
Protector's Order 1704-01	2 April 2017	Appointment of 4th Fleet Commanding Officer	Active

References

The Numbered Fleets of the Royal Manticoran Navy
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