The East Indies Station was one of the geographical divisions into which the British Royal Navy divided its world-wide responsibilities. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service)
It covered the Indian Ocean (excluding the waters around the Dutch East Indies, South Africa and Australia) and included the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea[1]. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface See http//enwikipediaorg/wiki/WikipediaFootnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the tags and the template below The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region is an extension of the The Red Sea is a Salt water Inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. These responsibilities did not imply territorial claims but the navy would actively protect Britain's trading interests.
The East Indies Station had bases at Colombo, Trincomalee, Bombay, Basra and Aden. Colombo ( Sinhala:, ˈkoləmbə Tamil: கொழும்பு is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Trincomalee (திருகோணமலை Tirukōṇamalai තිරිකුණාමළය Tirikūṇamaḷaya is a district a bay and a port city on the northeast coast of Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial Basra ( BGN: AlBasrah also called Basorah Abillah and Uruk or IRAQ The name that British colony has adopted for Basra Aden (ˈeɪdən Arabic: عدن) is a city in Yemen, 170 kilometers east of Bab-el-Mandeb.
In response to increased Japanese threats, the separate East Indies Station was merged with the China Station in December 1941 to form the Eastern Fleet. The China Station was a historical geographical Area of operations of the British Royal Navy 's China Squadron. The British Eastern Fleet (also known as the East Indies Fleet and the Far East Fleet) was a fleet of the Royal Navy during World War II
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