Principal Naval Transport Officer Principal Sea Transport Officer | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Service branch | Royal Navy |
Abbreviation | PNTO PSTO |
In the Royal Navy, a principal naval transport officer (P.N.T.O.) later known as principal sea transport officer (P.S.T.O.) [1] is a shore-based flag officer or captain responsible for sea transport duties, and assisting the senior naval officer's area of command in the preparation of naval orders and conduct disembarkations.[2] British Dominion Navies also used the concept.
Principal Transport Officers of the Royal Navy had been in existence from at least 1868.[3] The Naval Transports Service was created by the Royal Navy on 22 December 1914.[4] From 1915 to 1916 the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron had a principal naval transport officer based at Mudros who held the rank of commodore. The officers were employed as part of the Naval Transport Service as part of the Department of the Director of Transports.[5] In 1921 the Naval Transport Service was restyled as the Sea Transport Service.[6] of the Sea Transport Department. Naval officers were assigned to postings at various ports and naval bases through to 1970.
Post Holder | Date(s) | Ref |
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Principal Sea Transport Officer, Australia | 1946 | [26] |
Principal Sea Transport Officer, British Army of the Rhine | 1946 | [27] |
Principal Sea Transport Officer, Clyde and Scottish Ports | 1940–1946 | [27][28] |
Principal Sea Transport Officer, East Indies | 1946 | [27] |
Principal Sea Transport Officer, India | 1939–1945 | [29] |
Principal Sea Transport Officer, Middle East | 1939–1945 | [30] |
Principal Sea Transport Officer, North West Ports | 1946 | [27] |
Principal Sea Transport Officer, South Coast | 1946 | [27] |
Principal Sea Transport Officer, South East Asia Command | 1946 | [31] |
Principal Sea Transport Officer, South East Coast | 1946 | [27] |
Principal Sea Transport Officer, South Wales | 1946 | [27] |