the start of each working day. (A similar but older mast fulfilled the same function alongside the main gate in the Georgian part of the Yard.) The 1903 mast had originally served as foremast to HMS Undaunted. In 1992 it had been dismantled, but was re-erected, a short distance from its original location, in 2001. Apart from the two Chatham examples, only one other is believed to have survived: in Devonport's Morice Ordnance Yard. Administration of the dockyard Resident Commissioners of the Navy Board The Commissioner of Chatham Dockyard held a seat and a vote on the Navy Board in London. The Commissioners were: 1631–1647 Phineas Pett 1648–1668 Peter Pett 1669–1672 John Cox 1672–1686 Thomas Middleton 1686–1689 Phineas Pett 1689–1703 Sir Edward Gregory 1703–1714 George St Lo 1714–1722 James Lyttleton 1722–1736 Thomas Kempthorne 1736–1742 Thomas Mathews 1742–1754 Charles Brown 1754–1755 Arthur Scott 1755–1763 Thomas Cooper 1763–1771 Thomas Hanway 1771–1799 Charles Proby 1799–1801 John Hartwell 1801–1808 Captain Charles Hope 1808–1823 Captain Robert Barlow 1823–1829 Captain Charles Cunningham 1829–1830, Captain John Mason 1830–1832, Captain Charles Bullen In 1832 the post of commissioner was replaced by the post of superintendent, who was invested with the same power and authority as the former commissioners, "except in matters requiring an Act of Parliament to be submitted by the Commissioner of the Navy". Admiral/Captain superintendents Note incomplete list included. Captain Sir James A. Gordon, July 1832 – 10 January 1837 Captain Sir Thomas Bourchier, 20 September 1846 – 5 May 1849 Captain Peter Richards, 5 May 1849 – 14 June 1854 Captain Christopher Wyvill, 14 June 1854 – 1 April 1861 Captain Edward G. Fanshawe, 1 April 1861 – 9 November 1863, Captain William Houston Stewart, 19 November 1863 to 30 November 1868 Captain William Charles Chamberlain, 30 November 1868 – 19 January 1874 Captain Charles Fellowes, 19 January 1874 – 1876 Rear-Admiral Thomas Brandreth, 1 February 1879 – 1 December 1881 Rear-Admiral George W. Watson, 1 December 1881 – April 1886 Rear-Admiral William Codrington, April 1886 – 1 November 1887 Rear-Admiral Edward Kelly , 1 November 1887 – December 1890 Vice-Admiral George D. Morant, 25 January 1892 Rear-Admiral Hilary G. Andoe, 2 September 1895 Rear-Admiral Swinton Colthurst Holland, 2 September 1899 – 2 September 1902 Vice-Admiral Robert William Craigie, 2 September 1902 – 2 September 1905 Rear-Admiral Alvin C. Corry, 2 September 1905 Vice-Admiral George A. Giffard, 5 February 1907 – 9 August 1909 Rear-Admiral