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Department of the Director of Naval Equipment

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Department of the Director of Naval Equipment
Agency overview
Formed3 September 1912
Dissolved18 September 1939
Superseding agency
  • Department of the Vice-Controller of the Navy
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersAdmiralty
London
Agency executives
  • Director of Naval Equipment
  • Assistant Director of Naval Equipment
Parent departmentAdmiralty

The Department of the Director of Naval Equipment [1] also known as the Directorate of Naval Equipment [2] was the former British Admiralty department responsible for managing the progress of all naval construction at royal naval dockyards, and annually planning programmes of works for additions, alterations, repairs and modernisation of all ships from 1912 to 1939, In late September 1939 the department and its functions were merged into the new Department of the Vice-Controller of the Navy.

History[]

The department was originally established on 3 September 1912, the department was primarily concerned with overseeing the progress of all naval construction at royal naval dockyards, In addition it planned and monitored programmes of works for additions, alterations, repairs and modernisation of all ships. The department worked in partnership with the Department of the Director of Dockyards, both of these departments were overseen by the office of the Third Sea Lord from 1912 to 1939. In September 1939 the department was merged into the new, and expanded Department of the Vice-Controller of Navy he was then co-styled Vice-Controller of the Navy and Director of Naval Equipment.[3]

Directors of Naval Equipment[]

Included:[4]

  • Rear-Admiral Arthur W. Waymouth, 3 September 1912 – January, 1915
  • Captain Clement Greatorex, 14 January 1915 – 8 October 1917
  • Rear-Admiral Edward M. Phillpotts, 8 October 1917 – 1 May 1920
  • Rear-Admiral Edward F. Bruen, 1 May 1920 – 16 May 1922
  • Rear-Admiral Douglas L. Dent, 2 May 1922
  • Rear-Admiral Arthur A. M. Duff, 16 May 1924
  • Rear-Admiral Henry W. Parker, 17 May 1926 – 17 May 1928
  • Rear-Admiral Joseph C. W. Henley, 15 May 1928 – 14 March 1930
  • Rear-Admiral Harold O. Reinold, 14 March 1930 – 2 March 1931
  • Rear-Admiral Percy L. H. Noble, – 30 November 1932
  • Rear-Admiral Cecil Ponsonby Talbot, 30 November 1932 – 10 December 1934
  • Rear-Admiral St. Aubyn B. Wake, 10 December 1934 – 10 December 1936
  • Rear-Admiral Francis Thomas B. Tower, 10 December 1936 – 27 August 1939

Note: In September 1939 the department and post is merged into the Department of the Vice-Controller of the Navy.

Assistant Directors of Naval Equipment[]

Included:[5]

  • Captain Henry R. Crooke, 18 February 1913 – 1914
  • Captain Ernest K. Loring, 1 October 1914 – 3 April 1915
  • Captain Henry L. Cochrane, 3 April 1915
  • Captain (retired) Christopher P. Metcalfe, late 1916 (for salvage work, working with Henry Lake Cochrane)
  • Captain Hugh T. Walwyn, 1 March 1917 – January, 1918
  • Captain Alan G. Hotham, 1917 – 1 October 1917
  • Captain Percy Withers, 10 January 1918 – 7 May 1919
  • Captain Arthur T. Walker, 30 May 1925 – 1 October 1926
  • Captain Patrick E. Parker, 23 March 1928 – 2 April 1930
  • Captain Harold G. C. Franklin, 2 April 1930 – 4 April 1932
  • Captain Stuart S. Bonham-Carter, 14 March 1932 – 14 March 1936
  • Captain Martin J. C. de Meric, 1 December 1938 – 18 September 1939

Note: In September 1939 the department and post is merged into the Department of the Vice-Controller of the Navy.

Department structure[]

Salvage Section[]

Head of Salvage Section

  • Commander J. H. Dathan, 1915 -1916 [6]
  • Captain Christopher P. Metcalfe, 1916 - 1917
  • Hon. Captain Frederic W. Young, 1917-1920 [7]
  • Commodore, Hon. Sir Frederic W. Young, 1921-1927[8]
    • Salvage Accounts section

Note: The Salvage Section was replaced by a new Salvage Department in 1939.

Office of the Captain/Admiral superintendent ships building by contract[]

For Contract Work (not including Destroyers) on the Clyde[9][10][11]

  • Captain Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, 1912 - 1913
  • Captain Brian H. F. Barttelot, 1913 - 1917
  • Rear-Admiral John F. E. Green, 1917 - 1918
  • Captain Cecil H. Fox, 1918 - 1920
  • Captain Herbert, Buchanan-Woolaston, 1 January 1924 - 1926
  • Captain Ambrose Thomas Norman Abbay, 1926 -1928
  • Commander L. B. Hill, 30 September 1938 - 1939

Contract Work (not including Destroyers) on the Tyne, Thames, Mersey, at Barrow-in-Furness, and at Sunderland[12]

  • Captain Laurence E. Power, 1913 - 1917
  • Rear-Admiral Alfred E. A. Grant, 1917 - 1918
  • Captain William F. Slayter, 1918 -1920

Office of the Captain/Admiral superintendent destroyers building by contract[]

Included:[13][14][15][16]

  • Captain Douglas L. Dent, 1912 - 1913
  • Captain Cyril Asser, 1913 - 1917
  • Rear-Admiral Laurence E. Power, 1917 - 1918
  • Captain Frank F. Rose, 1918 -1920
  • Commander L. B. Hill, 1933 -1937
  • Vice-Admiral, St, A. B. Wake, Retd, 1937-1939

References[]

  1. ↑ Haas, J. M. (1994) (in en). A Management Odyssey: The Royal Dockyards, 1714-1914. University Press of America. p. 182. ISBN 9780819194619. https://books.google.lk/books?id=GGIIJbXqLucC&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=Director+of+Naval+Equipment,+Admiralty+responsible+for&source=bl&ots=8olNH6rxaP&sig=Z1W_vuHxSbUT5-7lERXJYC34f40&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjazbzUnZPVAhVMQI8KHaUhAVE4FBDoAQhFMAg#v=onepage&q=Director%20of%20Naval%20Equipment%2C%20Admiralty%20responsible%20for&f=false. 
  2. ↑ Friedman, Norman (2015) (in en). The British Battleship 1906-1946. Seaforth Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 9781848322257. https://books.google.lk/books?id=3Ts5CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21&dq=Department+of+the+Director+of+Naval+Equipment+1912&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt6rOOmpPVAhXMLI8KHWIKC-4Q6AEIOjAF#v=onepage&q=Department%20of%20the%20Director%20of%20Naval%20Equipment%201912&f=false. 
  3. ↑ Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  4. ↑ Mackie, Colin. "British Armed Services between 1860 and the present day — Royal Navy - Senior Appointments". Colin Mackie, pp. 53-54, 2010-2014. http://www.gulabin.com/. Retrieved 19 July 2017. 
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. "British Armed Services between 1860 and the present day — Royal Navy - Senior Appointments". Colin Mackie, pp. 53-54, 2010-2014. http://www.gulabin.com/. Retrieved 19 July 2017. 
  6. ↑ Booth, Tony (2007) (in en). Admiralty Salvage in Peace and War 1906 - 2006: Grope, Grub and Tremble. Pen and Sword. p. 18. ISBN 9781848848931. https://books.google.lk/books?id=C-ywBAAAQBAJ&q=Salvage+Section&dq=salvage+section,+Admiralty&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=5#v=snippet&q=Salvage%20Section&f=false. 
  7. ↑ Booth, Tony (2007) (in en). Admiralty Salvage in Peace and War 1906 - 2006: Grope, Grub and Tremble. Pen and Sword. p. 19. ISBN 9781848848931. https://books.google.lk/books?id=C-ywBAAAQBAJ&q=Salvage+Section&dq=salvage+section,+Admiralty&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=5#v=snippet&q=Salvage%20Section&f=false. 
  8. ↑ "Frederic William Young - Graces Guide" (in en). Graces Guide to British Industrial History, 2017. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederic_William_Young. Retrieved 21 July 2017. 
  9. ↑ Government, H.M. (18 June 1924). The Navy List. H.M. Stationary Office. p. 414. 
  10. ↑ Government, H.M. (18 September 1954). The Navy List. H.M. Stationary Office. p. 424. 
  11. ↑ Smith, Gordon. "British Admiralty in World War 1". Gordon Smith, 21 October 2014. http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishAdmiraltyPart01.htm. Retrieved 19 July 2017. 
  12. ↑ Smith, Gordon. "British Admiralty in World War 1". Gordon Smith, 21 October 2014. http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishAdmiraltyPart01.htm. Retrieved 19 July 2017. 
  13. ↑ Smith, Gordon. "British Admiralty in World War 1". Gordon Smith, 21 October 2014. http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishAdmiraltyPart01.htm. Retrieved 19 July 2017. 
  14. ↑ Government, H.M. (January 1919). The Navy List. H.M. Stationary Office. p. 1820. 
  15. ↑ Government, H.M. (October 1914). The Navy List. H.M. Stationary Office. p. 533. 
  16. ↑ Government, H.M. (July 1937). The Navy List. H.M. Stationary Office. p. 425. 

Sources[]

  • Mackie, Colin, (2010-2014), British Armed Services between 1860 and the present day — Royal Navy - Senior Appointments, http://www.gulabin.com/.
  • Harley Simon, Lovell Tony, (2017), Department of the Director of Naval Equipment, http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org.
  • Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Offices of State. Lavenham: T. Dalton. ISBN 0900963948.

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