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Frederick Scourse

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Frederick Scourse
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1962 – 1997
Rank Rear Admiral
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Order of the British Empire

Rear Admiral Frederick Scourse CB MBE is a former Royal Navy officer who became Acting Controller of the Navy.

Naval career[]

Scourse joined the Royal Navy in 1962 and chose to specialize in submarines.[1] He was appointed Assistant Director for the Trident submarine programme and then Head of Reactor Safety before becoming Military Assistant to the Chief of Defence Procurement in 1987.[1] He went on to be Director-General of Surface Weapons in 1988.[1] In 1996 he was appointed Acting Controller of the Navy and Director-General of Surface Ships;[2] he retired in 1997.[1] In retirement he became Nuclear Weapons Safety Advisor to the Ministry of Defence as well as a consultant to the Office of Government Commerce.[1]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rear Admiral Fred Scourse CB MBE MA FREng FIEE DV-MS
  2. ↑ NRaD Command History 1996
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Walmsley 		Controller of the Navy
(Acting)
1996–1997 		Succeeded by
Sir Peter Spencer
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