Department of the Director of Naval Equipment
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In an August, 1912 distribution of business the position was given as "Superintendent of Equipment and Refits", and Director of Naval Equipment in a distribution of business and memorandum published on 7 September.[1]
The Captains Superintendent of ships building by contract and of destroyers fell under the aegis of the Director of Naval Equipment.
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Arthur W. Waymouth, 3 September, 1912[2][3] – January, 1915[4]
- Captain Clement Greatorex, 14 January, 1915[5] – 8 October, 1917[6]
- Rear-Admiral Edward M. Phillpotts, 8 October, 1917[7] – 1 May, 1920[8][9]
- Rear-Admiral Edward F. Bruen, 1 May, 1920[10] – 16 May, 1922[11]
- Rear-Admiral Douglas L. Dent, 2 May, 1922[12]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur A. M. Duff, 16 May, 1924[13]
- Rear-Admiral Henry W. Parker, 17 May, 1926[14] – 17 May, 1928[15]
- Rear-Admiral Joseph C. W. Henley, 15 May, 1928[16] – 14 March, 1930[17]
- Rear-Admiral Harold O. Reinold, 14 March, 1930[18] – 2 March, 1931[19]
- Rear-Admiral Percy L. H. Noble, 2 February, 1931 – 30 November, 1932[20]
- Rear-Admiral Cecil P. Talbot, 30 November, 1932[21] – 10 December, 1934[22]
- Rear-Admiral St. Aubyn B. Wake, 10 December, 1934[23] – 10 December, 1936[24]
- Rear-Admiral Francis T. B. Tower, 10 December, 1936[25] – 27 August, 1939[26]
- Rear-Admiral James W. S. Dorling, August, 1939 – April, 1941
- Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E. B. Simeon, 1 April, 1941 – March, 1946
- Rear-Admiral Alexander C. G. Madden, March, 1946 – June, 1948
- Rear-Admiral Cecil A. L. Mansergh, June, 1948 – June, 1950
- Captain John Hughes-Hallett, June, 1950
Assistant Directors
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Henry R. Crooke, 18 February, 1913[27] – 1914[28]
- Captain Ernest K. Loring, 1 October, 1914[29] – 3 April, 1915[30]
- Captain Henry L. Cochrane, 13 April, 1915 – 1917
- Captain Stanley R. Miller, 18 May, 1915 – June, 1915
- Captain (retired) Christopher P. Metcalfe, 11 August, 1916[31] – 13 April, 1918 (for salvage work, working with Henry Lake Cochrane)
- Captain Hugh T. Walwyn, 1 March, 1917[32] – January, 1918[33]
- Captain Alan G. Hotham, 1917[34] – 1 October, 1917[35]
- Captain Percy Withers, 10 January, 1918[36] – 7 May, 1919[37]
- Captain Claud H. Sinclair, 19 February, 1919 – 22 April, 1921
- Captain Ronald Howard, 5 April, 1923 – 30 May, 1925
- Captain Arthur T. Walker, 30 May, 1925[38] – 1 October, 1926[39]
- Captain Patrick E. Parker, 23 March, 1928[40] – 2 April, 1930[41]
- Captain Harold G. C. Franklin, 2 April, 1930[42] – 4 April, 1932[43]
- Captain Stuart S. Bonham-Carter, 14 March, 1932[44] – 14 March, 1936[45]
- Captain Martin J. C. de Meric, 1 December, 1938[46] – 18 September, 1939[47]
Deputy Directors
Dates of appointment given:
- Acting Captain Oswald W. Cornwallis, 11 December, 1943[48] – 13 August, 1945[49]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Docket "Revised Table of Distribution of Admiralty Business" dated 1 August 1912. The National Archives. ADM 116/3392.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 89.
- ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
- ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
- ↑ Greatorex Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16/30.
- ↑ Greatorex Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16/30.
- ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 April, 1920. Issue 42386, col D, p. 19.
- ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 April, 1920. Issue 42386, col D, p. 19.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 203.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 2 March, 1922. Issue 42969, col G, p. 20.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 4 February, 1924. Issue 43556, col F, p. 20.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/143. f. 156.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/143. f. 156.
- ↑ Henley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 44.
- ↑ Henley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 44.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
- ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
- ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/9. f. 213.
- ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/9. f. 213.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/67. f. ?.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/67. f. ?.
- ↑ Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
- ↑ Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
- ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
- ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 535.
- ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
- ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
- ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
- ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
- ↑ Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
- ↑ Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ Cornwallis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/85. f. 87.
- ↑ Cornwallis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/85. f. 87.
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