Search results

...hird Sea Lord in 1918, once more becoming '''Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy'''. ==History of Controller of the Navy==

...K.C.B., Royal Navy (28 August, 1855 – 13 June, 1932) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. Bethell was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} with seniority of 14 August, 1878.{{Gaz|24614|4647|16 August, 1878}}

...et Sir Arthur K. Wilson (seen as a Vice-Admiral).<br><small>Image: Library of Congress.</small>]] ...fused a Peerage and only succeeded to the Wilson Baronetcy after the death of his brother in 1919.

...f the [[Royal Navy]] formed in October, 1909 to perform the basic function of a naval staff, and to formulate naval war plans and study naval strategy. ...he Duties of a General Staff and Re-organisation of the Naval Intelligence Department." 15 May, 1909. The National Archives. ADM 1/8047.</ref>

...iralty Air Department]] and was effectively in control of the [[Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps]], or the [[Royal Naval Air Service]] (R.N.A.S.) as ...rector of Air Services]], which temporarily absorbed the executive command of the R.N.A.S.

...the [[Board of Admiralty]] for the design and construction of the warships of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...December the Chief Naval Architect also became '''President of the Council of Construction'''. His duties were given as:

...15 September, 1893, in response to the public outcry surrounding the loss of the [[ironclad]] [[battleship]] [[H.M.S. Victoria (1887)|H.M.S. ''Victoria' ...nd {{UK-Victoria}}, and the circumstances attending the subsequent sinking of the ''Victoria'', should be summarised and classified. Having been directed

...ector of Merchant Navy Gunnery and finally as Chief of Air Services at the Admiralty. ...aining Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmouth.{{DreyerSeaHeritage|p. 25}} Out of the sixty successful candidates for cadetships in the [[Royal Navy]] examin

...chair was Rear-Admiral [[Frank Elliott]], O.B.E., who was Gunnery Officer of {{UK-Benbow|f=p}} throughout the [[First World War]]. Mr. Clausen served a ...aval attitudes to invention; and last but not least, to examine the nature of invention and its relationship to design.

The '''Diary of Alec S. Tempest''' (1899-1978), signal boy aboard {{UK-Lion|f=p}} from 20 M ...to the Museum's relics department. At the end of the diary, a few orders of battle were written down with pages torn out near them. As a result, only o

...e [[Naval Intelligence Division (Royal Navy)|Naval Intelligence Division]] of the British [[Royal Navy]] responsible for monitoring and deciphering [[Imp ...elligence Division (Royal Navy)|Director of Intelligence Division]] at the Admiralty, {{RearRN}} [[Henry Francis Oliver|Henry F. Oliver]].

...the progress that has been made in carrying out and developing the series of reforms that have been undertaken during the past three years. ...educes the work of the dockyards, and therefore allows of a reorganisation of the labour conditions.

...Division''') was the intelligence-gathering body of the [[Royal Navy]]'s [[Admiralty War Staff]] and successor [[Naval Staff (Royal Navy)|Naval Staff]]. ...tzMaurice|Maurice S. FitzMaurice]], had been additional Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence in the N.I.D.

...[Naval Intelligence Division (Royal Navy)|Intelligence Division]] of the [[Admiralty War Staff]]. ...p schemes of mobilisation.<ref>Allen. ''Origins of the Naval Intelligence Department''. p. 73.</ref>

...oyal Navy)|Torpedo Department]], formerly a branch of the [[Naval Ordnance Department]], was made an executive body in its own right in April 1917. The role wou ...Sea Lord and Controller]].<ref>Hamilton, C. I. ''The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805-1927''. Cambridge: Cambridge University

...) been re-examined by Morgan-Owen, who concluded that “the naval portion of his [Wilson’s] strategy &hellip; was far more credible than has hitherto ...Right Hon. D. L<small>LOYD</small> G<small>EORGE</small>, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p>

...lligence Department (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Intelligence]] at the [[Admiralty]]. ...e care that they are put in possession of all intelligence received by the Department with which they should be acquainted.

...nt of the Director of Naval Equipment|Director of Naval Equipment]] at the Admiralty. ...ng Naval considerations arising out of the building, alteration, or repair of ships.

...Ordnance Stores (Royal Navy)|Superintendent of Ordnance Stores]] at the [[Admiralty]]. ...ng on Naval Ordnance Store Accounts, including the Store and Cost accounts of the Torpedo Factory at Greenock.

...ling Erskine Childers|H. C. E. Childers]] on Admiralty Reform in the House of Commons on 18 March, 1872. ...etter should be written to the Treasury requesting that a considerable sum of money should be given to him. Upon this, Mr. Reed, to use his own words, sa