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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.<ref>Docket "Revised Table of Distribution of Admiralty Business" dated 1 August 1912.
 {{TNA|ADM 116/3392.}}</ref>

The Captains Superintendent of ships building by contract and of destroyers fell under the aegis of the '''Director of Naval Equipment'''.

==Directors of Naval Equipment==
Dates of appointment given:
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur William Waymouth|nick=Arthur W. Waymouth|appt=3 September, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 89}}<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>|end=January, 1915<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>|precBy=New Appointment}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clement Greatorex|nick=Clement Greatorex|appt=14 January, 1915<ref>Greatorex Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 16/30.</ref>|end=8 October, 1917<ref>Greatorex Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 16/30.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|nick=Edward M. Phillpotts|appt=8 October, 1917<ref>Phillpotts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 170.</ref>|end=1 May, 1920<ref>"Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 16 April, 1920.  Issue '''42386''', col D, p. 19.</ref><ref>Phillpotts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 170.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Francis Bruen|nick=Edward F. Bruen|appt=1 May, 1920<ref>"Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 16 April, 1920.  Issue '''42386''', col D, p. 19.</ref>|end=16 May, 1922<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 203.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Douglas Lionel Dent|nick=Douglas L. Dent|appt=2 May, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 2 March, 1922.  Issue '''42969''', col G, p. 20.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Allan Morison Duff|nick=Arthur A. M. Duff|appt=16 May, 1924<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 4 February, 1924.  Issue '''43556''', col F, p. 20.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Wise Parker|nick=Henry W. Parker|appt=17 May, 1926<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/143.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=17 May, 1928<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/143.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Joseph Charles Walrond Henley|nick=Joseph C. W. Henley|appt=15 May, 1928<ref>Henley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=14 March, 1930<ref>Henley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Harold Owen Reinold|nick=Harold O. Reinold|appt=14 March, 1930<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>|end=2 March, 1931<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|nick=Percy L. H. Noble|appt=2 February, 1931|end=30 November, 1932<ref>Superseded that day.  Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=30 November, 1932<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>|end=10 December, 1934<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=St. Aubyn Baldwin Wake|nick=St. Aubyn B. Wake|appt=10 December, 1934<ref>Wake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/9.}} f. 213.</ref>|end=10 December, 1936<ref>Wake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/9.}} f. 213.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Francis Thomas Butler Tower|nick=Francis T. B. Tower|appt=10 December, 1936<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/67.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=27 August, 1939<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/67.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=James Wilfred Sussex Dorling|nick=James W. S. Dorling|appt=August, 1939|end=April, 1941}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Edward Barrington Simeon|nick=Sir Charles E. B. Simeon|appt=1 April, 1941|end=March, 1946}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Alexander Cumming Gordon Madden|nick=Alexander C. G. Madden|appt=March, 1946|end=June, 1948}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Aubrey Lawson Mansergh|nick=Cecil A. L. Mansergh|appt=June, 1948|end=June, 1950}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Hughes-Hallett|nick=John Hughes-Hallett|appt=June, 1950|end=}}
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==Assistant Directors==
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Assistant Director of Naval Equipment" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Ralph Crooke|nick=Henry R. Crooke|appt=18 February, 1913<ref>Crooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 36.</ref>|end=1914<ref>Crooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 36.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Kindersley Loring|nick=Ernest K. Loring|appt=1 October, 1914<ref>Loring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 103.</ref>|end=3 April, 1915<ref>Loring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 103.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Lake Cochrane|nick=Henry L. Cochrane|appt=13 April, 1915|end=1917}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stanley Ray Miller|nick=Stanley R. Miller|appt=18 May, 1915|end=June, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain (retired)|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=11 August, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 535}}|end=13 April, 1918|note=for salvage work, working with [[Henry Lake Cochrane]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Humphrey Thomas Walwyn|nick=Hugh T. Walwyn|appt=1 March, 1917<ref>Walwyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>|end=January, 1918<ref>Walwyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alan Geoffrey Hotham|nick=Alan G. Hotham|appt=1917<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>|end=1 October, 1917<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=10 January, 1918<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|end=7 May, 1919<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claud Hamilton Sinclair|nick=Claud H. Sinclair|appt=19 February, 1919|end=22 April, 1921}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ronald Howard|nick=Ronald Howard|appt=5 April, 1923|end=30 May, 1925}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=30 May, 1925<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=1 October, 1926<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Patrick Edward Parker|nick=Patrick E. Parker|appt=23 March, 1928<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>|end=2 April, 1930<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|nick=Harold G. C. Franklin|appt=2 April, 1930<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>|end=4 April, 1932<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Sumner Bonham-Carter|nick=Stuart S. Bonham-Carter|appt=14 March, 1932<ref>Bonham-Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/81.|D7605168}} f. 441.</ref>|end=14 March, 1936<ref>Bonham-Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/81.|D7605168}} f. 441.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=1 December, 1938<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>|end=18 September, 1939<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>}}
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==Deputy Directors==
Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:officeDD otitle="Deputy Director of Naval Equipment" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis|nick=Oswald W. Cornwallis|appt=11 December, 1943<ref>Cornwallis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>|end=13 August, 1945<ref>Cornwallis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:officeDD>

==See Also==
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*[[Instructions for the Director of Naval Equipment]]
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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