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:In those days the staff of the D.N.O. composed an Assistant Director of Torpedoes, three officers of Commanders or Lieutenants rank for gunnery work, three for torpedo work and a marines' officer for general duties.<ref>British Library. Jellicoe Papers. Add. MSS. 49038. f. 53.</ref> | :In those days the staff of the D.N.O. composed an Assistant Director of Torpedoes, three officers of Commanders or Lieutenants rank for gunnery work, three for torpedo work and a marines' officer for general duties.<ref>British Library. Jellicoe Papers. Add. MSS. 49038. f. 53.</ref> | ||
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| + | On 1 March, 1917, when Captain [[Frederic Charles Dreyer|F. C. Dreyer]] succeeded Singer, the torpedo branch was devolved into the [[Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining (Royal Navy)|Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining]] under Rear-Admiral [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|Edward S. Fitzherbert]].<ref>Jellicoe. ''The Crisis of the Naval War''. p. 228.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 11:59, 17 March 2010
- In those days the staff of the D.N.O. composed an Assistant Director of Torpedoes, three officers of Commanders or Lieutenants rank for gunnery work, three for torpedo work and a marines' officer for general duties.[1]
First World War
On 1 March, 1917, when Captain F. C. Dreyer succeeded Singer, the torpedo branch was devolved into the Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining under Rear-Admiral Edward S. Fitzherbert.[2]
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