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Revision as of 10:44, 18 May 2020
The Director of Naval Construction (often shortened to D.N.C.) was the principal officer responsible to the Board of Admiralty for the design and construction of the warships of the Royal Navy. The man holding this position was initially called the Chief Naval Architect or Chief Constructor of the Navy until being renamed in 1875.[1]
From 1883 onwards he was also head of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, the naval architects who staffed his department. D.N.C.'s modern equivalent is Director Ships in the Defence Equipment and Support organisation of the Ministry of Defence.
Directors
- Edward J. Reed, 1863[Citation needed]
- Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, 1872[Citation needed] – 1876
- Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, 1876[2] – 1885
- Sir William H. White, 1885[Citation needed]
- Colonel Sir Philip Watts, 1902[Citation needed]
- Sir Eustace H. W. T. d'Eyncourt, 1912[Citation needed]
- Sir William J. Berry, 1924[Citation needed]
- Sir Arthur W. Johns, 1930[Citation needed]
- Sir Stanley V. Goodall, 1936[Citation needed]
- Sir Charles C. Lillicrap, 1944[Citation needed]
- Sir Victor G. Shepheard, 1951[Citation needed]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Brown, D. K. (1984). A Century of Naval Construction: The History of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, 1883-1983. London: Conway Maritime Press Ltd. ISBN 085177282X.
