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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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| + | In a note of 12 December, 1911, the First Lord, [[Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill|Winston S. Churchill]], ordered that the title of Director of Naval Ordnance be altered to "Director of Naval Armaments" as from 1 January, 1912, so that the initialism "D.N.O." could be applied to the "Director of Naval Operations Division" of the new [[Admiralty War Staff]]. However, at the suggestion of [[Prince Louis of Battenberg]] this latter title was changed to [[Operations Division (Royal Navy)|Director of the Operations Division]] (D.O.D.).<ref>Churchill to the Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty. The National Archives. ADM 1/8377/120. f. 46.</ref> | ||
On 1 March, 1917, when Captain [[Frederic Charles Dreyer|F. C. Dreyer]] succeeded Singer, the torpedo branch was devolved into 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|The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert]] and Dreyer became solely [[Director of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]].<ref>Jellicoe. ''The Crisis of the Naval War''. p. 228.</ref> | On 1 March, 1917, when Captain [[Frederic Charles Dreyer|F. C. Dreyer]] succeeded Singer, the torpedo branch was devolved into 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|The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert]] and Dreyer became solely [[Director of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]].<ref>Jellicoe. ''The Crisis of the Naval War''. p. 228.</ref> | ||
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Duties
In ship construction, the Director of Naval Ordnance was responsible for turret armour, with the Director of Naval Construction being responsible for the rest.[1]
Lord Jellicoe (D.N.O., 1905 - 1907) wrote in his unpublished memoirs:
- 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.[2]
In a note of 12 December, 1911, the First Lord, Winston S. Churchill, ordered that the title of Director of Naval Ordnance be altered to "Director of Naval Armaments" as from 1 January, 1912, so that the initialism "D.N.O." could be applied to the "Director of Naval Operations Division" of the new Admiralty War Staff. However, at the suggestion of Prince Louis of Battenberg this latter title was changed to Director of the Operations Division (D.O.D.).[3]
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 The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert and Dreyer became solely Director of Naval Ordnance.[4]
- Rear-Admiral John A. Fisher, 1 November, 1886 - 21 May, 1891.
- Rear-Admiral Compton E. Domvile, 21 May, 1891 - 6 March, 1894.
- Captain Henry C. Kane, 6 March, 1894 - 18 August, 1897.
- Rear-Admiral Edmund F. Jeffreys, 18 August, 1897 - 21 January, 1901.
- Rear-Admiral William H. May, 21 January, 1901 - 16 April, 1901.
- Rear-Admiral Angus MacLeod, 16 April, 1901 - 1 January, 1904.
- Rear-Admiral Henry D. Barry, 1 January, 1904 - 24 February, 1905.
- Rear-Admiral John R. Jellicoe, 24 February, 1905 - 25 August, 1907.
- Rear-Admiral Reginald H. S. Bacon, 25 August, 1907 - 16 December, 1909.
- Rear-Admiral A. G. H. W. Moore, 16 December, 1909 - 1 June, 1912.
- Rear-Admiral Frederick C. T. Tudor, 1 June, 1912 - 19 August, 1914.
- Rear-Admiral Morgan Singer, 19 August, 1914 - 1 March, 1917.
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