Department of the Director of Naval Equipment

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.

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:

• Rear-Admiral Arthur W. Waymouth, 3 September, 1912 – January, 1915
• Captain Clement Greatorex, 14 January, 1915 – 8 October, 1917
• Rear-Admiral Edward M. Phillpotts, 8 October, 1917 – 1 May, 1920
• Rear-Admiral Edward F. Bruen, 1 May, 1920 – 16 May, 1922
• Rear-Admiral Douglas L. Dent, 2 May, 1922
• Rear-Admiral Arthur A. M. Duff, 16 May, 1924
• Rear-Admiral Henry W. Parker, 17 May, 1926 – 17 May, 1928
• Rear-Admiral Joseph C. W. Henley, 15 May, 1928 – 14 March, 1930
• Rear-Admiral Harold O. Reinold, 14 March, 1930 – 2 March, 1931
• Rear-Admiral Percy L. H. Noble, 2 February, 1931 – 30 November, 1932
• Rear-Admiral Cecil P. Talbot, 30 November, 1932 – 10 December, 1934
• Rear-Admiral St. Aubyn B. Wake, 10 December, 1934 – 10 December, 1936
• Rear-Admiral Francis T. B. Tower, 10 December, 1936 – 27 August, 1939
• Rear-Admiral James W. S. Dorling, August, 1939 – April, 1941
• Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E. B. Simeon, April, 1941 – March, 1946
• Rear-Admiral Alexander C. G. Madden, March, 1946 – June, 1948
• Rear-Admiral Cecil A. L. Mansergh, June, 1948 – June, 1950
• Captain John Hughes-Hallett, June, 1950

Assistant Directors

Dates of appointment given:

• Captain Henry R. Crooke, 18 February, 1913 – 1914
• Captain Ernest K. Loring, 1 October, 1914 – 3 April, 1915
• Captain Henry L. Cochrane, 13 April, 1915 – 1917
• Captain Stanley R. Miller, 18 May, 1915 – June, 1915
• Captain (retired) Christopher P. Metcalfe, 11 August, 1916 – 13 April, 1918  (for salvage work, working with Henry Lake Cochrane)
• Captain Hugh T. Walwyn, 1 March, 1917 – January, 1918
• Captain Alan G. Hotham, 1917 – 1 October, 1917
• Captain Percy Withers, 10 January, 1918 – 7 May, 1919
• Captain Claud H. Sinclair, 19 February, 1919 – 22 April, 1921
• Captain Ronald Howard, 5 April, 1923 – 30 May, 1925
• Captain Arthur T. Walker, 30 May, 1925 – 1 October, 1926
• Captain Patrick E. Parker, 23 March, 1928 – 2 April, 1930
• Captain Harold G. C. Franklin, 2 April, 1930 – 4 April, 1932
• Captain Stuart S. Bonham-Carter, 14 March, 1932 – 14 March, 1936
• Captain Martin J. C. de Meric, 1 December, 1938 – 18 September, 1939

Deputy Directors

Dates of appointment given:

• Acting Captain Oswald W. Cornwallis, 11 December, 1943 – 1 September, 1945

See Also

• Instructions for the Director of Naval Equipment