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The '''Anti-Submarine Committee''', also known simply as '''Submarine Committee''', was an ''ad hoc'' body of the [[Royal Navy]] formed in 1910 for dealing with anti-submarine warfare proposals.
 
The '''Anti-Submarine Committee''', also known simply as '''Submarine Committee''', was an ''ad hoc'' body of the [[Royal Navy]] formed in 1910 for dealing with anti-submarine warfare proposals.
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==History==
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The committee was appointed in March, 1910, and issued its first report in April of that year.  It initially comprised a Flag Officer, a Captain, a Commander, and a Secretary.<ref>''Anti-Submarine Development and Experiments Prior to December 1916''.  p. 9.</ref>  Up to the outbreak of war in August, 1914, the committee reported at least fifty-five times.<ref>''Anti-Submarine Development and Experiments Prior to December 1916''.  p. 43.</ref>
  
 
==Presidents==
 
==Presidents==

Revision as of 07:38, 10 February 2015

The Anti-Submarine Committee, also known simply as Submarine Committee, was an ad hoc body of the Royal Navy formed in 1910 for dealing with anti-submarine warfare proposals.

History

The committee was appointed in March, 1910, and issued its first report in April of that year. It initially comprised a Flag Officer, a Captain, a Commander, and a Secretary.[1] Up to the outbreak of war in August, 1914, the committee reported at least fifty-five times.[2]

Presidents

Members

This list is not complete.

Footnotes

  1. Anti-Submarine Development and Experiments Prior to December 1916. p. 9.
  2. Anti-Submarine Development and Experiments Prior to December 1916. p. 43.
  3. Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 180.
  4. Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1256.
  5. Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1337.
  6. Inferred from the date of Tupper ceasing duty on the committee. H.C. 238, 1913. pp. 32-33.
  7. Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  8. Moreton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 242.
  9. Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
  10. Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1337.
  11. Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
  12. Woollcombe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 267.

Bibliography

  • Naval Staff (L.D.D.) (1920). Anti-Submarine Development and Experiments Prior to December, 1916. The Technical History and Index. Vol. 5. Part 40. C.B. 1515 (40). Copy at the National Maritime Museum.
  • Tupper, Admiral Sir Reginald (1929). Reminiscences. London: Jarrold & Sons..