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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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+ | 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
- Rear-Admiral Cecil Burney, 23 June, 1910[3]
- Rear-Admiral F. C. Doveton Sturdee, 16 February, 1911[4]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald G. O. Tupper, 20 December, 1911[5]
- Rear-Admiral Bernard Currey, 18 November, 1912[6]
- Rear-Admiral Robert S. Phipps Hornby, 16 December, 1913[7]
Members
This list is not complete.
- Commander John A. Moreton, 1910[8]
- Captain Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., 1 April, 1910[9]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald G. O. Tupper, 16 August, 1910[10]
- Rear-Admiral Bernard Currey, 20 December, 1911[11]
- Captain Louis C. S. Woollcombe, 22 January, 1913[12]
Footnotes
- ↑ Anti-Submarine Development and Experiments Prior to December 1916. p. 9.
- ↑ Anti-Submarine Development and Experiments Prior to December 1916. p. 43.
- ↑ Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 180.
- ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1256.
- ↑ Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1337.
- ↑ Inferred from the date of Tupper ceasing duty on the committee. H.C. 238, 1913. pp. 32-33.
- ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
- ↑ Moreton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 242.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
- ↑ Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1337.
- ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
- ↑ 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..