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*Rear-Admiral [[Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper|Reginald G. O. Tupper]], 16 August, 1910<ref>Tupper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1337.</ref> – 20 December, 1911<ref>Tupper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1337.</ref> | *Rear-Admiral [[Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper|Reginald G. O. Tupper]], 16 August, 1910<ref>Tupper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1337.</ref> – 20 December, 1911<ref>Tupper Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 1337.</ref> | ||
*Rear-Admiral [[Bernard Currey]], 20 December, 1911<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref> | *Rear-Admiral [[Bernard Currey]], 20 December, 1911<ref>Currey Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 36.</ref> | ||
− | *Captain [[Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe|Louis C. S. Woollcombe]], 27 January – 30 June, 1913<ref>''Return, for the Year ended 31st 1914, of the Army and Navy Officers permitted, under Rule 2 of the Regulations drawn up under Section 6 of the "Superannuation Act, 1887," to hold Civil Employment of Profit under Public Departments''. pp. 32-33.</ref> | + | *Captain [[Louis Charles Stirling Woollcombe|Louis C. S. Woollcombe]], 27 January – 30 June, 1913<ref>''Return, for the Year ended 31st March 1914, of the Army and Navy Officers permitted, under Rule 2 of the Regulations drawn up under Section 6 of the "Superannuation Act, 1887," to hold Civil Employment of Profit under Public Departments''. pp. 32-33.</ref> |
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
Revision as of 16:13, 30 January 2017
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] – 19 December, 1911[5]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald G. O. Tupper, 20 December, 1911[6] – 18 November, 1912[7]
- Rear-Admiral Bernard Currey, 18 November, 1912[8]
- Rear-Admiral Robert S. Phipps Hornby, 16 December, 1913[9]
Members
This list is not complete.
- Commander John A. Moreton, 1910[10]
- Captain Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bart., 1 April, 1910[11]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald G. O. Tupper, 16 August, 1910[12] – 20 December, 1911[13]
- Rear-Admiral Bernard Currey, 20 December, 1911[14]
- Captain Louis C. S. Woollcombe, 27 January – 30 June, 1913[15]
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.
- ↑ Sturdee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1256.
- ↑ Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1337.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tupper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1337.
- ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
- ↑ Return, for the Year ended 31st March 1914, of the Army and Navy Officers permitted, under Rule 2 of the Regulations drawn up under Section 6 of the "Superannuation Act, 1887," to hold Civil Employment of Profit under Public Departments. pp. 32-33.
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..