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|Hydrophones, torpedo questions, single-towed charges, E.C. mines, patents, connected floating mines, H.S. minesweep, wireless telegraphy.<br>Hydrophones - invention and design.<br>Assistant to Captain Yeats-Brown.<br>Hydrophones - inspection of bases.<br><br>Assistant to Commander Hitchins.<br>Hydrophones - charge of manufacture, fitting out and distribution.<br><br>Hydrophones - distribution.<br>Hydrophones - Assistant to Lieutenant-Commander Willis.<br>Hydrophones - Fitting out.<br>Hydrophones - Manufacture. | |Hydrophones, torpedo questions, single-towed charges, E.C. mines, patents, connected floating mines, H.S. minesweep, wireless telegraphy.<br>Hydrophones - invention and design.<br>Assistant to Captain Yeats-Brown.<br>Hydrophones - inspection of bases.<br><br>Assistant to Commander Hitchins.<br>Hydrophones - charge of manufacture, fitting out and distribution.<br><br>Hydrophones - distribution.<br>Hydrophones - Assistant to Lieutenant-Commander Willis.<br>Hydrophones - Fitting out.<br>Hydrophones - Manufacture. | ||
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==Directors of the Anti-Submarine Division== | ==Directors of the Anti-Submarine Division== | ||
Revision as of 13:11, 11 September 2013
According to Dr. Nicholas Black, seventy-seven Royal Navy officers served in the division during the war.[1]
Structure
| Sections and Duties, September, 1917. | ||
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| Director: Captain W. W. Fisher, M.V.O., R.N. | ||
| Section. | Name. | Duties. |
| A.D.A.S.D. 2. 2. |
Captain C. Seymour, D.S.O., R.N. Commander L. G. B. A. Campbell, D.S.O., R.N. Lieutenant-Commander A. W. Willoughby, R.N. |
Auxiliary Patrol:— Organisation and operation (except hunting flotillas, motor launches, and coastal motor boats.) Fishery questions. |
| A.D.A.S.D. | Captain H. T. Walwyn, D.S.O., R.N. | Special Service Ships, motor launches, coastal motor boats, and hydrophone hunting flotillas. |
| 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 3. 3. 3. 3. 3. |
Captain A. M. Yeats-Brown, D.S.O., R.N. Engineer Captain H. W. Metcalfe, R.N. Commander H. L. Hitchins, R.N. Lieutenant-Commander L. C. Bernacchi, R.N.V.R. Sub-Lieutenant H. V. M. Haszard, R.N.V.R. Lieutenant-Commander T. M. W. Wallis, R.N.V.R. Lieutenant W. L. Preece, R.N.V.R. Lieutenant C. A. V. Roper, R.N.V.R. Lieutenant D. H. Morris, R.N.V.R. Lieutenant P. W. Beatty, R.N.V.R. |
Hydrophones, torpedo questions, single-towed charges, E.C. mines, patents, connected floating mines, H.S. minesweep, wireless telegraphy. Hydrophones - invention and design. Assistant to Captain Yeats-Brown. Hydrophones - inspection of bases. Assistant to Commander Hitchins. Hydrophones - charge of manufacture, fitting out and distribution. Hydrophones - distribution. Hydrophones - Assistant to Lieutenant-Commander Willis. Hydrophones - Fitting out. Hydrophones - Manufacture. |
Directors of the Anti-Submarine Division
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff, 18 December, 1916.[2]
- Captain William W. Fisher, 31 May, 1917.[3]
- Captain Francis D. Arnold-Forster, 2 January, 1919.[4]
- Captain Gilbert O. Stephenson, 8 April, 1919.[Inference]
Footnotes
- ↑ Black. British Naval Staff. p. 21.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 80.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 122.
- ↑ "The Anti-Submarine Division" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 January, 1919. Issue 42010, col E, p. 5.
Bibliography
- Black, Nicholas (2009). The British Naval Staff in the First World War. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843834427.
- Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1929). The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. Its Work and Development. B.R. 1845 (late C.B. 3013). Copy at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.
