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− | The '''Director of Naval Ordnance''' was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] responsible to the [[Board of Admiralty]] for the design and development of weapons for the Fleet. Established on a temporary basis as the position of Director-General of Naval Ordnance in 1866, in 1886 it became the [[Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes]], reflecting the growing significance of the torpedo in the Navy.
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− | In 1917 the Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes was divested of his responsibilities for torpedoes and mines, and the office became Director of Naval Ordnance again.
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− | ==Directors==
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− | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="[[Director of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]]" nat=UK>
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− | *{{RearRN}} [[Astley Cooper Key|Astley C. Key]], 3 September, 1866.<ref>Key Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 743.</ref>
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− | *Captain [[Arthur William Acland Hood, First Baron Hood|Arthur W. A. Hood]], 12 July, 1869.<ref>Hood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 639.</ref>
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− | *Rear-Admiral [[Henry Harvey Boys|Henry Boys]], 18 May, 1874.<ref>Boys Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 119.</ref>
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− | *Rear-Admiral [[Richard Vesey Hamilton|Richard V. Hamilton]], 5 June, 1878.<ref>Hamilton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 390.</ref>
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− | *Rear-Admiral [[Frederick Anstruther Herbert|Frederick A. Herbert]], 6 March, 1880.<ref>Herbert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 617.</ref>
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− | *Rear-Admiral [[John Ommanney Hopkins|John O. Hopkins]], 6 April, 1883.<ref>Hopkins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 652.</ref>
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− | *Captain [[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Frederic C. Dreyer]], 1 March, 1917.<ref>Dreyer Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 156.</ref>
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− | *Captain [[Henry Ralph Crooke|H. Ralph Crooke]], 20 June, 1918.<ref>Crooke Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 36.</ref>
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− | *Captain [[Roger Roland Charles Backhouse|Roger R. C. Backhouse]], 20 September, 1920.<ref>Backhouse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 474.</ref>
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− | *Captain [[Joseph Charles Walrond Henley|Joseph C. W. Henley]], 1 December, 1922.<ref>Henley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 44.</ref>
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− | </div name=fredbot:office0>
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− | ==Footnotes==
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− | ==Bibliography==
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