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Revision as of 12:11, 21 June 2017
The Director of Torpedoes and Mining (D.T.M.) was head of the department of the Admiralty created when the Torpedo Department, formerly a branch of the Naval Ordnance Department, was made an executive body in its own right in April 1917. The role would cease to exist in its own right in 1969.[1]
By 1927, the Director of Torpedoes and Mining was positioned with the Director of Naval Construction, Director of Naval Equipment, Director of Naval Ordnance, Chief Superintendent of Armament Supply, Engineer-in-Chief, Director of Electrical Engineering, Director of Dockyards, Director of Compass Department, Director of Signal Department, and Director of Scientific Research under the control of the Third Sea Lord and Controller.[2]
Directors
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral the Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert, 18 February, 1917[3]
- Rear-Admiral Frederick L. Field, 12 June, 1918[4]
- Captain Albert P. Addison, 15 April, 1920[5][6] – 1 March, 1922[7]
- Captain Leonard A. B. Donaldson, 1 March, 1922[8] – 15 May, 1924[9]
- Captain Brien M. Money, 15 May, 1924[10] – 1 October, 1926[11]
- Captain Arthur H. Walker, 1 October, 1926[12] – 8 January, 1929[13]
- Captain Brian Egerton, December, 1928[14]
- Captain Henry R. Sawbridge, 9 December, 1931[15] – 18 April, 1934
- Captain William B. Mackenzie, April, 1934[16]
- Captain W. Frederic Wake-Walker, 29 October, 1935[17] – 3 January, 1938[18]
- Captain John U. P. Fitzgerald, 3 January, 1938[19]
Deputy Directors
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Wion de M. Egerton, 15 January, 1921[20] – 1 December, 1922[21]
- Captain Henry D. Bridges, 1 December, 1922[22] – 28 August, 1924[23]
- Captain Patrick E. Parker, 28 August, 1924[24] – 6 September, 1926[25]
Assistant Directors
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Henry D. Bridges, 15 August, 1922[26] – 1 December, 1922[27]
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Hamilton, C. I. The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805-1927. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, 292
- ↑ Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 524.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 15 April, 1920. Issue 42385, col A, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 15 April, 1920. Issue 42385, col A, p. 6.
- ↑ Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
- ↑ Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ National Archives. Papers of Rear Admiral Brian Egerton (1886 - 1973)
- ↑ Naval, Military, And Air Force. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 24, 1931; pg. 17; Issue 45936.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
- ↑ Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
- ↑ Inferred from predecessor. Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
