Inspector of Machinery (Royal Navy)
Inspector of Machinery was a rank of the Civil Branch and then the Engineer Branch of the Royal Navy from 1847 to 1903.
History
The rank of Inspector of Machinery was established by Order in Council of 27 February, 1847. It was appointed by commission and ranked with, but after, Masters of the Fleet.[1] The First Secretary to the Board of Admiralty, Henry G. Ward, told a Parliamentary Committee in 1848:
He has charge of the machinery of a particular squadron. He is supposed to be a practical man, of scientific acquirements, able to superintend the alterations, and repairs, necessary in the Mediterranean, or the Tagus, or wherever the Squadron may happen to be.[2]
The number of Inspectors of Machinery was increased from five to seven from 1 April, 1877.[3]
As of 1 April, 1900, an Inspector of Machinery of 8 years' service in that rank ranked with Captains of 3 years' seniority. An Inspector of Machinery with under 8 years' service as such ranked with Captains under 3 years' seniority.[4]
By Order in Council of 28 March, 1903, Inspectors of Machinery were styled Engineer Captain from 1 April of that year.[5]
Pay
Full Pay
When created in 1847 the pay of the rank was:[6]
| Sea Pay Per Month. | Harbour Service Per Month. |
| £25 | £13 15s. |
In 1856 the pay was altered:[7]
| Per Year. | |
| Inspectors of Machinery, when appointed to take charge of the Machinery of a Fleet or Squadron. | £365 |
| Inspectors of Machinery | £328 10s. |
| Date. | Per Year. | Per Month. | Per Day. |
| 27 February, 1847 | £325 17s. 10s. | £27 15s. 5d. | 17s. 10d. |
| Between September 1849 and December 1850 |
£326 19s. 7d. | 17s. 1d. | |
| 8 July, 1866 | £450 3s. 4d. | £1 4s. 8d. | |
| 1 April, 1877 | £511 | £1 8s. | |
| 1 April, 1882 | £547 10s. | £1 10s. | |
| 1 April, 1895 | £638 15s. | £1 15s. |
Half Pay
Half pay in 1856:[8]
| Per Year. | |
| Above 20 years' service as Inspectors and Chief Engineers, or as Chief Engineers, if qualified for 1st or 2nd Rates | £237 |
| Above 15 years' service as Inspectors and Chief Engineers, or Chief Engineers, if qualified for 1st or 2nd rates | £182 10s. |
| Above 10 years' service as Inspectors and Chief Engineers, or as Chief Engineers | £146 |
| Above 5 years' service as Inspectors and Chief Engineers, or as Chief Engineers | £109 10s. |
| Under 5 years' service as Inspectors and Chief Engineers, or as Chief Engineers | £91 5s. |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. p. 384.
- ↑ Report on the Navy Estimates from the Select Committee on Navy, Army, and Ordnance Estimates. p. 6. Q. 62.
- ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. IV. p. 58.
- ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. VIII. p. 113.
- ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. IX. p. 33.
- ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. p. 385.
- ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. p. 430.
- ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. pp. 430-431.
Bibliography
- Report on the Navy Estimates from the Select Committee on Navy, Army, and Ordnance Estimates; Together with the Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix. H.C. 55 (1848).
- The Orders in Council and Some of the Acts of Parliament for the Regulation of the Naval Service. London: For Her Majesty's Stationary Office. 1856.
- The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. Vol. IV. London: For Her Majesty's Stationary Office. 1884.
- The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. Vol. VIII. London: For His Majesty's Stationary Office. 1903.
- The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. Vol. IX. London: For His Majesty's Stationary Office. 1908.
