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Revision as of 09:05, 24 July 2020
The Director of Naval Construction (often shortened to D.N.C.) was the principal officer responsible to the Board of Admiralty for the design and construction of the warships of the Royal Navy. The man holding this position was initially called the Chief Naval Architect or Chief Constructor of the Navy until being renamed in 1875.[1]
From 1883 onwards he was also head of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, the naval architects who staffed his department. With the retirement of Sir Victor Shepheard in 1958 the position was replaced with that of Director-General, Ships. D.N.C.'s modern equivalent is Director Ships in the Defence Equipment and Support organisation of the Ministry of Defence.
Directors
- Edward J. Reed, 1863[Citation needed] – 1870 (as Chief Constructor of the Navy)
- Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, 1872 – 1885[2] (as Chief Constructor of the Navy)
- Sir William H. White, 1885[Citation needed] – 1902
- Colonel Sir Philip Watts, 1902[Citation needed] – 1912
- Sir Eustace H. W. T. d'Eyncourt, 1912[Citation needed] – 1924
- Sir William J. Berry, 1924[Citation needed] – 1930
- Sir Arthur W. Johns, January, 1930[Citation needed] – 1936
- Sir Stanley V. Goodall, 1936[Citation needed] – 21 January, 1944[3]
- Sir Charles S. Lillicrap, 22 January, 1944[4] – 30 September, 1951[5]
- Sir Victor G. Shepheard, 1 October, 1951[6] – 30 September, 1958[7]
Assistant Directors
- Sir Arthur W. Johns, November, 1920
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, March 19, 1875, Issue 28267, p.5.
- ↑ "Death of Sir N. Barnaby." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 16 June, 1915, Issue 40882, p. 11.
- ↑ Brown. A Century of Naval Construction. p. 179.
- ↑ Brown. A Century of Naval Construction. p. 179.
- ↑ "New Director of Naval Construction." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 30 June, 1951, Issue 52041, p. 6.
- ↑ "New Director of Naval Construction." The Times (London, England), Saturday, 30 June, 1951, Issue 52041, p. 6.
- ↑ "51 Years' Service at the Admiralty." The Times (London, England), Monday, 29 September, 1958, Issue 54268, p. 12.
Bibliography
- Brown, D. K. (1984). A Century of Naval Construction: The History of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, 1883-1983. London: Conway Maritime Press Ltd. ISBN 085177282X.
