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In an August, 1912 distribution of business the position was given as "Superintendent of Equipment and Refits", and '''Director of Naval Equipment''' in a distribution of business and memorandum published on 7 September.<ref>Docket "Revised Table of Distribution of Admiralty Business" dated 1 August 1912.
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{{TNA|ADM 116/3392.}}</ref>
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The Captains Superintendent of ships building by contract and of destroyers fell under the aegis of the '''Director of Naval Equipment'''.
 
The Captains Superintendent of ships building by contract and of destroyers fell under the aegis of the '''Director of Naval Equipment'''.
  
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Joseph Charles Walrond Henley|nick=Joseph C. W. Henley|appt=15 May, 1928<ref>Henley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=14 March, 1930<ref>Henley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Joseph Charles Walrond Henley|nick=Joseph C. W. Henley|appt=15 May, 1928<ref>Henley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=14 March, 1930<ref>Henley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Harold Owen Reinold|nick=Harold O. Reinold|appt=14 March, 1930<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>|end=2 March, 1931<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Harold Owen Reinold|nick=Harold O. Reinold|appt=14 March, 1930<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>|end=2 March, 1931<ref>Reinold Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/377.|D7576622}} ff. 218, 377.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|nick=Percy L. H. Noble|appt=|end=30 November, 1932<ref>Superseded that day.  Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble|nick=Percy L. H. Noble|appt=2 February, 1931|end=30 November, 1932<ref>Superseded that day.  Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=30 November, 1932<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>|end=10 December, 1934<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=30 November, 1932<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>|end=10 December, 1934<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=St. Aubyn Baldwin Wake|nick=St. Aubyn B. Wake|appt=10 December, 1934<ref>Wake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/9.}} f. 213.</ref>|end=10 December, 1936<ref>Wake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/9.}} f. 213.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=St. Aubyn Baldwin Wake|nick=St. Aubyn B. Wake|appt=10 December, 1934<ref>Wake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/9.}} f. 213.</ref>|end=10 December, 1936<ref>Wake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/9.}} f. 213.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Francis Thomas Butler Tower|nick=Francis T. B. Tower|appt=10 December, 1936<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/67.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=27 August, 1939<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/67.}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Francis Thomas Butler Tower|nick=Francis T. B. Tower|appt=10 December, 1936<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/67.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=27 August, 1939<ref>Tower Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/67.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=James Wilfred Sussex Dorling|nick=James W. S. Dorling|appt=August, 1939|end=April, 1941}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Charles Edward Barrington Simeon|nick=Sir Charles E. B. Simeon|appt=1 April, 1941|end=March, 1946}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Alexander Cumming Gordon Madden|nick=Alexander C. G. Madden|appt=March, 1946|end=June, 1948}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Aubrey Lawson Mansergh|nick=Cecil A. L. Mansergh|appt=June, 1948|end=June, 1950}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Hughes-Hallett|nick=John Hughes-Hallett|appt=June, 1950|end=}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Ralph Crooke|nick=Henry R. Crooke|appt=18 February, 1913<ref>Crooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 36.</ref>|end=1914<ref>Crooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 36.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Ralph Crooke|nick=Henry R. Crooke|appt=18 February, 1913<ref>Crooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 36.</ref>|end=1914<ref>Crooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 36.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Kindersley Loring|nick=Ernest K. Loring|appt=1 October, 1914<ref>Loring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 103.</ref>|end=3 April, 1915<ref>Loring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 103.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Kindersley Loring|nick=Ernest K. Loring|appt=1 October, 1914<ref>Loring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 103.</ref>|end=3 April, 1915<ref>Loring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 103.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Lake Cochrane|nick=Henry L. Cochrane|appt=3 April, 1915{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Lake Cochrane|nick=Henry L. Cochrane|appt=13 April, 1915|end=1917}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain (retired)|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=late 1916{{NLOct16|p. 535}}|note=for salvage work, working with [[Henry Lake Cochrane]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stanley Ray Miller|nick=Stanley R. Miller|appt=18 May, 1915|end=June, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain (retired)|name=Christopher Powell Metcalfe|nick=Christopher P. Metcalfe|appt=11 August, 1916{{NLOct16|p. 535}}|end=13 April, 1918|note=for salvage work, working with [[Henry Lake Cochrane]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Humphrey Thomas Walwyn|nick=Hugh T. Walwyn|appt=1 March, 1917<ref>Walwyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>|end=January, 1918<ref>Walwyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Humphrey Thomas Walwyn|nick=Hugh T. Walwyn|appt=1 March, 1917<ref>Walwyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>|end=January, 1918<ref>Walwyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alan Geoffrey Hotham|nick=Alan G. Hotham|appt=1917<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>|end=1 October, 1917<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alan Geoffrey Hotham|nick=Alan G. Hotham|appt=1917<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>|end=1 October, 1917<ref>Hotham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/184.|D7576598}} f. 184.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=10 January, 1918<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|end=7 May, 1919<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Percy Withers|nick=Percy Withers|appt=10 January, 1918<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>|end=7 May, 1919<ref>Withers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7602912}} f. 141.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claud Hamilton Sinclair|nick=Claud H. Sinclair|appt=19 February, 1919|end=22 April, 1921}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ronald Howard|nick=Ronald Howard|appt=5 April, 1923|end=30 May, 1925}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=30 May, 1925<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=1 October, 1926<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=30 May, 1925<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=1 October, 1926<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Patrick Edward Parker|nick=Patrick E. Parker|appt=23 March, 1928<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>|end=2 April, 1930<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Patrick Edward Parker|nick=Patrick E. Parker|appt=23 March, 1928<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>|end=2 April, 1930<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=1 December, 1938<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>|end=18 September, 1939<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=1 December, 1938<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>|end=18 September, 1939<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>}}
 
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==Deputy Directors==
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Dates of appointment given:
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Wykeham Cornwallis|nick=Oswald W. Cornwallis|appt=11 December, 1943<ref>Cornwallis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>|end=13 August, 1945<ref>Cornwallis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/85.|}} f. 87.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 11:09, 26 April 2022

In an August, 1912 distribution of business the position was given as "Superintendent of Equipment and Refits", and Director of Naval Equipment in a distribution of business and memorandum published on 7 September.[1]

The Captains Superintendent of ships building by contract and of destroyers fell under the aegis of the Director of Naval Equipment.

Directors of Naval Equipment

Dates of appointment given:

Assistant Directors

Dates of appointment given:

Deputy Directors

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Docket "Revised Table of Distribution of Admiralty Business" dated 1 August 1912. The National Archives. ADM 116/3392.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 89.
  3. ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
  4. ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
  5. ↑ Greatorex Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16/30.
  6. ↑ Greatorex Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16/30.
  7. ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
  8. ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 April, 1920. Issue 42386, col D, p. 19.
  9. ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
  10. ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 April, 1920. Issue 42386, col D, p. 19.
  11. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 203.
  12. ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 2 March, 1922. Issue 42969, col G, p. 20.
  13. ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 4 February, 1924. Issue 43556, col F, p. 20.
  14. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/143. f. 156.
  15. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/143. f. 156.
  16. ↑ Henley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 44.
  17. ↑ Henley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 44.
  18. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  19. ↑ Reinold Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/377. ff. 218, 377.
  20. ↑ Superseded that day. Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  21. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  22. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  23. ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/9. f. 213.
  24. ↑ Wake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/9. f. 213.
  25. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/67. f. ?.
  26. ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/67. f. ?.
  27. ↑ Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
  28. ↑ Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
  29. ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  30. ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 535.
  32. ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
  33. ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
  34. ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  35. ↑ Hotham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/184. f. 184.
  36. ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  37. ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
  38. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  39. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  40. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  41. ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  42. ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
  43. ↑ Franklin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/288. f. 155.
  44. ↑ Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
  45. ↑ Bonham-Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/81. f. 441.
  46. ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  47. ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  48. ↑ Cornwallis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/85. f. 87.
  49. ↑ Cornwallis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/85. f. 87.

Bibliography

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