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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'''.
  
 
==Directors of Naval Equipment==
 
==Directors of Naval Equipment==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
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<div name=fredbot:officeDNE otitle="Director of Naval Equipment" nat="UK">
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*{{RearRN}} [[Arthur William Waymouth|Arthur W. Waymouth]], 3 September, 1912.<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur William Waymouth|nick=Arthur W. Waymouth|appt=3 September, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 89}}<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>|end=January, 1915<ref>Waymouth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 164.</ref>|precBy=New Appointment}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[Clement Greatorex]], 14 January, 1915.<ref>Greatorex Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 30.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clement Greatorex|nick=Clement Greatorex|appt=14 January, 1915<ref>Greatorex Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 16/30.</ref>|end=8 October, 1917<ref>Greatorex Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 16/30.</ref>}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|Edward M. Phillpotts]], 8 October, 1917.<ref>Phillpotts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 170.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|nick=Edward M. Phillpotts|appt=8 October, 1917<ref>Phillpotts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 170.</ref>|end=1 May, 1920<ref>"Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 16 April, 1920.  Issue '''42386''', col D, p. 19.</ref><ref>Phillpotts Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 170.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Francis Bruen|nick=Edward F. Bruen|appt=1 May, 1920<ref>"Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 16 April, 1920.  Issue '''42386''', col D, p. 19.</ref>|end=16 May, 1922<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 203.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Douglas Lionel Dent|nick=Douglas L. Dent|appt=2 May, 1922<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 2 March, 1922.  Issue '''42969''', col G, p. 20.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Allan Morison Duff|nick=Arthur A. M. Duff|appt=16 May, 1924<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 4 February, 1924.  Issue '''43556''', col F, p. 20.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Wise Parker|nick=Henry W. Parker|appt=17 May, 1926<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/143.}} f. 156.</ref>|end=17 May, 1928<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/143.}} f. 156.</ref>}}
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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>}}
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{{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=2 February, 1931|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=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>}}
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{{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.}} 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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</div name=fredbot:officeDNE>
  
 
==Assistant Directors==
 
==Assistant Directors==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
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<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Assistant Director of Naval Equipment" nat="UK">
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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>}}
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{{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=13 April, 1915|end=1917}}
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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]]}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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=Captain|name=Harold Gordon Cooper Franklin|nick=Harold G. C. Franklin|appt=2 April, 1930<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>|end=4 April, 1932<ref>Franklin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/288.|D7604385}} f. 155.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Stuart Sumner Bonham-Carter|nick=Stuart S. Bonham-Carter|appt=14 March, 1932<ref>Bonham-Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/81.|D7605168}} f. 441.</ref>|end=14 March, 1936<ref>Bonham-Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/81.|D7605168}} f. 441.</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>}}
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</div name=fredbot:office1>
  
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*Captain [[Henry Ralph Crooke|Henry R. Crooke]], 18 February, 1913.<ref>Crooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 36.</ref>
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==Deputy Directors==
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*Captain [[Ernest Kindersley Loring|Ernest K. Loring]], 1 October, 1914.<ref>Loring Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 103.</ref>
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*Captain [[Henry Lake Cochrane|Henry L. Cochrane]], 3 April, 1915.{{INF}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeDD otitle="Deputy Director of Naval Equipment" nat="UK">
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*Captain (''Retired'') [[Christopher Powell Metcalfe|Christopher P. Metcalfe]], ?.  (For Salvage Work.){{CN}}
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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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*Captain [[Humphrey Thomas Walwyn|Hugh T. Walwyn]], 1917.{{CN}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeDD>
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*Captain [[Percy Withers]], 1918.{{CN}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Instructions for the Director of Naval Equipment]]
 
*[[Instructions for the Director of Naval Equipment]]
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
 
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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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