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The '''Director of Torpedoes and Mining''' (D.T.M.) was head of the department of the [[Admiralty]] created when the [[Torpedo Department (Royal Navy)|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.{{MackieRNSA}}
 
The '''Director of Torpedoes and Mining''' (D.T.M.) was head of the department of the [[Admiralty]] created when the [[Torpedo Department (Royal Navy)|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.{{MackieRNSA}}
  
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|Third Sea Lord and Controller]].<ref>Hamilton, C. I. ''The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805-1927''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, 292</ref>
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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|Third Sea Lord and Controller]].<ref>Hamilton, C. I. ''The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805-1927''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, 292</ref>
  
 
==Directors==
 
==Directors==
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|nick=the Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert|appt=18 February, 1917<ref>Fitzherbert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  p. 524.</ref>|precBy=[[Morgan Singer]] as [[Naval Ordnance Department (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|nick=the Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert|appt=18 February, 1917<ref>Fitzherbert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}}  p. 524.</ref>|precBy=[[Morgan Singer]] as [[Naval Ordnance Department (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes]]}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Laurence Field|nick=Frederick L. Field|appt=12 June, 1918<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 15 April, 1920.  Issue '''42385''', col A, p. 6.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Laurence Field|nick=Frederick L. Field|appt=12 June, 1918<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 15 April, 1920.  Issue '''42385''', col A, p. 6.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Albert Percy Addison|nick=Albert P. Addison|appt=15 April, 1920<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 15 April, 1920.  Issue '''42385''', col A, p. 6.</ref>|end=15 April, 1920<ref>Field Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 178.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Albert Percy Addison|nick=Albert P. Addison|appt=15 April, 1920<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 15 April, 1920.  Issue '''42385''', col A, p. 6.</ref><ref>Addison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/138.}} f. 138.</ref>|end=1 March, 1922<ref>Addison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/138.}} f. 138.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=1 March, 1922<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=15 May, 1924<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson|nick=Leonard A. B. Donaldson|appt=1 March, 1922<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>|end=15 May, 1924<ref>Donaldson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}}  f. 230.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Brien Michael Money|nick=Brien M. Money|appt=15 May, 1924<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|end=1 October, 1926<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Brien Michael Money|nick=Brien M. Money|appt=15 May, 1924<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>|end=1 October, 1926<ref>Money Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 215.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur H. Walker|appt=1 October, 1926<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=8 January, 1929<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur H. Walker|appt=1 October, 1926<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=8 January, 1929<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Brian Egerton|nick=Brian Egerton|appt=December, 1928<ref>National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=062-csac29675 Papers of Rear Admiral Brian Egerton (1886 - 1973)]</ref>|ass=8 January, 1929<ref>Predecessor left that day.  Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Brian Egerton|nick=Brian Egerton|appt=December, 1928<ref>National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=062-csac29675 Papers of Rear Admiral Brian Egerton (1886 - 1973)]</ref>|ass=8 January, 1929<ref>Predecessor left that day.  Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Richard Sawbridge|nick=Henry R. Sawbridge|appt=December, 1931<ref>Naval, Military, And Air Force. ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Sep 24, 1931; pg. 17; Issue 45936.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Richard Sawbridge|nick=Henry R. Sawbridge|appt=9 December, 1931<ref>Naval, Military, And Air Force. ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Sep 24, 1931; pg. 17; Issue 45936.</ref>|end=18 April, 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Bowen Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=April, 1934{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Beveridge Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=18 April, 1934|end=29 October, 1935}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederic Wake-Walker|nick=W. Frederic Wake-Walker|appt=29 October, 1935<ref>Wake-Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/76.}} 187.</ref>|end=3 January, 1938<ref>Wake-Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/76.}} 187.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederic Wake-Walker|nick=W. Frederic Wake-Walker|appt=29 October, 1935<ref>Wake-Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/76.}} 187.</ref>|end=3 January, 1938<ref>Wake-Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/76.}} 187.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald|nick=John U. P. Fitzgerald|appt=3 January, 1938<ref>Inferred from predecessor.  Wake-Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/76.}} 187.</ref>|succBy=Henry C. Phillips}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald|nick=John U. P. Fitzgerald|appt=3 January, 1938<ref>Inferred from predecessor.  Wake-Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/76.}} 187.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clarmont Phillips|nick=Henry C. Phillips|appt=February, 1940{{MackieRNSA}}|end=February, 1942}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=February, 1942{{MackieRNSA}}|end=November, 1944|succBy=William W. Davis}}
 
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The following men held the position at later date
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry C. Phillips|nick=Henry C. Phillips|appt=February, 1940|note={{MackieRNSA}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=February, 1942|note={{MackieRNSA}}}}
 
 
*Captain [[William Wellclose Davis|William W. Davis]], November, 1944{{MackieRNSA}}
 
*Captain [[William Wellclose Davis|William W. Davis]], November, 1944{{MackieRNSA}}
 
*Captain Lord Ashbourne, September, 1945{{MackieRNSA}}
 
*Captain Lord Ashbourne, September, 1945{{MackieRNSA}}
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*Captain [[Terence A. K. Maunsell]], November, 1950{{MackieRNSA}}
 
*Captain [[Terence A. K. Maunsell]], November, 1950{{MackieRNSA}}
 
*Captain [[Vernon D'A. Donaldson]], January, 1952{{MackieRNSA}}
 
*Captain [[Vernon D'A. Donaldson]], January, 1952{{MackieRNSA}}
*Captain [[Edward C. Bayldon]], April, 1954{{MackieRNSA}}
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*Captain [[Edward Cresswell Bayldon|Edward C. Bayldon]], April, 1954{{MackieRNSA}}
 
*Captain [[Bertram S. Pemberton]], May, 1957{{MackieRNSA}}
 
*Captain [[Bertram S. Pemberton]], May, 1957{{MackieRNSA}}
 
*Captain [[Ian L. M. McGeoch]], September, 1959{{MackieRNSA}}
 
*Captain [[Ian L. M. McGeoch]], September, 1959{{MackieRNSA}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wion de Malpas Egerton|nick=Wion de M. Egerton|appt=15 January, 1921<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=1 December, 1922<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 69.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wion de Malpas Egerton|nick=Wion de M. Egerton|appt=15 January, 1921<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 69.</ref>|end=1 December, 1922<ref>Egerton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}}  f. 69.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Dalrymple Bridges|nick=Henry D. Bridges|appt=1 December, 1922<ref>Bridges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/34.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=28 August, 1924<ref>Bridges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/34.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Dalrymple Bridges|nick=Henry D. Bridges|appt=1 December, 1922<ref>Bridges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/34.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=28 August, 1924<ref>Bridges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/34.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Patrick Edward Parker|nick=Patrick E. Parker|appt=28 August, 1924<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>|end=6 September, 1926<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Patrick Edward Parker|nick=Patrick E. Parker|appt=28 August, 1924<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>|end=6 September, 1926<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46}} f. 16.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Otway Alexander|nick=Charles O. Alexander|appt=15 March, 1929<ref>Alexander Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/93.}} f. ?.</ref>|end=14 September, 1931<ref>Alexander Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/93.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Foster Barham Carslake|nick=John F. B. Carslake|appt=1931|end=10 February, 1936{{ToL|Captain Carslake's Retirement|Saturday, Feb 08, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47293}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=10 Feburary, 1936{{ToL|Captain Carslake's Retirement|Saturday, Feb 08, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47293}}|end=}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Dalrymple Bridges|nick=Henry D. Bridges|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Bridges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/34.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=1 December, 1922<ref>Bridges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/34.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Dalrymple Bridges|nick=Henry D. Bridges|appt=15 August, 1922<ref>Bridges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/34.}} f. 34.</ref>|end=1 December, 1922<ref>Bridges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/34.}} f. 34.</ref>}}
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 15:50, 8 August 2020

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

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Deputy Directors

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Assistant Directors

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Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  2. Hamilton, C. I. The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805-1927. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, 292
  3. Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 524.
  4. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 15 April, 1920. Issue 42385, col A, p. 6.
  5. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 15 April, 1920. Issue 42385, col A, p. 6.
  6. Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
  7. Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
  8. Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  9. Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
  10. Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  11. Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
  12. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  13. Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  14. National Archives. Papers of Rear Admiral Brian Egerton (1886 - 1973)
  15. Naval, Military, And Air Force. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 24, 1931; pg. 17; Issue 45936.
  16. Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
  17. Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
  18. Inferred from predecessor. Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
  19. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  20. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  21. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  22. Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
  23. Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
  24. Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
  25. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  26. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
  27. Alexander Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/93. f. ?.
  28. Alexander Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/93. f. ?.
  29. "Captain Carslake's Retirement." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 08, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47293.
  30. "Captain Carslake's Retirement." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 08, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47293.
  31. Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
  32. Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.