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The '''Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet''' was the senior [[Engineer Branch (Royal Navy)|Engineer Branch]] officer of the [[Royal Navy]] at the [[Admiralty]]. From 1900 to 1903 '''Engineer-in-Chief''' was also a rank.
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==History==
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By Order in Council of 29 June, 1900, the officer holding the office of Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy was made "to rank as such", ranking with {{RearRN}}.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVIII|pp. 112-113}} By Order in Council of 28 March, 1903, the holder of the office was given the rank of [[Engineer Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Engineer Rear-Admiral]] from 1 April, with the option of promoting him to [[Engineer Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Engineer Vice-Admiral]] at their Lordships' discretion.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIX|p. 32}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Vice-Admiral|name=George Goodwin Goodwin|nick=Sir George G. Goodwin|appt=8 June, 1917{{NLJan21|p. 429}}}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Vice-Admiral|name=Robert Bland Dixon|nick=Sir Robert B. Dixon|appt=8 June, 1922{{NLDec24|p. 408}}}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Admiral|name=William John Anstey|nick=William J. Anstey|appt=1911<ref>''Who was Who''.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=Philip Marrack|nick=Philip Marrack|appt=1909|end=January,  1911|note=died in the post}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Admiral|name=William John Anstey|nick=William J. Anstey|appt=30 April, 1911|end=2 September, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=William Matthias Whayman|nick=William M. Whayman|appt=|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=William Rattey|nick=William Rattey|appt=|end=17 February, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=Walter Rudolph Parnall|nick=Walter R. Parnall|appt=17 February, 1923|end=30 August, 1926|note=vice Rattey}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=Harold Arthur Brown|nick=Harold A. Brown|appt=23 April, 1927|end=|note=vice "Watson"}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=Frederick Richard Gordon Turner|nick=Frederick R. G. Turner|appt=1 December, 1934|end=|note=vice "Preque"[?]}}
 
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Latest revision as of 08:20, 24 August 2022

The Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet was the senior Engineer Branch officer of the Royal Navy at the Admiralty. From 1900 to 1903 Engineer-in-Chief was also a rank.

History

By Order in Council of 29 June, 1900, the officer holding the office of Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy was made "to rank as such", ranking with Rear-Admiral.[1] By Order in Council of 28 March, 1903, the holder of the office was given the rank of Engineer Rear-Admiral from 1 April, with the option of promoting him to Engineer Vice-Admiral at their Lordships' discretion.[2]

Engineers-in-Chief of the Fleet

Assistant Engineers-in-Chief of the Fleet

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. VIII. pp. 112-113.
  2. ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. IX. p. 32.
  3. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 5.
  4. ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 29 October, 1907. Issue 38476, col A, p. 12.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 429.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1924). p. 408.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1930). p. 408.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1097.

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.

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