Difference between revisions of "Gunnery and Torpedo Division (Royal Navy)"

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The Gunnery and Torpedo Division was a staff division of the Naval Staff of the Royal Navy, formed in 1918 and divided up in 1920. The division was headed by the Director of Naval Artillery and Torpedo.

History

Captain Frederic C. Dreyer was appointed Director of Naval Artillery and Torpedo (D.N.A.T.) on 27 June, 1918, and head of the Gunnery and Torpedo Division (G.T.D.) of the Naval Staff, under the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff.^[1] His instructions were framed as follows:

The Director of Naval Artillery and Torpedo will be on the Naval Staff, and will advise the Chief of the Naval Staff on the following matters:—

(1) Principles and methods of conducting Gunnery and Torpedo practices, including preparation of reports and returns on results, as directed from time to time.

(2) The use of all Naval Ordnance & Torpedo materiel afloat and ashore, including the expenditure to be allowed to be allowed for practice & the allowances of Service Ammunition of each type.

(3)The general direction in which Naval Ordnance, torpedoes, and control equipments require to be developed in regard to the employment of weapons in War.

(4)The most suitable gun and torpedo armament, and protection of all types of vessels & the types and numbers of each type of Projectiles to be carries.

(5)The Gunnery and Torpedo training of all Officers and men, and Gunnery and Torpedo Text-books connected therewith, in conjunction with the Director of Training, advising Second Sea Lord as necessary.

The D.N.A.T. will be at liberty to communicate direct with Flag Officers on Gunnery and Torpedo questions of a nature which do not involve board decision.

He will be at liberty to communicate direct with Commanding Officers of the Gunnery and Torpedo Schools on all Gunnery and Torpedo subjects.

He will be placed in immediate and personal communication with:—

The General Staff.
The Master-General of the Ordnance. War Office.
The Director of Artillery.

The Member of Council (D).
The Controller of Munitions Design. Ministry of Munitions.
The Controller of Munitions Inventions.

The President of the Ordnance Committee.
The Chief Superintendent of Ordnance Factories. Woolwich.
The Superintendent of Design.
The Superintendent of Research.

The Superintendent of Experiments. Shoeburyness.

The Superintendent of R.N. Torpedo Factory. Greenock.^[2]

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