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The '''Director of Torpedoes and Mining''' (DTM) 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.<ref name=rnsa>Mackie, Colin. [http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Royal Navy- Senior Appointments (1900-2010)]</ref>
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==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:


*Rear-Admiral [[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford | the Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert]], April 1917<ref name=rnsa/>
*Rear-Admiral [[Frederick Laurence Field|Frederick L. Field]], 12 June, 1918.<ref name=Times1>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 15 April, 1920.  Issue '''42385''', col A, p. 6.</ref>
*Rear-Admiral [[Frederick Laurence Field|Frederick L. Field]], 12 June, 1918.<ref name=Times1>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 15 April, 1920.  Issue '''42385''', col A, p. 6.</ref>
*{{CaptRN}} [[Albert Percy Addison|Albert P. Addison]], 15 April, 1920.<ref name=Times1/>
*{{CaptRN}} [[Albert Percy Addison|Albert P. Addison]], 15 April, 1920.<ref name=Times1/>
*{{CaptRN}} [[Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson]], March 1922<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} [[Brien Michael Money|Brien M. Money]], May 1924<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} [[Arthur H. Walker]], October 1926<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} [[Brian Egerton]], December 1928<ref>National Archives [Papers of Rear Admiral Brian Egerton (1886 - 1973) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=062-csac29675]</ref>
*{{CaptRN}} Henry R.Sawbridge, December 1931<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} William B. Mackenzie, April 1934
*{{CaptRN}} W. Frederic Wake-Walker, October 1935 to January 1938]]<ref>Rickard, J. [http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_wake_walker.html Sir William Frederic Wake-Walker (1888–1945)]</ref>
*{{CaptRN}} John U.P.Fitzgerald, January 1938<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Henry C. Phillips, February 1940<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Gervase B. Middleton, February 1942<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} William Wellclose Davis |William W. Davis, November 1944<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Lord Ashbourne, September 1945<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Wilfrid J.W. Woods, December 1948<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Terence A.K. Maunsell, November 1950<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Vernon D'A. Donaldson, January 1952<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Edward C. Bayldon, April 1954<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Bertram S. Pemberton, May 1957<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Ian L.M. McGeoch, September 1959<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} George O. Symonds, July 1960<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Edmund N. Poland, July 1962<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Richard K.N. Emden, May 1965<ref name=rnsa/>
*{{CaptRN}} Brian G.H.M. Baynham, February 1967-1969<ref name=rnsa/>
The role would cease to exist in 1969.


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 17:35, 25 October 2012

The Director of Torpedoes and Mining (DTM) 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

Dates of appointment given:


The role would cease to exist in 1969.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 Mackie, Colin. Royal Navy- Senior Appointments (1900-2010)
  2. ↑ Hamilton, C. I. The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805-1927. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, 292
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 15 April, 1920. Issue 42385, col A, p. 6.
  4. ↑ National Archives [Papers of Rear Admiral Brian Egerton (1886 - 1973) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=062-csac29675]
  5. ↑ Rickard, J. Sir William Frederic Wake-Walker (1888–1945)

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