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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.

==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 {{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}}

==Engineers-in-Chief of the Fleet==

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{{Tenure|rank=Inspector of Machinery|name=Richard Sennett|nick=Richard Sennett|appt=1 May, 1887{{ClowesVII|p. 5}}|precBy=James Wright}}
{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Vice-Admiral|name=Albert John Durston|nick=Sir A. John Durston|appt=6 May, 1889{{ClowesVII|p. 5}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Vice-Admiral|name=Henry John Oram|nick=Sir Henry J. Oram|appt=25 October, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 29 October, 1907.  Issue '''38476''', col A, p. 12.</ref>|end=7 June, 1917}}
{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Vice-Admiral|name=George Goodwin Goodwin|nick=Sir George G. Goodwin|appt=8 June, 1917{{NLJan21|p. 429}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Vice-Admiral|name=Robert Bland Dixon|nick=Sir Robert B. Dixon|appt=8 June, 1922{{NLDec24|p. 408}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Vice-Admiral|name=Reginald William Skelton|nick=Sir Reginald W. Skelton|appt=1 May, 1928{{NLOct30|p. 408}}|end=1 December, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Vice-Admiral|name=Harold Arthur Brown|nick=Sir Harold A. Brown|appt=1 December, 1932|end=12 September, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Vice-Admiral|name=George Preece|nick=Sir George Preece|appt=12 September, 1936{{NLDec41|p. 1097}}|end=5 January, 1945|note=died in the post}}
{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Vice-Admiral|name=Frederick Richard Gordon Turner|nick=Frederick R. G. Turner|appt=24 January, 1945|end=25 April, 1945|note=retired unfit}}
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==Assistant Engineers-in-Chief of the Fleet==

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{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=Philip Marrack|nick=Philip Marrack|appt=1909|end=January,  1911|note=died in the post}}
{{Tenure|rank=Engineer Admiral|name=William John Anstey|nick=William J. Anstey|appt=30 April, 1911|end=2 September, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=William Matthias Whayman|nick=William M. Whayman|appt=|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=William Rattey|nick=William Rattey|appt=|end=17 February, 1923}}
{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=Walter Rudolph Parnall|nick=Walter R. Parnall|appt=17 February, 1923|end=30 August, 1926|note=vice Rattey}}
{{Tenure|rank={{EngCaptRN}}|name=Harold Arthur Brown|nick=Harold A. Brown|appt=23 April, 1927|end=|note=vice "Watson"}}
{{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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==See Also==
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*[[Instructions for the Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet]]
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{UKOrdersinCouncilVIII}}
*{{UKOrdersinCouncilIX}}
*{{ClowesVII}}
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