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{{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=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=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><ref>Sawbridge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/290.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=18 April, 1934<ref>Sawbridge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/290.|}} f. ?.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Beveridge Mackenzie|nick=William B. Mackenzie|appt=18 April, 1934|end=29 October, 1935}} | {{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= | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=3 January, 1938<ref>Middleton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|end=19 April, 1938<ref>Middleton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/11.|}} f. 11.</ref>|note=temporary}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Uniacke Penrose Fitzgerald|nick=John U. P. Fitzgerald|appt=19 April, 1938{{INF}}|end=}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clarmont Phillips|nick=Henry C. Phillips|appt=February, 1940{{MackieRNSA}}|end=February, 1942}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clarmont Phillips|nick=Henry C. Phillips|appt=February, 1940{{MackieRNSA}}|end=February, 1942}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=February, | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=18 April, 1942|end=16 February, 1943}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Antony Fane De Salis|nick=Antony F. De Salis|appt=February, 1943{{INF}}|end=28 November, 1944<ref>De Salis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/74.|}} f. 74.</ref>|succBy=William W. Davis}} | |||
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{{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>}} | ||
{{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>}} | |||
{{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}}}} | {{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}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=10 | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Gervase Boswell Middleton|nick=Gervase B. Middleton|appt=10 February, 1936{{ToL|Captain Carslake's Retirement|Saturday, Feb 08, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47293}}|end=3 January, 1938}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Norman Vere Grace|nick=Norman V. Grace|appt=9 May, 1938<ref>Grace Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/134.|}} f. 136.</ref>|end=17 August, 1940<ref>Grace Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/134.|}} f. 136.</ref>|note=vice Jackson}} | |||
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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>|succBy=?}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Edward Wilson MacKichan|nick=Edward W. MacKichan|appt=8 January, 1945<ref>MacKichan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/58.|}} f. 199.</ref>|end=23 January, 1946<ref>MacKichan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/58.|}} f. 199.</ref>|precBy=?|note=serving at Bath}} | |||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:44, 5 April 2024
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
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral the Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert, 18 February, 1917[3]
- Rear-Admiral Frederick L. Field, 12 June, 1918[4]
- Captain Albert P. Addison, 15 April, 1920[5][6] – 1 March, 1922[7]
- Captain Leonard A. B. Donaldson, 1 March, 1922[8] – 15 May, 1924[9]
- Captain Brien M. Money, 15 May, 1924[10] – 1 October, 1926[11]
- Captain Arthur H. Walker, 1 October, 1926[12] – 8 January, 1929[13]
- Captain Brian Egerton, December, 1928[14]
- Captain Henry R. Sawbridge, 9 December, 1931[15][16] – 18 April, 1934[17]
- Captain William B. Mackenzie, 18 April, 1934 – 29 October, 1935
- Captain W. Frederic Wake-Walker, 29 October, 1935[18] – 3 January, 1938[19]
- Captain Gervase B. Middleton, 3 January, 1938[20] – 19 April, 1938[21] (temporary)
- Captain John U. P. Fitzgerald, 19 April, 1938[Inference]
- Captain Henry C. Phillips, February, 1940[22] – February, 1942
- Captain Gervase B. Middleton, 18 April, 1942 – 16 February, 1943
- Captain Antony F. De Salis, February, 1943[Inference] – 28 November, 1944[23]
Deputy Directors
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Wion de M. Egerton, 15 January, 1921[24] – 1 December, 1922[25]
- Captain Henry D. Bridges, 1 December, 1922[26] – 28 August, 1924[27]
- Captain Patrick E. Parker, 28 August, 1924[28] – 6 September, 1926[29]
- Captain Charles O. Alexander, 15 March, 1929[30] – 14 September, 1931[31]
- Captain John F. B. Carslake, 1931 – 10 February, 1936[32]
- Captain Gervase B. Middleton, 10 February, 1936[33] – 3 January, 1938
- Captain Norman V. Grace, 9 May, 1938[34] – 17 August, 1940[35] (vice Jackson)
Assistant Directors
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Henry D. Bridges, 15 August, 1922[36] – 1 December, 1922[37]
- Captain (retired) Edward W. MacKichan, 8 January, 1945[38] – 23 January, 1946[39] (serving at Bath)
Footnotes
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ Hamilton, C. I. The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805-1927. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011, 292
- ↑ Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 524.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 15 April, 1920. Issue 42385, col A, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 15 April, 1920. Issue 42385, col A, p. 6.
- ↑ Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
- ↑ Addison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/138. f. 138.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Donaldson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 230.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Money Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 215.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
- ↑ National Archives. Papers of Rear Admiral Brian Egerton (1886 - 1973)
- ↑ Naval, Military, And Air Force. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 24, 1931; pg. 17; Issue 45936.
- ↑ Sawbridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/290. f. ?.
- ↑ Sawbridge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/290. f. ?.
- ↑ Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
- ↑ Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/76. 187.
- ↑ Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/11. f. 11.
- ↑ Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/11. f. 11.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
- ↑ De Salis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/74. f. 74.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
- ↑ Egerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 69.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46 f. 16.
- ↑ Alexander Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/93. f. ?.
- ↑ Alexander Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/93. f. ?.
- ↑ "Captain Carslake's Retirement." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 08, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47293.
- ↑ "Captain Carslake's Retirement." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Feb 08, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47293.
- ↑ Grace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/134. f. 136.
- ↑ Grace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/134. f. 136.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ Bridges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/34. f. 34.
- ↑ MacKichan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/58. f. 199.
- ↑ MacKichan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/58. f. 199.
