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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur William Waymouth|nick=Arthur W. Waymouth|appt=3 September, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 89}}|precBy=New Appointment}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur William Waymouth|nick=Arthur W. Waymouth|appt=3 September, 1912{{NLApr14|p. 89}}<ref>Waymouth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 164.</ref>|end=January, 1915<ref>Waymouth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 164.</ref>|precBy=New Appointment}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clement Greatorex|nick=Clement Greatorex|appt=14 January, 1915<ref>Greatorex Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 16/30.</ref>|end=8 October, 1917<ref>Greatorex Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 16/30.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Clement Greatorex|nick=Clement Greatorex|appt=14 January, 1915<ref>Greatorex Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 16/30.</ref>|end=8 October, 1917<ref>Greatorex Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 16/30.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|nick=Edward M. Phillpotts|appt=8 October, 1917<ref>Phillpotts Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 170.</ref>|end=1 May, 1920<ref>"Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 16 April, 1920. Issue '''42386''', col D, p. 19.</ref><ref>Phillpotts Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 170.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|nick=Edward M. Phillpotts|appt=8 October, 1917<ref>Phillpotts Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 170.</ref>|end=1 May, 1920<ref>"Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 16 April, 1920. Issue '''42386''', col D, p. 19.</ref><ref>Phillpotts Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 170.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 16:08, 4 April 2015
The Captains Superintendent of ships building by contract and of destroyers fell under the aegis of the Director of Naval Equipment.
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Arthur W. Waymouth, 3 September, 1912[1][2] – January, 1915[3]
- Captain Clement Greatorex, 14 January, 1915[4] – 8 October, 1917[5]
- Rear-Admiral Edward M. Phillpotts, 8 October, 1917[6] – 1 May, 1920[7][8]
- Rear-Admiral Edward F. Bruen, 1 May, 1920[9] – 16 May, 1922[10]
- Rear-Admiral Douglas L. Dent, 2 May, 1922[11]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur A. M. Duff, 16 May, 1924[12]
- Rear-Admiral Joseph C. W. Henley, 15 May, 1928[13] – 14 March, 1930[14]
Also, Henry Wise Parker, Harold Owen Reinold, Francis Thomas Butler Tower, St. Aubyn Baldwin Wake, and Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson apparently held this position at some time.[Fact Check]
Assistant Directors
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Henry R. Crooke, 18 February, 1913[15]
- Captain Ernest K. Loring, 1 October, 1914[16] – 3 April, 1915[17]
- Captain Henry L. Cochrane, 3 April, 1915[Inference]
- Captain (retired) Christopher P. Metcalfe, late 1916[18] (for salvage work, working with Henry Lake Cochrane)
- Captain Hugh T. Walwyn, 1917
- Captain Percy Withers, 10 January, 1918[19] – 7 May, 1919[20]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 89.
- ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
- ↑ Waymouth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 164.
- ↑ Greatorex Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16/30.
- ↑ Greatorex Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 16/30.
- ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 April, 1920. Issue 42386, col D, p. 19.
- ↑ Phillpotts Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 170.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 April, 1920. Issue 42386, col D, p. 19.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 203.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 2 March, 1922. Issue 42969, col G, p. 20.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 4 February, 1924. Issue 43556, col F, p. 20.
- ↑ Henley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 44.
- ↑ Henley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 44.
- ↑ Crooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 36.
- ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
- ↑ Loring Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 103.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 535.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
- ↑ Withers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 141.
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