Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes (Royal Navy)

Duties

In ship construction, the Director of Naval Ordnance was responsible for turret armour, with the Director of Naval Construction being responsible for the rest.

Lord Jellicoe (D.N.O., 1905 - 1907) wrote in his unpublished memoirs:

In those days the staff of the D.N.O. composed an Assistant Director of Torpedoes, three officers of Commanders or Lieutenants rank for gunnery work, three for torpedo work and a marines' officer for general duties.

On 1 March, 1917, when Captain F. C. Dreyer succeeded Singer, the torpedo branch was devolved into the Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining under Rear-Admiral The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert and Dreyer became solely Director of Naval Ordnance.

List of Directors of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes

• Rear-Admiral John A. Fisher, 1 November, 1886 - 21 May, 1891.
• Rear-Admiral Compton E. Domvile, 21 May, 1891 - 6 March, 1894.
• Captain Henry C. Kane, 6 March, 1894 - 18 August, 1897.
• Rear-Admiral Edmund F. Jeffreys, 18 August, 1897 - 21 January, 1901.
• Rear-Admiral William H. May, 21 January, 1901 - 16 April, 1901.
• Rear-Admiral Angus MacLeod, 16 April, 1901 - 1 January, 1904.
• Rear-Admiral Henry D. Barry, 1 January, 1904 - 24 February, 1905.
• Rear-Admiral John R. Jellicoe, 24 February, 1905 - 25 August, 1907.
• Rear-Admiral Reginald H. S. Bacon, 25 August, 1907 - 16 December, 1909.
• Rear-Admiral A. G. H. W. Moore, 16 December, 1909 - 1 June, 1912.
• Rear-Admiral Frederick C. T. Tudor, 1 June, 1912 - 19 August, 1914.
• Rear-Admiral Morgan Singer, 19 August, 1914 - 1 March, 1917.

See Also

• Instructions for the Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes.