Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction
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The Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction was the senior official responsible for overseeing the design and technical development of British warships and naval architecture.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Royal Navy master shipbuilders | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Royal Navy shore appointment
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naval office ⓘ senior civil service post ⓘ |
| appliesToBranch | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Director of Naval Ordnance
NERFINISHED
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Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolvedOrAbolished | 20th century ⓘ |
| employer |
Admiralty
NERFINISHED
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Ministry of Defence (for later years) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
marine engineering
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naval architecture ⓘ warship design ⓘ |
| hasMainResponsibility |
design of British warships
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oversight of naval architecture policy ⓘ supervision of naval construction standards ⓘ technical development of British warships ⓘ |
| hasNotableOfficeHolder |
Eustace Tennyson d’Eyncourt
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Nathaniel Barnaby NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Watts NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Goodall NERFINISHED ⓘ William Henry White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrganisationalUnit | Department of the Director of Naval Construction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | late 19th century ⓘ |
| isPositionIn |
Admiralty naval staff
NERFINISHED
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British civil service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHeldBy | professional naval architects ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Admiralty
NERFINISHED
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Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | by civilians rather than commissioned naval officers ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Director General Ships
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successor ship design organisations in the Ministry of Defence ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
Board of Admiralty
NERFINISHED
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First Sea Lord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
design of auxiliary naval vessels
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design of capital ships ⓘ design of cruisers ⓘ design of destroyers ⓘ design of submarines ⓘ implementation of new armour schemes ⓘ implementation of new propulsion layouts in warships ⓘ integration of weapons systems into ship designs ⓘ stability and safety standards of Royal Navy ships ⓘ technical advice to the Admiralty on shipbuilding policy ⓘ |
| saidToBeSameAs | Director of Naval Construction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| workLocation | Admiralty, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Royal Navy master shipbuilders