Catalogue description Admiralty: Chemical Department, Portsmouth: Reports
Reference: | ADM 248 |
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Title: | Admiralty: Chemical Department, Portsmouth: Reports |
Description: |
Reports of the Admiralty Chemical Department, Portsmouth, and its successor, the Central Dockyard Laboratory, Portsmouth. The reports in this series are mainly in three sub-series, dealing with tests and trials of lubricants, metals and paints. |
Date: | 1939-1959 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Admiralty Central Dockyard Laboratory, 1956-1977 Admiralty Chemical Department, 1870-1956 |
Physical description: | 47 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Admiralty Chemical Department, Portsmouth, originated in the appointment of an Admiralty Chemist in 1870. In 1956 it absorbed some of the functions and laboratories of the Central Metallurgical Laboratory, and was renamed the Central Dockyard Laboratory, Portsmouth. In 1977 it became a division of the Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment. It provides a range of Support Services for fleet and share establishments, including metallurgy, chemistry, biology, paint technology and reactor chemistry research. |
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