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Catalogue description Admiralty: Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment: Reports and Papers
| Reference: | ADM 260 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Admiralty: Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment: Reports and Papers |
| Description: |
Trial and progress reports and technical memoranda of the Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment dealing with aspects of submarines and torpedoes. |
| Date: | 1945-1959 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Admiralty Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment, 1947-1959 |
| Physical description: | 113 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
Design and production of torpedo launching gear (and later mine launching gear) was carried out in Portsmouth Dockyard from the outset of World War 1 until 1941, when production was moved to a site at West Howe near Bournemouth to avoid air attacks. In 1947 the production element was again moved but design and development continued at West Howe in an establishment with the title Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment (UWLE or ULE). This was controlled by the Director of Underwater Weapons (DUW). UWLE had at least one outstation for trials at Horsea Island, Portsmouth Harbour. The establishment closed in 1959, its work being transferred to Portland where it became part of the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment (AUWE). Reports and memoranda of the establishment are in ADM 260 |
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