Catalogue description Admiralty: Admiralty Centre for Scientific Information and Liaison: Reports

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Details of ADM 213
Reference: ADM 213
Title: Admiralty: Admiralty Centre for Scientific Information and Liaison: Reports
Description:

This series consists mainly of reports from Admiralty Research Establishments, with scientific reports from other sources, including foreign countries, of interest to the Royal Navy.

Date: 1926-1956
Related material:

For related annual reports, see ADM 189

For related papers concerning German torpedoes see ADM 292

Other reports of the Director of Naval Construction are in ADM 281

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Admiralty, Admiralty Centre for Scientific Information and Liaison, 1947-1956

Board of Admiralty, Admiralty Technical Records Section, 1929-1947

Physical description: 1143 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1974 Ministry of Defence

Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Admiralty Centre for Scientific Information and Liaison was originally formed in 1947 with Board of Admiralty approval, based on the Admiralty Technical Records Section, which had been in existence since 1929.

Its main function was to receive copies of all scientific and technical reports and research and development work of Naval interest and particularly those issued by Admiralty departments and establishments, and to disseminate the information contained in the reports to all interested Admiralty departments and establishments.

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