Catalogue description Admiralty: Naval Construction Department, later Ship Department, Naval Construction Division: Reports
Reference: | ADM 281 |
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Title: | Admiralty: Naval Construction Department, later Ship Department, Naval Construction Division: Reports |
Description: |
Progress and other reports produced or received by the department and concerning various aspects of warship design and construction. There are also reports of visits to other countries to investigate their naval construction methods. |
Date: | 1883-1989 |
Arrangement: |
The arrangement of this series is chronological, within each accession. |
Related material: |
Other DNC reports are in ADM 213 For related laboratory reports see ADM 257 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Board of Admiralty, Directorate of Naval Construction, 1913-1958 Board of Admiralty, Ship Department, Naval Construction Division, 1959-1964 |
Physical description: | 332 files and volumes |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1986 Ministry of Defence |
Accruals: | Series is accruing |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Director of Naval Construction (DNC), who was under the Controller of the Navy, was concerned with the field of warship construction and design. He was also responsible for the Admiralty Experiment Works at Haslar and the Naval Construction Research Establishment at Rosyth. |
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