Catalogue description Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Yarrow Admiralty Research Department: Project Reports and Specifications

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Reference: ADM 317
Title: Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Yarrow Admiralty Research Department: Project Reports and Specifications
Description:

This series contains reports from the Yarrow Admiralty Research Department on and specifications for various projects connected with naval progression, mainly concerning steam turbines and later, nuclear propulsion. Many pieces contain technical drawings.
Date: 1948-1981
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Yarrow Admiralty Research Department, 1946-1972
Physical description: 301 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1995 Ministry of Defence
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Yarrow Admiralty Research Department (YARD) was an attempt to improve research on naval propulsion machinery following experience in the Second World War. The organisation was set up in 1946 and consisted of engineers from Yarrow and Co. Ltd. and English Electric Co. Ltd who, together with representatives of the Engineer-in-Chief's Department, produced recommendations for the improvement of propulsion machinery design. In 1949 English electric staff left the team in order to allow them to bid for turbine work on which the team had been employed. YARD continues to provide the Navy Department with authoritative technical advice on naval machinery as well as taking responsibility for the construction of prototype machinery.

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