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Catalogue description Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Undersurface Warfare Department: Registered Files (USW Series)
| Reference: | ADM 332 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Undersurface Warfare Department: Registered Files (USW Series) |
| Description: |
This series consists of registered files of the Undersurface Warfare Department, dealing with submarines and their associated weapons and detection systems, and other underwater weapons, both air and surface launched. |
| Date: | 1964-1970 |
| Arrangement: |
By file number within year of opening |
| Related material: |
Reports and Technical Notes of the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment relating to the design, development and testing of underwater weapons and counter-measures can be found in ADM 302 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | USW Series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Board of Admiralty, Undersurface Warfare Department, 1956-1964 Ministry of Defence, Department of the Chief of Naval Staff, Undersurface Warfare Department, 1964-1967 Ministry of Defence, Naval Warfare Department, 1967- |
| Physical description: | 9 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
In 1998 Ministry of Defence |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Undersurface Warfare Department, headed by a director, was set up in 1956 under the Department of the Chief of Naval Staff; it was merged with the Surface and Amphibious Warfare Department to become the Naval Warfare Department in 1967. |
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