Global Information Lookup Global Information

Admiralty Engineering Laboratory information


Admiralty Engineering Laboratory
United Kingdom
Department overview
Formed1917
Preceding Department
  • Royal Naval Laboratory
Dissolved1977
Superseding agency
  • National Gas Turbine Establishment
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersWest Drayton, England
Parent DepartmentAdmiralty
Navy Department (Ministry of Defence)

The Admiralty Engineering Laboratory was an engineering research department of the British Admiralty from 1917 to 1964 then the Navy Department from 1964 to 1977. Its original work was the design of submarine engines but later to encompass ship engines.[1]

  1. ^ Brown, D. K. (2010). "1 Preparations for War". The Grand Fleet: Warship Design and Development 1906-1922. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781783830602.

and 27 Related for: Admiralty Engineering Laboratory information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8252 seconds.)

Admiralty Engineering Laboratory

Last Update:

The Admiralty Engineering Laboratory was an engineering research department of the British Admiralty from 1917 to 1964 then the Navy Department from 1964...

Word Count : 502

Admiralty Research Laboratory

Last Update:

The Admiralty Research Laboratory (ARL) was a research laboratory that supported the work of the UK Admiralty in Teddington, London, England from 1921...

Word Count : 431

Board of Admiralty

Last Update:

The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission. As that position was not...

Word Count : 1801

First Lord of the Admiralty

Last Update:

The First Lord of the Admiralty, or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the political head of the English and later British Royal...

Word Count : 2460

Admiralty Materials Laboratory

Last Update:

The Admiralty Materials Laboratory, located at Holton Heath, was one of the United Kingdom's principal defence research and discovery establishments. In...

Word Count : 263

Admiralty buildings

Last Update:

Admiralty buildings complex lies between Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade and The Mall and includes five inter-connected buildings. Since the Admiralty...

Word Count : 1468

Napier Deltic

Last Update:

Jumo 223. Herbert Penwarden, a senior draughtsman with the Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, suggested that one crankshaft needed to revolve anticlockwise...

Word Count : 2173

Royal Navy

Last Update:

The Defence Council delegates management of the Naval Service to the Admiralty Board, chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence. The Royal Navy operates...

Word Count : 15959

Royal Navy Medical Service

Last Update:

were both abolished (following recommendations by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir James Graham). At the same time, Sir William Burnett (who had served...

Word Count : 1618

Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty

Last Update:

Secretary to the Admiralty also known as the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty was a position on the Board of Admiralty and a civil...

Word Count : 1184

Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment

Last Update:

The Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment was formed in 1977 by the merger of the Admiralty Experiment Works, the Admiralty Materials Laboratory, the...

Word Count : 103

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Last Update:

produces Admiralty charts, providing SOLAS-compliant charts, publications and digital services for ships trading internationally. The Admiralty's first Hydrographer...

Word Count : 2109

Rosyth Dockyard

Last Update:

admiral-superintendents (or their junior equivalents) dates from 1832 when the Admiralty took charge of the Royal Dockyards. Prior to this larger dockyards were...

Word Count : 1086

Britannia Royal Naval College

Last Update:

cadets transferred from Osborne. — Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of the Admiralty, 26 February 1906 The college was originally known as the Royal Naval...

Word Count : 2093

Grand Fleet

Last Update:

Headquarters Admiralty Engineering Laboratory Admiralty Experimental Station Admiralty Experiment Works Admiralty Gunnery Establishment Admiralty Interview...

Word Count : 973

Chatham Dockyard

Last Update:

future as a front-line fleet base; nevertheless, following a visit by the Admiralty Board in 1773, the decision was taken to invest further in Chatham, and...

Word Count : 11787

HMNB Devonport

Last Update:

Once he had settled on Plymouth, it took the rest of the year for the Admiralty to decide between two possible locations; eventually, in preference to...

Word Count : 9200

Home Fleet

Last Update:

August 1914 units of the Home Fleets were distributed in accordance with Admiralty Fleet Order the majority of elements formed the new Grand Fleet others...

Word Count : 2440

British Pacific Fleet

Last Update:

considered mass resignation, so strongly held were their opinions. The Admiralty had proposed a British role in the Pacific in early 1944 but the initial...

Word Count : 4728

West Africa Squadron

Last Update:

Vice Admiralty Court was established in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In 1817, several Mixed Commission Courts were established, replacing the Vice Admiralty Court...

Word Count : 2547

Royal Naval Air Service

Last Update:

(RNAS) was the air arm of the Royal Navy, under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department, and existed formally from 1 July 1914 to 1 April 1918...

Word Count : 4694

Solicitor to the Admiralty

Last Update:

The Solicitor to the Admiralty was established in 1692 as the Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy. In 1828 his responsibilities to the...

Word Count : 517

First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff

Last Update:

November 2021. Originally titled the "Senior Naval Lord to the Board of Admiralty" when the post was created in 1689, the office was re-styled First Naval...

Word Count : 1804

North America and West Indies Station

Last Update:

Lawrence and Coast of America and North America and West Indies Station. The Admiralty also began purchasing land at Bermuda's West End, including Ireland Island...

Word Count : 4335

Admiralty Constabulary

Last Update:

The Admiralty Constabulary was a police force in the United Kingdom formed under the Special Constables Act 1923. It was formed on 1 October 1949 by merging...

Word Count : 424

Admiralty Central Metallurgical Laboratory

Last Update:

The Admiralty Central Metallurgical Laboratory was a specialist research unit of the British Royal Navy from 1936 to 1956. The Central Metallurgical Laboratory...

Word Count : 162

List of command flags of the Royal Navy

Last Update:

the admiralty anchor. However it was rarely used for as a command flag for naval operations instead it became the main flag to signify the Admiralty and...

Word Count : 6174

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net