Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval)
British Royal Navy, naval staff
Military unit
The Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval) was a directorate of the Navy Department, Naval Staff [ 1] Navigation Department of Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty.[ 2] Navigation Division and assigned to the Admiralty Naval Staff . In 1946, it was redesignated Navigation and Direction Division until 1966, and now part of the Navy Department Naval Staff it was renamed the Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval) . The staff directorate was administered by the Director Navigation Tactical Control (Naval) who reported to the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Warfare) it existed until 1968.
History
The directorate was originally established in December 1912, as the Navigation Department of the Admiralty, then part of the department of the Hydrographer of the Navy . Following changes in the command structure of the Admiralty Naval Staff (1917–1919) the department and thus Director of Navigation came under direct control of the First Sea Lord until 1945. In July the Navigation Department was renamed the Navigation Division and now as part of the Naval Staff.[ 3] Navigation and Direction Division .[ 4] Admiralty was combined to created single new Ministry of Defence it continued following the merger as part of the Naval Staff, Navy Department until 1966, when it was renamed the Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval) [ 5] [ 6]
Director of Navigation Department
Included:[ 7]
Captain Philip Nelson-Ward: December 1912–August 1916
Captain John A. Webster: August 1916–August 1919
Captain John E.T.Harper: August 1919–November 1921
Captain Frederick P.Loder Symonds: November 1921–November 1923
Captain the Hon.Arthur C.Strutt: November 1923–November 1925
Captain Alfred H.Norman: November 1925–November 1927
Captain Oswald H. Dawson: November 1927–January 1930
Captain Kenelm E. L. Creighton: January 1930–December 1931
Captain James D. Campbell: December 1931–September 1933
Captain John W.Clayton: September 1933–September 1935
Captain William G. Benn: September 1935–June 1938
Captain Charles E. Morgan: June 1938–October 1940
Captain Ronald G. Bowes-Lyon: October 1940–June 1942
Rear-Admiral William G. Benn: June 1942 – 1944 (continued till December 1945 as Head of Navigation Division)
Director of Navigation Division
Included:[ 8]
Rear-Admiral William G. Benn: 1944–December 1945
Captain Richard W. Ravenhill: December 1945–December 1947
Director of Navigation and Direction Division
Included:[ 9]
Captain Richard W. Ravenhill: 1946–December 1947
Captain Francis B. Lloyd: December 1947–December 1949
Captain Wilfred G. Brittain: December 1949–December 1951
Captain Earle H. Thomas: December 1951–January 1954
Captain Maurice E. Butler-Bowden: January 1954–December 1956
Captain John E. Jowitt: December 1956–October 1958
Captain Donald McEwen: October 1958–January 1961
Captain Colin D. Madden: January 1961–March 1962
Captain John W.H. Bennett: March 1962–June 1964
Captain David N. Forbes: June 1964–December 1965
Captain John S. Le Blanc Smith: December 1965 – 1966
Included:[ 10]
Captain John S. Le-Blanc Smith: 1966–1968
References
^ Admiralty, Great Britain (April–June 1968). "Navy Department: Naval Staff". Navy List . London, England: HM Stationery Office. pp. 524–532. ^ Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony (10 April 2018). "Hydrographic Department (Royal Navy) - The Dreadnought Project" . www.dreadnoughtproject.org . Harley and Lovell. Retrieved 20 October 2018 . ^ Watson, Graham (27 October 2015). "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years 1914-1918" . www.naval-history.net . Gordon Smith. Retrieved 20 October 2018 . ^ Admiralty, Great Britain (April–July 1946). "Admiralty: Divisions of the Naval Staff". Navy List . London, England: HM Stationery Office. pp. 1731–1740. ^ Admiralty, Great Britain (April–June 1968). "Navy Department: Naval Staff". Navy List . London, England: HM Stationery Office. pp. 524–532. ^ Mackie. Gordon. (2018) "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" p.57. www.gulabin.com.
^ Mackie, Colin (January 2019). "Royal Navy Senior Officers from 1865" (PDF) . gulabin . C. Mackie. p. 57. Retrieved 2 January 2019 . ^ Mackie, Colin (January 2019). "Royal Navy Senior Officers from 1865" (PDF) . gulabin . C. Mackie. p. 57. Retrieved 2 January 2019 . ^ Mackie, Colin (January 2019). "Royal Navy Senior Officers from 1865" (PDF) . gulabin . C. Mackie. p. 57. Retrieved 2 January 2019 . ^ Mackie, Colin (January 2019). "Royal Navy Senior Officers from 1865" (PDF) . gulabin . C. Mackie. p. 57. Retrieved 2 January 2019 .
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