Series
Admiralty: Admiralty Engineering Laboratory: Reports, Technical Notes and Memoranda
Catalogue reference: ADM 227
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ADM 227
Reports, technical notes and internal memoranda in numbered series for each department of the Admiralty Engineering Laboratory. They are concerned with the testing and development of engines and mechanical and electrical equipment, and work on...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 227
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Admiralty Engineering Laboratory: Reports, Technical Notes and Memoranda
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1920-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports, technical notes and internal memoranda in numbered series for each department of the Admiralty Engineering Laboratory. They are concerned with the testing and development of engines and mechanical and electrical equipment, and work on chemicals and metals.
Background information on the Admiralty Engineering Establishment may be found at ADM 227/2922-2923.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, 1920-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2947 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1978 Ministry of Defence
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Admiralty Engineering Laboratory originated in two separate departments, the Mechanical Engineering Department founded in 1917 and the Electrical Engineering Department set up in 1919. In 1920 they moved to the Sonic Works at West Drayton to form the Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, though they remained two distinct departments, dealing respectively with engineering and electrical problems, and responsible to the engineer-in-chief and the director of electrical engineering.
In 1964 the control of the laboratory was vested in Director General Ships at Bath and so remained until it became part of the National Gas Turbine Establishment in 1977.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1935/
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Admiralty: Admiralty Engineering Laboratory: Reports, Technical Notes and Memoranda