Series
Admiralty: Chemical Department, Portsmouth: Reports
Catalogue reference: ADM 248
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ADM 248
Reports of the Admiralty Chemical Department, Portsmouth, and its successor, the Central Dockyard Laboratory, Portsmouth. The reports in this series are mainly in three sub-series, dealing with tests and trials of lubricants, metals and paints.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 248
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Chemical Department, Portsmouth: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1959
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports of the Admiralty Chemical Department, Portsmouth, and its successor, the Central Dockyard Laboratory, Portsmouth. The reports in this series are mainly in three sub-series, dealing with tests and trials of lubricants, metals and paints.
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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)
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- Admiralty Central Dockyard Laboratory, 1956-1977
- Admiralty Chemical Department, 1870-1956
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 47 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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 Chemical Department, Portsmouth, originated in the appointment of an Admiralty Chemist in 1870. In 1956 it absorbed some of the functions and laboratories of the Central Metallurgical Laboratory, and was renamed the Central Dockyard Laboratory, Portsmouth. In 1977 it became a division of the Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment. It provides a range of Support Services for fleet and share establishments, including metallurgy, chemistry, biology, paint technology and reactor chemistry research.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1956/
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Admiralty: Chemical Department, Portsmouth: Reports