Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Admiralty Corrosion Committee and successors:...

ADM 249

1941-1979

Reports and minutes of the Admiralty Corrosion Committee and its Navy Department successors, the Committee for Prevention of Corrosion and Fouling and the Ship Hull Corosion Committee, dealing with research into corrosion and marine fouling. Reports and minutes of sub-committees and panels are also included.

Earlier minutes of the committee are in ADM 220

Public Record(s)

English

• Admiralty Committee for Prevention of Corrosion and Fouling, 1963-1964
• Admiralty Corrosion Committee, 1939-1963
• Navy Department Committee for Prevention of Corrosion and Fouling, 1964-1974
• Ship Hull Corrosion Committee, 1974-1979

1667 files and volumes

The Admiralty Corrosion Committee was set up in 1939 by Admiralty Fleet Order 1441a of 1939. It was reconstituted in 1943 with expanded terms of reference (AFO 2923 of 1943). Initially it was chaired by a senior representative of the director of naval construction, then of the Royal Naval Scientific Service director responsible for materials research and development. In 1963 it was renamed the Admiralty Committee for Prevention of Corrosion and Fouling; in 1964 it became the Navy Department Committee for Prevention of Corrosion and Fouling and in 1974 it was replaced by the Ship Hull Corrosion Committee. Its purpose was to co-ordinate research into protecting ships and their machinery from corrosion and marine fouling. It operated primarily through sub-committees dealing with particular aspects of the problem, and much research was carried out on its behalf by naval research establishments. Implementation of the Committee's recommendations was a matter for its members representing departments affected.