Series
Admiralty: Admiralty Development Establishment: Reports
Catalogue reference: ADM 251
What's it about?
ADM 251
Reports of the Admiralty Development Establishment, Barrow, concerning submarine propulsion machinery and equipment, and dockside facilities for nuclear vessels.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 251
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Admiralty Development Establishment: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1958
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports of the Admiralty Development Establishment, Barrow, concerning submarine propulsion machinery and equipment, and dockside facilities for nuclear vessels.
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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 Development Establishment, Barrow, 1946-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 168 file(s)
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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 Development Establishment, Barrow, was set up in 1946 as a civilian department of Vickers Armstrong Ltd to work on an Admiralty Contract for developing submarine propulsion machinery using hydrogen peroxide. From 1955 it supported the development of submarine nuclear propulsion, including equipment and dockside facilities. It was disbanded in 1964. Although funded by the Admiralty it was an entirely civilian organisation.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1959/
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Within the department: ADM
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Admiralty: Admiralty Development Establishment: Reports