Series
Admiralty and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Ordnance Department and Weapons...
Catalogue reference: ADM 256
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ADM 256
Monthly records of principal questions dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance between 1888 and 1911, technical reports on weapons, including a large series of reports of trials of naval weapons at sea, proceedings of the Remote Position...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 256
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Ordnance Department and Weapons Department and Successors: Technical Reports and Papers 1888-1972
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1888-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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Monthly records of principal questions dealt with by the Director of Naval Ordnance between 1888 and 1911, technical reports on weapons, including a large series of reports of trials of naval weapons at sea, proceedings of the Remote Position Control Panel, and Titbits, a summary of design and development work in hand. The series also includes technical reports by the Director General, Weapons, successor to the Director of Naval Ordnance.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Records of the Ordnance Select Committee, etc after 1855 are in SUPP 6
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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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- Board of Admiralty, Director General, Weapons, 1960-1964
- Board of Admiralty, Naval Ordnance Department, 1891-1958
- Ministry of Defence, Navy Department, Director General, Weapons, 1964-1972
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 167 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 1986 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1964/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Admiralty and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Ordnance Department and Weapons Department and Successors: Technical Reports and Papers 1888-1972