Series
Admiralty: Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment: Reports and Papers
Catalogue reference: ADM 260
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ADM 260
Trial and progress reports and technical memoranda of the Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment dealing with aspects of submarines and torpedoes.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 260
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment: Reports and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1959
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Description (What the record is about)
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Trial and progress reports and technical memoranda of the Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment dealing with aspects of submarines and torpedoes.
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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 Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment, 1947-1959
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 113 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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Design and production of torpedo launching gear (and later mine launching gear) was carried out in Portsmouth Dockyard from the outset of World War 1 until 1941, when production was moved to a site at West Howe near Bournemouth to avoid air attacks. In 1947 the production element was again moved but design and development continued at West Howe in an establishment with the title Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment (UWLE or ULE). This was controlled by the Director of Underwater Weapons (DUW). UWLE had at least one outstation for trials at Horsea Island, Portsmouth Harbour. The establishment closed in 1959, its work being transferred to Portland where it became part of the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment (AUWE). Reports and memoranda of the establishment are in ADM 260
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1968/
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Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Admiralty: Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment: Reports and Papers