Series
Admiralty: Naval Construction Department, later Ship Department, Naval Construction...
Catalogue reference: ADM 281
What's it about?
ADM 281
Progress and other reports produced or received by the department and concerning various aspects of warship design and construction. There are also reports of visits to other countries to investigate their naval construction methods.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 281
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Naval Construction Department, later Ship Department, Naval Construction Division: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1883-1989
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Description (What the record is about)
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Progress and other reports produced or received by the department and concerning various aspects of warship design and construction. There are also reports of visits to other countries to investigate their naval construction methods.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The arrangement of this series is chronological, within each accession.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For related laboratory reports see ADM 257
Other DNC reports are in ADM 213
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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, Directorate of Naval Construction, 1913-1958
- Board of Admiralty, Ship Department, Naval Construction Division, 1959-1964
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 332 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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Director of Naval Construction (DNC), who was under the Controller of the Navy, was concerned with the field of warship construction and design. He was also responsible for the Admiralty Experiment Works at Haslar and the Naval Construction Research Establishment at Rosyth. In 1959 the Department became the Naval Construction Division of the Ship Department under the Director General of Ships.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1989/
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: Naval Construction Department, later Ship Department, Naval Construction Division: Reports