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Admiralty: Underwater Explosion Research Establishment, later Naval Construction...
Catalogue reference: ADM 311
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ADM 311
This series contains some papers of D E J Offord, RCNC (Royal Corps of Naval Constructors), who was the first Superintendent of the Admiralty Underwater Explosion Research Establishment (UNDEX Works) from 1943.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 311
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty: Underwater Explosion Research Establishment, later Naval Construction Research Establishment: Papers of D E J Offord, Superintendent
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1918-1953
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains some papers of D E J Offord, RCNC (Royal Corps of Naval Constructors), who was the first Superintendent of the Admiralty Underwater Explosion Research Establishment (UNDEX Works) from 1943.
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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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- Offord, D E J, 1943-1943
- Admiralty Naval Construction Research Establishment, 1946-1978
- Admiralty Underwater Explosion Research Establishment, 1943-1946
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 12 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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 Naval Construction Research Establishment (NCRE) originated as the Admiralty Underwater Explosion Research Establishment (UNDEX) in 1943, becoming the NCRE in 1946. It was based in Rosyth dockyard, expanding to St Leonard's House in Dunfermline in 1949 for administrative and laboratory space. Its aims were to discover how to make warships more resistant to underwater explosions and how to make better use of underwater explosives in attack. Its work developed to include research on surface ship and submarine structures, noise reduction, and the vulnerability of ships and submarines to weapons. The establishment was controlled by the Director of Naval Construction until 1958, and then by the Director General of Ships. In 1978 it was one of the research establishments amalgamated to form the Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (AMTE) which in turn became part of the Admiralty Research Establishment in 1984.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2019/
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Within the department: ADM
Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
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Admiralty: Underwater Explosion Research Establishment, later Naval Construction Research Establishment: Papers of D E J Offord, Superintendent