Series
Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Undersurface Warfare Department: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: ADM 332
What's it about?
ADM 332
This series consists of registered files of the Undersurface Warfare Department, dealing with submarines and their associated weapons and detection systems, and other underwater weapons, both air and surface launched.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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ADM 332
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty and Ministry of Defence: Undersurface Warfare Department: Registered Files (USW Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1964-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of registered files of the Undersurface Warfare Department, dealing with submarines and their associated weapons and detection systems, and other underwater weapons, both air and surface launched.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
By file number within year of opening
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Reports and Technical Notes of the Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment relating to the design, development and testing of underwater weapons and counter-measures can be found in ADM 302
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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USW Series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Board of Admiralty, Undersurface Warfare Department, 1956-1964
- Ministry of Defence, Department of the Chief of Naval Staff, Undersurface Warfare Department, 1964-1967
- Ministry of Defence, Naval Warfare Department, 1967-1967
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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9 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 1998 Ministry of Defence
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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 Undersurface Warfare Department, headed by a director, was set up in 1956 under the Department of the Chief of Naval Staff; it was merged with the Surface and Amphibious Warfare Department to become the Naval Warfare Department in 1967.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2040/
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: Undersurface Warfare Department: Registered Files (USW Series)