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Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval)
Active1912-1968
CountryUnited Kingdom
AllegianceBritish Empire
BranchRoyal Navy
TypeNaval station
Part of
Garrison/HQAdmiralty, then
MOD Whitehall London Great Britain
Military unit

The Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval) was a directorate of the Navy Department, Naval Staff first established in 1912, as the Navigation Department of Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty. In 1945, it was renamed the Navigation Division and assigned to the Admiralty Naval Staff. In 1946, it was redesignated Navigation and Direction Division until 1966, and now part of the Navy Department Naval Staff it was renamed the Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval). The staff directorate was administered by the Director Navigation Tactical Control (Naval) who reported to the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Warfare) it existed until 1968.

History

The directorate was originally established in December 1912, as the Navigation Department of the Admiralty, then part of the department of the Hydrographer of the Navy. Following changes in the command structure of the Admiralty Naval Staff (1917–1919) the department and thus Director of Navigation came under direct control of the First Sea Lord until 1945. In July the Navigation Department was renamed the Navigation Division and now as part of the Naval Staff. In 1946, it was renamed the Navigation and Direction Division. The division existed as part of the Admiralty Naval Staff until April 1964, when the Admiralty was combined to created single new Ministry of Defence it continued following the merger as part of the Naval Staff, Navy Department until 1966, when it was renamed the Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval) In June 1968, the Directorate was abolished.

Head of department/division/directorate

Director of Navigation Department

Included:

  1. Captain Philip Nelson-Ward: December 1912–August 1916
  2. Captain John A. Webster: August 1916–August 1919
  3. Captain John E.T.Harper: August 1919–November 1921
  4. Captain Frederick P.Loder Symonds: November 1921–November 1923
  5. Captain the Hon.Arthur C.Strutt: November 1923–November 1925
  6. Captain Alfred H.Norman: November 1925–November 1927
  7. Captain Oswald H. Dawson: November 1927–January 1930
  8. Captain Kenelm E. L. Creighton: January 1930–December 1931
  9. Captain James D. Campbell: December 1931–September 1933
  10. Captain John W.Clayton: September 1933–September 1935
  11. Captain William G. Benn: September 1935–June 1938
  12. Captain Charles E. Morgan: June 1938–October 1940
  13. Captain Ronald G. Bowes-Lyon: October 1940–June 1942
  14. Rear-Admiral William G. Benn: June 1942 – 1944 (continued till December 1945 as Head of Navigation Division)

Director of Navigation Division

Included:

  1. Rear-Admiral William G. Benn: 1944–December 1945
  2. Captain Richard W. Ravenhill: December 1945–December 1947

Director of Navigation and Direction Division

Included:

  1. Captain Richard W. Ravenhill: 1946–December 1947
  2. Captain Francis B. Lloyd: December 1947–December 1949
  3. Captain Wilfred G. Brittain: December 1949–December 1951
  4. Captain Earle H. Thomas: December 1951–January 1954
  5. Captain Maurice E. Butler-Bowden: January 1954–December 1956
  6. Captain John E. Jowitt: December 1956–October 1958
  7. Captain Donald McEwen: October 1958–January 1961
  8. Captain Colin D. Madden: January 1961–March 1962
  9. Captain John W.H. Bennett: March 1962–June 1964
  10. Captain David N. Forbes: June 1964–December 1965
  11. Captain John S. Le Blanc Smith: December 1965 – 1966

Director of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval)

Included:

  1. Captain John S. Le-Blanc Smith: 1966–1968

References

  1. Admiralty, Great Britain (April–June 1968). "Navy Department: Naval Staff". Navy List. London, England: HM Stationery Office. pp. 524–532.
  2. Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony (10 April 2018). "Hydrographic Department (Royal Navy) - The Dreadnought Project". www.dreadnoughtproject.org. Harley and Lovell. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. Watson, Graham (27 October 2015). "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years 1914-1918". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. Admiralty, Great Britain (April–July 1946). "Admiralty: Divisions of the Naval Staff". Navy List. London, England: HM Stationery Office. pp. 1731–1740.
  5. Admiralty, Great Britain (April–June 1968). "Navy Department: Naval Staff". Navy List. London, England: HM Stationery Office. pp. 524–532.
  6. Mackie. Gordon. (2018) "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" p.57. www.gulabin.com.
  7. Mackie, Colin (January 2019). "Royal Navy Senior Officers from 1865" (PDF). gulabin. C. Mackie. p. 57. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  8. Mackie, Colin (January 2019). "Royal Navy Senior Officers from 1865" (PDF). gulabin. C. Mackie. p. 57. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  9. Mackie, Colin (January 2019). "Royal Navy Senior Officers from 1865" (PDF). gulabin. C. Mackie. p. 57. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  10. Mackie, Colin (January 2019). "Royal Navy Senior Officers from 1865" (PDF). gulabin. C. Mackie. p. 57. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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