Naval Stores Department (Royal Navy)

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Naval Stores Department
Department of Admiralty (1869-1964)
Navy Department
(1964-1966)

The Naval Stores Department

Department of Admiralty, then later the Navy Department responsible for managing and maintaining naval stores and the issuing of materials at naval dockyards and establishments for the building, fitting and repairing of Royal Navy
warships from 1869 to 1966.

History

The Naval Stores Department was first established in April 1869 initially and was initially placed under the control of a Superintendent of Stores as head of the department, He assumed the former store keeping and distribution duties previously administered by the

Admiralty.[2]
In 1876 the title of superintendent of stores was renamed as to the Director of Stores.

The Naval Stores Department was responsible for the storing and provisioning of materiel stores for the Royal Navy, and for supplying all naval establishments and yards at both home and abroad including all foreign stations. It managed the stores for the

Third Sea Lord.[3]

In 1961 the Victualling Department was merged into the Naval Stores Department, but remained an autonomous department within it.[4] In 1964 the department survived unification of the Admiralty into the new Ministry of Defence until 1966 when it was integrated with three other departments for (Armament Supply, Movements and Victualling) to form the new Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service as part of the MOD Navy Department.[5]

Directors duties

Included:[6]

  • Issue stores for all ships both in commission and reserve.
  • Issue stores for naval dockyards both at home and abroad.
  • Manage all stores and storage facilities for the Department of Dockyards.
  • Manage all stores and storage facilities for the Department of Naval Construction.
  • Manage all stores and storage facilities for the Department of Naval Ordnance.
  • Manage all stores and storage facilities for Royal Naval and Engineering Colleges.
  • Prepare all estimates for the department.
  • Pass departments purchase requests to the Director of Navy Contracts.
  • Receive stores for royal naval vessels both in commission and reserve.
  • Regularly examine all stores accounts and financial transactions.
  • Superintend the department including all supporting staff heads.

Heads of Department

Included:

Superintendents of Naval Stores

  • Mr. Nelson Girdlestone, 13 April 1869 – 23 January 1872 [7]
  • Mr. Coghlan McLean Hardy, 23 January 1872– 1876 [8]

Directors of Naval Stores

  • Mr. Coghlan McLean Hardy., 1876 – 1 April 1889 [9]
  • Mr. William G. P. Gilbert., 1 April 1889 – 1 April 1895 [10]
  • Mr. Gordon William Miller, 1 April 1895 – 1900 [11]
  • Mr. David Evans, 1900- May 1902 [12]
  • Sir. Frederick W. Black, 1902 – 1906 [13]
  • Sir John Forsey, 1906 - 1914 [14]
  • Mr Mark Manley Waller, 1914 - 1918
  • Mr G. H, Ashdown, 1919 - 1921 [15]
  • Mr J. W L. Oliver, 1921 - 1926 [16][17]
  • Sir William J Gick 1935 - 1940 [18][19]
  • Mr. Ernest Stephen Wood 1940 - 1951
  • Mr. G. F. R. Marsh, 1951 - 1956 [20]
  • Mr R. Henderson 1956 - 1959 [21]
  • Mr F. C. Wilkins 1962 -1964 [22]

Structure of Department

Included:[23][24]

  • Office of the Deputy Director of Naval Stores
    • Office of the Assistant Director of Naval Stores
      • Departments of the Senior Naval Store Officers, Yards
      • Offices of the Superintending Naval Store Officers Depots
Departments of the Senior Naval Store Officers, Yards at.
Offices of the Superintending Naval Store Officers at:
Note: The Victualling Department was amalgamated with the Naval Stores Department in 1961 but remained autonomous under the control of the Director of Victualling.

Timeline

References

  1. ISBN 9781848320741
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  2. ^ Government, H.M. (1888). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 301.
  3. ISBN 9781150465000
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  4. ^ Government, H.M. (April 1962). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 929.
  5. ISBN 9780904609219
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  6. ISBN 9781150465000
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  7. ISBN 9781861760166.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  8. ^ Smith, Gordon. "Clowes, Chapter 46, Vol VII of The Royal Navy, 1895-1900". naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 12 October 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  9. ^ Government, H.M. (1888). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 301.
  10. ^ Government, H.M. (1895). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 301.
  11. ^ Government, H.M. (1900). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 349a.
  12. ^ Government, H.M. (1902). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 425.
  13. ISBN 9780521246477
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  14. ISBN 9781848320741
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  15. ^ Government, H.M. (January 1919). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 1828.
  16. ^ Government, H.M. (October 1919). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 1832.
  17. ^ Government, H.M. (1926). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 415.
  18. ^ Government, H.M. (October 1935). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 1832.
  19. ^ Government, H.M. (June 1940). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 667.
  20. ^ Government, H.M. (May 1951). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 345.
  21. ^ Government, H.M. (April 1956). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 1270.
  22. ^ Government, H.M. (April 1962). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 928.
  23. ISBN 9781848320468
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  24. ^ Archives, The National. "Superintending Naval Store Officer: establishment of title". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives, 1925. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

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