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33-670: The post evolved from the office of the Assistant Surveyor of the Navy (1832–1859) In 1860 the Assistant Surveyor was renamed Chief Constructor the post lasted until 1875 when it was renamed to the Director of Naval Construction . The chief constructor was originally head of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors and members of the corps were responsible for the designing and building of warships , whether they were built in

66-672: A Lord-in-waiting from 1893 to 1895. In 1893 Queen Victoria appointed nine members as the Royal Opium Commission , which consisted of seven British and two Indian members, which was headed by Lord Brassey, who served as the Chairman. The commission was to report on whether India Opium export trade to far east (China) should be ended and, further, whether poppy growing and consumption of Opium in India itself should be prohibited save for medical purpose. From 1895 to 1900 he

99-603: A Director-General, Ships until 1964 when the Admiralty department was abolished and replaced by a new Ministry of Defence. The Engineer-in-Chief post arose after the adoption of steam engines for propulsion. The French Navy had a similar post, Directeur des Construction Navales . Included: Chief Constructors Directors of Naval Construction As of April 1915 : As of October 1916 : As of April 1917 : As of November 1918 : Royal Corps of Naval Constructors The Royal Corps of Naval Constructors ( RCNC )

132-601: A fleet of nuclear-powered submarines and the changing nature of the Royal Corps itself. Recognising the increasing impact of a vessel’s equipment on its hull and structure, the Royal Corps combined with the professional Electrical and Mechanical Engineers of the Royal Naval Engineering Service (RNES) in 1977. Further amalgamation with specialist weapons designers was also enacted. In the last decade this more diverse corps has been instrumental in

165-477: A hired yacht called Zillah he started to compete successfully in club events in a yacht called Cymba (1855). In 1859 he acquired the 120-ton iron yacht Albatross , designed by his friend St Clare John Byrne and built at his father's Canada Works. He was elected as a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron at this time. In 1866 he ventured into auxiliary steam with the yacht Meteor and in 1872 used

198-480: A member of Abbey Lodge No. 1184 and remained for 48 years. He was also a member of Derwent Lodge No. 4 and a founding brother of Navy Lodge No. 2612. When he was appointed Governor of Victoria, while he had never held any Lodge office, he was appointed Honorary Past Junior Grand Warden. In Melbourne, became a member of Clarke Lodge No. 98 and became its Senior Warden in 1896 and its Worshipful Master in 1897. On 4 May 1896 two days before being installed as Senior Warden, he

231-509: A modified version of the standard RN uniform, the difference being the presence of grey bands between gold stripes worn on the arms and on shoulder boards. Constructors may wear uniform in certain posts in UK establishments (predominantly naval bases) and in several overseas posts. Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey GCB , TD , JP , DL (11 February 1836 – 23 February 1918),

264-786: A private yacht. His son Thomas left the Sunbeam at Rio de Janeiro in order to return to school in England. His wife Anna, Lady Brassey (1839–1887), published an account of the cruise called In The Trades, The Tropics, & The Roaring Forties , or alternatively A Voyage in the Sunbeam: Our Home on the Ocean For Eleven Months . In 1880 Brassey's book The British Navy was published. In 1886, he started The Naval Annual (generally referred to as Brassey's Naval Annual ) He edited The Naval Annual until 1891. He

297-410: A residential hotel, now with 75 rooms including ensuites. It is said to have been built back-to-front, with the more ornate façade facing Belmore Gardens and its plainer face to Macquarie Street. 35°18′41″S 149°08′06″E  /  35.3115°S 149.1350°E  / -35.3115; 149.1350 Brassey's first experience of sailing was while he was still at Rugby school. After a short spell in

330-672: Is a "civilian corps and an integrated part of the Defence Engineering & Science Group". Members in certain posts who do not hold commissions are eligible to wear a uniform similar to that of the Royal Navy and are accorded the same respect as commissioned officers. From Tudor times , the ships of the Royal Navy were built in the Royal Dockyards under the supervision of the Master Shipwright and to

363-701: Is an institution of the British Royal Navy and Admiralty for training in naval architecture , marine, electrical and weapon engineering. It was established by Order in Council in August 1883, on the recommendation of the naval architect Sir William White . Its precursor was the Royal School of Naval Architecture , London . According to the Royal Navy 's Books of Reference 3 Chapter 46, it

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396-402: The Royal Dockyards (such as Chatham ) or contracted out to private industry (such as Armstrong Whitworth ). The Director was a naval architect as well as a manager. Work in the dockyards was covered to some extent by the two posts of Director of Naval Construction and the separately held Director of Dockyards . The latter's officers were responsible for checking that work contracted out by

429-506: The Royal Corps of Naval Constructors was Sir Nathaniel Barnaby . Due to illness his resignation in 1885 led to the appointment of Sir William White as his successor. The professional Naval Architects of the Royal Corps had grown in number to 91 by 1901 and were heavily involved in the build up to the First World War. The rapid and successful design and building of HMS  Dreadnought was probably their best known achievement of

462-499: The Royal Corps, played a large part in establishing British naval supremacy. The Second World War saw a similar expansion of the shipbuilding effort and the evacuation to Bath of the Director of Naval Construction. Many members of the Royal Corps served in uniform in the ranks up to the level of Constructor Rear-Admiral. In the post-war period the major features have been the very considerable achievement in designing and maintaining

495-797: The SS Aguila whilst on route to Gibraltar for Dockyard duties in August 1941, Also during World War Two F. Bryant was killed in the bombing of Bath in 1942 and R. King was killed in Mombasa. The RCNC, by virtue of the Order in Council, forms part of the Royal Naval Service. As such members of the Corps hold equivalent Royal Navy ranks, preceded by the word "Constructor", and followed by the post nominal designation RCNC (example Constructor Commander A. Nonsuch, RCNC). Constructors are entitled to wear

528-468: The design and manufacture of the very latest warships such as the Type 45 destroyer , Astute -class submarines and Queen Elizabeth -class aircraft carriers ; all of which contain highly complex engineering systems. The Royal Corps currently numbers nearly 100 naval architects, marine, electrical and weapon engineers and, in keeping with its original aims, continues to provide professional engineers for

561-713: The design of the Surveyor of the Navy who was always an ex-Master Shipwright. In 1805, seeing the growing application of science in industry, Lord Barham ’s Commission recommended, that a School of Naval Architecture should be formed to produce men suitably trained both to design the ships of the fleet and to manage the work of the Royal Dockyards. This school was created in 1811 at Portsmouth and after an erratic series of changes it settled down at Greenwich in 1873. The graduates of these schools were Naval Architects who quickly established high professional standards in

594-523: The design, building and maintenance of vessels of the Royal Navy. Six naval constructors gave their lives in the course of duty; Arthur K Stephens, Assistant Constructor 2c, who was lost 31 May 1916 aboard HMS Queen Mary which was sunk at the Battle of Jutland (listed as ‘Admiralty Civilian’). F. Bailey and A.A.F. Hill were lost in the HMS ; Thetis disaster of June 1939. H.H.Palmer was lost at sea on

627-740: The field. Their influence, combined with the effects of the Industrial Revolution led to the formation of the Institution (now the Royal Institution) of Naval Architects in 1860. Although the number of professionally qualified Naval Architects employed in the design, building and repair of warships had risen to 27 by 1875, ships were still being designed and built against the Chief Constructor’s advice and there were inevitable disasters. The main obstacle to progress

660-537: The former was being undertaken correctly. In designing warships the Director of Naval Construction had to work with the Department of the Engineer-in-Chief , another Admiralty post, which existed from 1847 to 1889. In 1958 following restructuring within the Admiralty this department as a wholly independent function ceased and it became a sub-division within a new larger ship department under the control of

693-521: The relocation of the Federal Parliament from Melbourne to Canberra. Brassey House originally offered 45 rooms with shared bathing facilities, for the exclusive use of members of parliament and mid-level government officials relocating to Canberra. During the mid 1960s the government of the day expanded the capacity to 131 rooms and added conference and meeting rooms. It was sold in the mid-1980s to local businessmen and has been operated since as

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726-846: The sole candidate and therefore elected Grand Master. Brassey married firstly, in 1860, Anna Allnutt , daughter of John Allnutt , of Clapham , Surrey . They had one son and four daughters. The third daughter, Lady Muriel Agnes, married Gilbert Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr , and was the mother of Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr , while the fourth daughter, Lady Marie Adelaide , married Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon . Lady Brassey died in September 1887, aged 47. Brassey married secondly Lady Sybil de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, Viscount Malden, and sister of George Capell, 7th Earl of Essex , in 1890. They had one daughter. Brassey died in February 1918, aged 82, and

759-424: The steam yacht Eothen to visit Canada, but she proved not to be best suited for this type of work. Eothen had formerly been owned by P&O co-founder Arthur Anderson . Between 6 July 1876 and 27 May 1877 Brassey circumnavigated the world in his steam-assisted three-masted brigantine Sunbeam , another yacht designed for him by St Clare Byrne. This voyage is said to have been the first circumnavigation by

792-478: The time, although the foundations were being laid for future advances in weapons and machinery and also in the field of submarine design. The Royal Corps had a flirtation with airship design between 1915 and 1922 but this was overshadowed by the conversion of ships to operate aircraft and the design and construction of the first purpose built ship to carry aircraft, HMS  Hermes . The success of these ships, together with that of submarines and escorts designed by

825-650: Was Governor of Victoria , a colony in Australia, and lived in its capital, Melbourne , in Government House . He returned to the United Kingdom in March 1900, by way of Colombo . Brassey is remembered in Australia's national capital, Canberra , with Brassey House, now a hotel (originally a guest house ) in the inner suburb of Barton, Australian Capital Territory , completed in 1927 to coincide with

858-569: Was President of the first day of the 1874 Co-operative Congress . He served under William Ewart Gladstone as Civil Lord of the Admiralty from 1880 to 1884 and as Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty from 1884 to 1884. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1881 and raised to the peerage as Baron Brassey , of Bulkeley in the County of Chester, in 1886. He again held office under Gladstone and then Lord Rosebery as

891-567: Was called to the Bar , Lincoln's Inn , in 1864. Brassey was briefly Member of Parliament (MP) for Devonport in 1865, winning the seat at a by-election in June and then losing it again the general election in July . He returned to Parliament three years later as the representative for Hastings at the 1868 general election , holding that seat until he was defeated at the 1886 general election . He

924-553: Was President of the London Chamber of Commerce 1901–1902. He served as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1908 to 1913. He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1906 and made Viscount Hythe , of Hythe in the County of Kent, and Earl Brassey in 1911. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the part-time 6th (Hastings) Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteer Corps on 1 June 1861, and

957-474: Was a British Liberal Party politician, governor of the Colony of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual . Brassey was the eldest son of the railway magnate Thomas Brassey (1805–1870), by his wife Maria Harrison, a daughter of Joseph Harrison, a forwarding and shipping agent. He was the elder brother of Henry Brassey and Albert Brassey . He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford , and

990-460: Was installed Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Victoria. His becoming of Grand Master was a bit controversial because many members preferred then-current Grand Master Sir William Clarke, 1st Baronet to stay and nominated him again. Clarke said that he would like the nomination to be withdrawn if Brassey was willing to serve. Brassey approved and Clarke withdrew the nomination, so Brassey was

1023-461: Was later the captain of the 9th (Pevensey) Cinque Ports AVC. He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the successor unit, the 2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers on 2 December 1891. King David Kalākaua of Hawaii bestowed on Brassey the honour "Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Kalākaua ". Brassey was a freemason . He was initiated to the craft as an Oxford student. In 1868, he became

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1056-650: Was succeeded as editor by his son Thomas . At the age of 79 Brassey sailed his yacht Sunbeam to Moudros Bay as a hospital ship for the Gallipoli campaign . Brassey was President of the Royal Statistical Society from 1879 to 1880. He was conferred with Honorary Membership of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland in 1891. Following his return from Australia, he

1089-408: Was the poor career prospects of the professionally qualified Naval Architect with the linked difficulty of getting sufficient recruits. To solve these linked problems William White, then Professional Assistant to the Director of Naval Construction, proposed a co-ordinated training programme and career structure and these ideas were approved in 1882 by a committee under Lord Brassey . The first head of

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