The Admiralty Engineering Laboratory was an engineering research department of the British Admiralty from 1917 to 1964 then the Navy Department from 1964 to 1977. Its original work was the design of submarine engines but later to encompass ship engines.
6-681: In 1915 the Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy communicated to the Board of Invention and Research his recommendations as to the material and design for submarine engines. Following and experimental engine was built to run through research testing and to identify any potential problems. In 1917 a Royal Naval Laboratory was established in South Kensington , London , England under the supervision of Sir Dugald Clerk as its director its name
12-777: A part of the laboratory they remained independent organisations retaining their name and supervised by their own directors. In 1964 overall control of the laboratory was transferred to the Ship Department which was under the supervision of the Director-General Ships at Bath . In 1972 it was absorbed into the National Gas Turbine Establishment . By 1974 it was a subordinate component of the Directorate-General Research Electronics until it
18-708: The summer of 1917. The Board first met on 19 July 1915 at the Whitehall Rooms in the Metropole Hotel , and remained based at the Metropole until the board and its scientific facilities were moved to permanent headquarters at Victory House on Cockspur Street . Chaired by Sir Jackie Fisher , former First Sea Lord , the BIR recruited of a number of scientists working in six science and technology divisions, which assessed and evaluated invention proposals from
24-740: Was a British expert-level committee, initiated by the Admiralty of the Royal Navy . Established in 1915, the board was responsible for soliciting expert scientific assistance to solve tactical and technical problems. It was a sister organisation to the Munitions Inventions Department which had been set up in April 1915 and the Air Inventions Committee (AIC), once it became become fully operational in
30-438: Was abolished in 1977. Towards the end of its existence its work focused on research, development, design and testing of electrical systems and machinery and researching on problems related to modern marine propulsion systems. Director Admiralty Engineering Laboratory Superintendent Admiralty Engineering Laboratory Superintendent' Board of Invention and Research The Board of Invention and Research ( BIR )
36-918: Was later changed to the Admiralty Engineering Laboratory. The research work of the Royal Naval Laboratory was initially shared between two separate departments, the Mechanical Engineering Department established in 1917 and the Electrical Engineering Department created later in 1919. In 1920 they transferred to the Sonic Works in the Yiewsley Urban District and became known as the Admiralty Engineering Laboratory, though collectively
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