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Air Division (Royal Navy)
The Air Division originally known as the Air Section and later known as the Naval Air Division was first established in 1924 and it was a Directorate of the Admiralty Naval Staff, that was initially responsible for operational control of aircraft supplied to the Royal Navy by the Air Ministry. In 1939 it was gained full control for the all matters relating to administration, control, policy and organisation of the Fleet Air Arm, it underwent various name changes until it was absorbed as part of the merger of the Admiralty into the new Ministry of Defence in April 1964 as part of the Navy Department where it continued until May 1966 when its remit was changed and when became the Directorate of Naval Warfare. History In June 1920 the Air Department was abolished and a new Air Section was established in July 1920, mainly in response to the fact that there was not a single unified authority responsible for co-coordinating all of the other specialist air agencies that included for e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Department
The Air Department of the British Admiralty later succeeded briefly by the Air Section followed by the Air Division was established prior to World War I by Winston Churchill to administer the Royal Naval Air Service. History In 1908, the British government had recognised that the use of aircraft for military and naval purposes should be investigated. To this end the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, approved the formation of an "Advisory Committee for Aeronautics" and an "Aerial Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence". Both committees were composed of politicians, army officers and Royal Navy officers. The Air Department was established within the Admiralty in 1910 and had initial responsibility for building an airship, by 1911 it expanded its activities to heavier-than-air machines. In early 1912 it also became responsible jointly with the Directorate of Military Aeronautics of the War Office for the Royal Flying Corps, which had separate military and naval wings. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clement Moody
Admiral Sir Clement Moody, (31 May 1891 – 6 July 1960) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet, from 1945 to 1946 and Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, from 1946 to 1948. Naval career Moody was appointed a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1911. He served in the First World War and, in 1935, was given command of . He commanded the aircraft carrier from 1937. Moody served in the Second World War as Director of the Naval Air Division and then as second-in-command of Naval Air Stations in 1941. He was made second-in-command of Aircraft Carriers in Home Waters in 1943; in April 1944 he took part in Operation Cockpit, a bombing raid on Japanese port and oil facilities on Sabang Island (off the northern tip of Sumatra). Moody went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet, from 15 December 1945 to 8 March 1946. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admiralty Departments
Admiralty most often refers to: *Admiralty, Hong Kong *Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964 *The rank of admiral *Admiralty law Admiralty can also refer to: Buildings *Admiralty, Trafalgar Square, a pub in London *Admiralty, Saint Petersburg, Russia * Admiralteyskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro), a metro station in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the name means "Admiralty" *Admiralty Arch in London, England *Admiralty House, London *Admiralty House, Sydney * Dutch Admiralty, a group of follies at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia *Former Admiralty House, Singapore Law * Admiralty court * Admiralty law, also called Maritime Law * Amirauté (New France) Naval organizations *Admiralty (navy), a governmental and/or naval body responsible for the administration of a navy Germany * German Imperial Admiralty, ''Kaiserliche Admiralität'' * German Imperial Admiralty Staff, ''Admiralstab'' Netherlands *Admiralty of Amsterdam *Admiralty of Fries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Disestablishments In The United Kingdom
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Establishments In The United Kingdom
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Michael Torrens-Spence
Captain Frederick Michael Alexander Torrens-Spence, (10 March 1914 – 12 December 2001) was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot in the Second World War. Torrens-Spence earned the distinction of holding commissions in the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force, the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Early life Known as "Tiffy", Torrens-Spence was born in Whiteabbey, County Antrim, Ireland the son of a professional soldier. Educated at Mourne Grange Public School, Kilkeel, at the age of 13 he attended Dartmouth Royal Naval College.Michael Torrens-Spence ''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 27 February 2007 Military career After initial service in the fleet Torrens-Spence volunteered for flying duties with the |
Richard Smeeton
Vice Admiral Sir Richard Michael Smeeton, (24 September 1912 – 29 March 1992) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from 1962 to 1964. Naval career Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Smeeton joined the Royal Navy in 1926. He served in World War II with 804 Naval Air Squadron taking part in the Norwegian Campaign. He continued his war service as Officer Commanding 800 Naval Air Squadron from June 1940, as assistant naval attaché in Washington D. C. from May 1941 and as Air Plans Officer to the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet from 1943. He was appointed Captain of the aircraft carrier HMS ''Albion'' in 1955, Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1956 and Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers in 1960. He went on to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1962, and retired from the navy in November 1965. In retirement he became Chief Executive of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur David Torlesse
Rear Admiral Arthur David Torlesse, (24 January 1902 – 19 July 1995) was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded the escort carrier during the latter part of the Second World War, and the aircraft carrier during the early months of the Korean War. In 1952, he commanded the task force that supported Operation Hurricane, the first British nuclear weapons test. Early life and career Arthur David Torlesse was born in Bognor Regis in West Sussex on 24 January 1902, the son of a Royal Navy officer, Captain Arthur Ward Torlesse, and his wife Harriet Mary (née Jeans). He had a brother, Ynyr John Torlesse. He was educated at Park High School, Stanmore, Royal Naval College, Osborne, which he entered in 1915, and Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He served as a midshipman with the Grand Fleet during the First World War. Torlesse was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant on 15 May 1922, and served on . He was promoted to lieutenant on 15 June 1923. He joined the crew of the aircraft carrier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Anstice
Vice Admiral Sir Edmund Walter Anstice, (5 May 1899 – 30 August 1979) was a senior Royal Navy officer and aviator who served as Fifth Sea Lord from 1951 to 1954. Early life and training The second son of Major John Christian Appold Anstice, he joined the Royal Navy in August 1914, and was trained at the Royal Naval Colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth before seeing service in the First World War. He was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant on 15 January 1918. In 1919 he was stationed at HMS ''President'' while attending a course at Cambridge University, receiving promotion to lieutenant on 15 February 1920. Naval career Naval aviator On attachment to the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Air Force (RAF; all naval aviation being under the control of the RAF at that time), he attended No. 1 Flying Training School at Netheravon, Wiltshire, from June 1924 until January 1925, before being posted to No. 462 Flight, Fleet Air Arm, aboard the aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Fleet, receiving t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Henry Portal
Admiral Sir Reginald Henry Portal (6 September 1894 – 18 June 1983) was a Royal Navy officer and naval aviation pioneer who served in both world wars. Biography Born near Hungerford, Berkshire, Reginald Portal was the second son of Edward Robert Portal, JP, DL, a country gentleman. His elder brother was Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, later Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Viscount Portal of Hungerford. The family was Huguenot in origin and Reginald Portal was related to the goldsmith and dramatist Abraham Portal, and more distantly so to Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal. Portal joined the Royal Navy in 1907 and served in the battleship HMS ''Neptune'' before the First World War. As an air observer, he received the Distinguished Service Cross during the war for conspicuous bravery in combat over the Dardanelles, when he was wounded.{{Cite news , date=1 June 1916 , title=Naval Honours for the Dardanelles , pages=11 , work=The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Teleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Cambell
Rear Admiral Dennis Royle Farquharson Cambell, (13 November 1907 – 6 April 2000) was a flag officer of the Royal Navy, who invented the angled flight deck. Naval career Educated at Westminster School, Cambell was a Special Entry Cadet from 1925 in the training ship . From 15 September 1926, Cambell served as a midshipman on (in the Battle Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet). Having been made acting sub-lieutenant at the start of 1929, he started lieutenants courses at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and continued from 12 August 1929 at Portsmouth. As sub-lieutenant he joined the destroyer, , Atlantic Fleet, on 23 March 1930. From September 1930 to the following August he was based at RAF Leuchars, having been made lieutenant in December 1930. Cambell left the course early to join 405 Flight (equipped with Fairey Flycatchers) in July 1931 at Hal Far (Malta) then to . In November 1932 they disembarked to RAF Netheravon. The following January he joined 401 Flight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hopkins (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir Frank Henry Edward Hopkins, (23 June 1910 – 14 April 1990) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. Naval career Educated at the Nautical College at Pangbourne in Berkshire, Hopkins joined the Royal Navy in 1927. Hopkins served in the Second World War, initially on the staff of the naval observer school at Ford in Sussex. In 1940, he transferred to 826 Naval Air Squadron and then to RAF Coastal Command. Then in 1941, he took command of 830 Naval Air Squadron, sinking large quantities of German shipping in the Mediterranean. He went on to join the British Air Commission in Washington DC, before becoming an observer with the United States Pacific Fleet. Hopkins also served in the Korean War as Air Commander in the aircraft-carrier . He was appointed Deputy Director, Naval Air Organization and Training Division, in 1951, and then went on to be Commander of , before being made Director, Naval Air Warfare Division. He went on to be Captain of , before becoming Command ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
