Naval Stores Department (Royal Navy) Explained

Agency Name:Naval Stores Department
Preceding1:Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy
Jurisdiction:Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters:Admiralty
London
Formed:1869
Dissolved:1966
Superseding:Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service
Chief1 Name:Director of Naval Stores
Chief2 Name:Deputy Director of Naval Stores
Chief3 Name:Assistant Director of Naval Stores
Parent Department:Department of Admiralty (1869-1964)
Navy Department (1964-1966)

The Naval Stores Department [1] also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Stores was initially a subsidiary department of the British 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 Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy whose post was abolished following a reorganisation within 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 Department of the Director of Dockyards, the Department of the Director of Naval Construction and the Naval Ordnance Department including all Royal Naval Colleges and Royal Naval Engineering Colleges. This department was overseen by 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]

Heads of Department

Included:

Superintendents of Naval Stores

Directors of Naval Stores

Structure of Department

Included:[23] [24]

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

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: puddefoot. Geoff. Ready For Anything: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905-1950. 2010. Seaforth Publishing. 9781848320741. 64. en.
  2. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. 1888. H.M. Stationery Office. 301.
  3. Book: Hamilton. Sir Vesey. The Constitution, Character and Functions of the Board of Admiralty and the Civil Departments it Directs. 1896. George Bell and Sons. 9781150465000. IV.
  4. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. April 1962. H.M. Stationery Office. 929.
  5. Book: RUSI and Brassey's defence yearbook. 1978-79 : 89th year of publication. 1978. Brassey's. 9780904609219. 149.
  6. Book: Hamilton. Sir Vesey. The Constitution, Character and Functions of the Board of Admiralty and the Civil Departments it Directs. 1896. George Bell and Sons. 9781150465000. IV.
  7. Book: al.]. Wm. Laird Clowes ; assisted by Sir Clements Markham ... [et|title=The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria. Vol.7|date=1997|publisher=Chatham|location=London|isbn=9781861760166|page=4|edition=REPR. d. Ausg. 1903].
  8. Web site: Smith. Gordon. Clowes, Chapter 46, Vol VII of The Royal Navy, 1895-1900. naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 12 October 2015. 30 July 2017.
  9. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. 1888. H.M. Stationery Office. 301.
  10. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. 1895. H.M. Stationery Office. 301.
  11. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. 1900. H.M. Stationery Office. 349a.
  12. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. 1902. H.M. Stationery Office. 425.
  13. Book: Ferrier. Ronald W.. The History of the British Petroleum Company: Volume 1, The Developing Years, 1901-1932. 1982. Cambridge University Press. 9780521246477. 688. en.
  14. Book: puddefoot. Geoff. Ready For Anything: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905-1950. 2010. Seaforth Publishing. 9781848320741. 25. en.
  15. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. January 1919. H.M. Stationery Office. 1828.
  16. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. October 1919. H.M. Stationery Office. 1832.
  17. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. 1926. H.M. Stationery Office. 415.
  18. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. October 1935. H.M. Stationery Office. 1832.
  19. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. June 1940. H.M. Stationery Office. 667.
  20. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. May 1951. H.M. Stationery Office. 345.
  21. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. April 1956. H.M. Stationery Office. 1270.
  22. Book: Government. H.M.. The Navy List. April 1962. H.M. Stationery Office. 928.
  23. Book: Puddefoot. Geoff. Fourth Force: The Untold Story of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Since 1945. 2010. Seaforth Publishing. 9781848320468. 75. en.
  24. Web site: Archives. The National. Superintending Naval Store Officer: establishment of title.. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives, 1925. 30 July 2017.