Signal Division (Royal Navy) Explained

Type:Division
Agency Name:Signal Division
Preceding1:Signal Section
Jurisdiction:Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters:Admiralty Building
Whitehall
London
Formed:1914
Dissolved:1964
Parent Department:Admiralty Naval Staff

The Signal Division [1] was a Directorate of the Admiralty Naval Staff responsible for policy, control and management of all naval communications from 1914 to 1964.

History

In 1906 the Admiralty set up a Signals Committee to initially investigate signaling between Royal Navy vessels and Merchant Navy vessels,[2] in 1914 the Admiralty War Staff had established an expanded Signal Section [3] to deal with all shore to ship communications following the abolition of the war staff function. The Signal Division was established on the 18 August 1917 [4] the divisions primary role was for receiving and sending signals to ships at sea and stations ashore, but also for the coding or cyphering of the signals. In September 1919 the division was renamed the Communications Division [5] until 1927 when it was again re-styled Signal Section still within the Naval Staff until 1941 when it reverted to Signal Division, it continued as a component part of the Naval Staff until 1964 when the Admiralty Department was abolished and replaced by a new Navy Department within the Ministry of Defence.

Responsibilities

As of August, 1917:[6]

Directors of Division

Included:[7]

First World War

Director Signal Section

Director Signal Division

Interwar

Director Communications Division

Director Signal Section

Second World War

Director Signal Division

Post War

Director Signal Division

Deputy Directors of Division

Included:[8]

Attribution

Primary source for this article is by Harley Simon, Lovell Tony, (2017), Signal Division (Royal Navy), dreadnoughtproject.org, http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Smith. Gordon. Watson. Graham. British Admiralty, Shore Establishments, Fleets and Station, World War 1. naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 23 July 2015. 2 March 2017.
  2. Mead. Cdr. Hilary P. Retd. R.N.. Centenary of the International Signal Book. Journal of the Royal United Service Institution. 1957. 102. 607. 334–338. 10.1080/03071845709419207.
  3. Web site: Hammond Hall. William Palmer. Ingram. Thomas Allen. Price. E. D.. The New Hazell Annual and Almanack,Volume 32. Oxford University Press, p.710. 2 March 2017. en. 1 January 1917.
  4. Web site: Archives. The National. Admiralty Signal Division: History: Docket entitled "Division of Responsibility for Wireless Telegraphy Work.". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives, 1936, ADM 116/3404. 2 March 2017.
  5. Book: Brooks. John. Dreadnought Gunnery and the Battle of Jutland: The Question of Fire Control. Dec 6, 2012. Routledge. 9781135765545. 266. en.
  6. Web site: Archives. The National. Admiralty Signal Division: History: Docket entitled "Division of Responsibility for Wireless Telegraphy Work.". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives, 1936, ADM 116/3404. 2 March 2017.
  7. Web site: Mackie. Colin. Senior Royal Navy Appointments from 1865. Gulabin. Colin Mackie, p.55, January 2017. 2 March 2017.
  8. Web site: Mackie. Colin. Senior Royal Navy Appointments from 1865. Gulabin. Colin Mackie, p.55, January 2017. 3 March 2017.

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