Naval Stores Department (Royal Navy)

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.

Naval Stores Department
Agency overview
Formed1869
Preceding agency
Dissolved1966
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersAdmiralty
London
Agency executives
  • Director of Naval Stores
  • Deputy Director of Naval Stores
  • Assistant Director of Naval Stores
Parent departmentDepartment of Admiralty (1869-1964)
Navy Department (1964-1966)

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]

  • Issue stores for all ships both in commission and reserve.
  • Issue stores for naval dockyards both at home and abroad.
  • Manage all stores and storage facilities for the Department of Dockyards.
  • Manage all stores and storage facilities for the Department of Naval Construction.
  • Manage all stores and storage facilities for the Department of Naval Ordnance.
  • Manage all stores and storage facilities for Royal Naval and Engineering Colleges.
  • Prepare all estimates for the department.
  • Pass departments purchase requests to the Director of Navy Contracts.
  • Receive stores for royal naval vessels both in commission and reserve.
  • Regularly examine all stores accounts and financial transactions.
  • Superintend the department including all supporting staff heads.

Heads of Department

Included:

Superintendents of Naval Stores
  • Mr. Nelson Girdlestone, 13 April 1869 – 23 January 1872 [7]
  • Mr. Coghlan McLean Hardy, 23 January 1872– 1876 [8]

Directors of Naval Stores
  • Mr. Coghlan McLean Hardy., 1876 – 1 April 1889 [9]
  • Mr. William G. P. Gilbert., 1 April 1889 – 1 April 1895 [10]
  • Mr. Gordon William Miller, 1 April 1895 – 1900 [11]
  • Mr. David Evans, 1900- May 1902 [12]
  • Sir. Frederick W. Black, 1902 – 1906 [13]
  • Sir John Forsey, 1906 - 1914 [14]
  • Mr Mark Manley Waller, 1914 - 1918
  • Mr G. H, Ashdown, 1919 - 1921 [15]
  • Mr J. W L. Oliver, 1921 - 1926 [16][17]
  • Sir William J Gick 1935 - 1940 [18][19]
  • Mr. Ernest Stephen Wood 1940 - 1951
  • Mr. G. F. R. Marsh, 1951 - 1956 [20]
  • Mr R. Henderson 1956 - 1959 [21]
  • Mr F. C. Wilkins 1962 -1964 [22]

Structure of Department

Included:[23][24]

  • Office of the Deputy Director of Naval Stores
    • Office of the Assistant Director of Naval Stores
      • Departments of the Senior Naval Store Officers, Yards
      • Offices of the Superintending Naval Store Officers Depots
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

References
  1. puddefoot, Geoff (2010). Ready For Anything: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905-1950. Seaforth Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 9781848320741.
  2. Government, H.M. (1888). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 301.
  3. Hamilton, Sir Vesey (1896). "IV". The Constitution, Character and Functions of the Board of Admiralty and the Civil Departments it Directs. George Bell and Sons. ISBN 9781150465000.
  4. Government, H.M. (April 1962). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 929.
  5. RUSI and Brassey's defence yearbook. 1978-79 : 89th year of publication. Brassey's. 1978. p. 149. ISBN 9780904609219.
  6. Hamilton, Sir Vesey (1896). "IV". The Constitution, Character and Functions of the Board of Admiralty and the Civil Departments it Directs. George Bell and Sons. ISBN 9781150465000.
  7. al.], Wm. Laird Clowes ; assisted by Sir Clements Markham ... [et (1997). The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria. Vol.7 (REPR. d. Ausg. 1903 ed.). London: Chatham. p. 4. ISBN 9781861760166.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. Smith, Gordon. "Clowes, Chapter 46, Vol VII of The Royal Navy, 1895-1900". naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, 12 October 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  9. Government, H.M. (1888). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 301.
  10. Government, H.M. (1895). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 301.
  11. Government, H.M. (1900). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 349a.
  12. Government, H.M. (1902). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 425.
  13. Ferrier, Ronald W. (1982). The History of the British Petroleum Company: Volume 1, The Developing Years, 1901-1932. Cambridge University Press. p. 688. ISBN 9780521246477.
  14. puddefoot, Geoff (2010). Ready For Anything: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905-1950. Seaforth Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 9781848320741.
  15. Government, H.M. (January 1919). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 1828.
  16. Government, H.M. (October 1919). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 1832.
  17. Government, H.M. (1926). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 415.
  18. Government, H.M. (October 1935). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 1832.
  19. Government, H.M. (June 1940). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 667.
  20. Government, H.M. (May 1951). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 345.
  21. Government, H.M. (April 1956). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 1270.
  22. Government, H.M. (April 1962). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 928.
  23. Puddefoot, Geoff (2010). Fourth Force: The Untold Story of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Since 1945. Seaforth Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 9781848320468.
  24. Archives, The National. "Superintending Naval Store Officer: establishment of title". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives, 1925. Retrieved 30 July 2017.

Sources
  • Hamilton, Sir Vesey (1896). "IV". The Constitution, Character and Functions of the Board of Admiralty and the Civil Departments it Directs. George Bell and Sons. ISBN 9781150465000.
  • Puddefoot, Geoff (2010). Ready For Anything: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary 1905–1950. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848320741.
  • Rodger, N.A.M. (1979). The Admiralty. Offices of State. Lavenham: T. Dalton. ISBN 0900963948.
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