Catalogue description Admiralty: Advisory Panel on Underwater Explosion Research (UNDEX): Reports and Minutes

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Reference: ADM 279
Title: Admiralty: Advisory Panel on Underwater Explosion Research (UNDEX): Reports and Minutes
Description:

Minutes of meetings and reports of the Admiralty Advisory Panel on Underwater Explosion Research, reports presented to it by the Naval Construction Research Establishment, and other papers.

Date: 1942-1969
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Admiralty Advisory Panel on Underwater Explosion Research, 1942-1969

Physical description: 165 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1987 Ministry of Defence

Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Admiralty Advisory Panel on Underwater Explosion Research was responsible for the direction of the Admiralty Underwater Explosion (UNDEX) Works at Rosyth, later renamed the Naval Construction Research Establishment (NCRE). The first meeting of the Panel was in October 1942. The Panel was reconstituted in June 1948, because of the increased workload of NCRE. The new Panel also took over the work of the Shock in Ships Committee. A separate Undex Sub-Panel was also set up. Professor Sir Ralph Fowler chaired the meetings until his death in July 1944, thereafter the Panel was normally chaired by the Superintendent, NCRE. The Panel reported to the Admiralty's Director of Scientific Research.

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