| Research Department overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1915 |
| Dissolved | 1921 |
| Superseding Research Department | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of the United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Aberdour,Fife, Scotland (1915-1917) Parkeston Quay,England (1917-1919) Shandon, Argyll, Scotland (1919-1921) |
| Parent department | Admiralty |
TheAdmiralty Experimental Station was a research department of theBritish Admiralty set up in 1915. Initially its research centred round submarine detection methods. In 1921 its remit was expanded and it was renamed theAdmiralty Research Laboratory.[1]
During the First World War, theAnti-Submarine Division of theAdmiralty Naval Staff had established experimental stations. In 1915 The first Admiralty Experimental Station was set up by the Admiralty atAberdour,Fife, Scotland under the supervision of the Physicist Dr.Albert Beaumont Wood.[2] In 1917 it moved its location toParkeston Quay, England. The experimental station worked with the Lancashire Anti-Submarine Committee and the Clyde Anti-Submarine Committee. In 1919 it moved its headquarters back to Scotland atShandon, Argyll. In 1921 its remit was expanded and it was renamed theAdmiralty Research Laboratory when it moved toTeddington, England.[3]
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