Naval Stores Department (Royal Navy)

History

Directors duties

• 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

Superintendents of Naval Stores

• Mr. Nelson Girdlestone, 13 April 1869 – 23 January 1872
• Mr. Coghlan McLean Hardy, 23 January 1872– 1876

  Directors of Naval Stores

• Mr. Coghlan McLean Hardy., 1876 – 1 April 1889
• Mr. William G. P. Gilbert., 1 April 1889 – 1 April 1895
• Mr. Gordon William Miller, 1 April 1895 – 1900
• Mr. David Evans, 1900- May 1902
• Sir. Frederick W. Black, 1902 – 1906
• Sir John Forsey, 1906 - 1914
• Mr G. H, Ashdown, 1919 - 1921
• Mr J. W L. Oliver, 1921 - 1926
• Sir William J Glick 1935 - 1940
• Mr. Ernest Stephen Wood 1940 - 1951
• Mr. G. F. R. Marsh, 1951 - 1956
• Mr R. Henderson 1956 - 1959
• Mr F. C. Wilkins 1962 -1964

  Structure of Department

• 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
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Bermuda Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Chatham Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Deptford Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Devonport Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Gibraltar Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Haulbowline Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Lyness Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Malta Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Pembroke Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Portland Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Portsmouth Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Rosyth Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Scapa Flow Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Sheerness Flow Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Simonstown Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Singapore Yard.
• Department of the Senior Naval Store Officer, Trincomalee Yard.
• Naval Store Depot, Almond Bank.
• Naval Store Depot, Carfin.
• Naval Store Depot, Copenacre.
• Naval Store Depot, Coventry.
• Naval Store Depot, West India Docks.
• Naval Store Depot, Eaglescliffe.
• Naval Store Depot, Lathalmond.
• Naval Store Depot, Llangennech.
• Naval Store Depot, Londonderry.
• Naval Store Depot, Park Royal.
• Naval Store Depot, Trecwn.
• Naval Store Depot, Woolston.
• Victualling Department

  Timeline

• Navy Board, Controller of Storekeepers Accounts, 1671-1796
• Navy Board, Stores Department, 1796-1829
• Navy Board, Store-Keeper General of the Navy, 1829-1832
• Board of Admiralty, Department of the Store-Keeper General of the Navy, 1832-1869
• Board of Admiralty, Superintendent of Stores, 1869-1876
• Board of Admiralty, Director of Naval Stores, 1876-1966