Weapons
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Admiralty: First Lord's correspondence, relating to guns, 7-15 May 1915
Comprising: a letter from Lord Fisher [Admiral of the Fleet, earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC advising him to order 18 inch guns (8 May); a letter from Lord Fisher to WSC enclosing a press cutting about German guns, annotated by WSC (7 May); a note in WSC's hand (in green pencil) noting that a letter had been sent as requested (15 May); and a letter from J M Falkner (Elswick Works, Newcastle on Tyne) to Lord Fisher on gun manufacture (7 May).
Articles, 1981 - 1989
Books and articles, 1906 - 1981
Includes books, articles and writings (some unpublished) on various subjects including Vietnam, arms, the League of Nations and Suez.
Copy of a prize essay, 1886
Titled "The Changes in the Conditions of Naval Warfare Owing to the Introduction of the Ram, the Torpedo and the Submarine Mine".
Copy of a prize essay, 1893
Titled "The Tactics Best Adapted for Developing the Power of Existing Ships and Weapons (Gun, Ram, and Torpedo) Which Should Regulate Fleets, Groups and Single Vessels in Action".
Correspondence about gunnery and missiles, 1946-03
Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, official papers, lectures, articles, broadcasts and photographs
Also including papers of Commander John Somerville about his father, 1950-91
Description of a visit to the United States to see fire control and gunnery equipment, 1944
Papers comprising official reports, articles, lectures, correspondence and press cuttings
Diagrams of submarine torpedo directors, 1938
Comprising pen-and-ink drawings on tracing paper.
Produced for the Naval Ordnance Department.
Records of the Cambridge University Rifle Association, 1907 - 2014
The records cover all aspects of club administration and include a quantity of records from the Small Bore Club.
Report on a visit to the United States, 1943-07
Titled "The American Position with Power Control for Gunnery Purposes".
Written by Joseph M. Ford, Superintending Scientist at the Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington.
Report on ship motions and their influence on weapon control, 1948-10
Produced for the Naval Ordnance Department.
Report on the design of spiral pin wheel gear in torpedo sights, 1947
Produced for the Naval Ordnance Department.
Report on the design of spiral pin wheel gear in torpedo sights, 1947
Comprising printed drawings.
Produced for the Naval Ordnance Department.
Royal Navy and Weapons Development, 1935 - 1976
Papers comprising of articles, lectures, correspondence, a diary, research notes, press cuttings, photographs and microfilm.
Special correspondence: Schonegevel, 1941-03 - 1944-10
Speeches: House of Commons: Draft speech notes for WSC's speech "European Dangers", 23 Nov 1932
The Papers of Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer
Papers comprising correspondence, a diary, articles, lectures, broadcasts and press cuttings
Including letters from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe, 1906-34 (168), with other letters and papers about Jellicoe; papers about the Battle of Jutland, 1916-55; and papers about the Invergordon Mutiny, 1931-7.
The Papers of Arthur Hungerford Pollen
The Papers of Colonel R S Macrae
The papers include: Millis Jefferis's copies of M.D.1 correspondence; administration files on staffing and weapons development; research files on the development of individual weapons; Macrae's patent claims, which include original material on the development of the weapons concerned; Macrae's diaries from his time at M.D.1; some material from Macrae's memoirs, "Winston Churchill's Toyshop".
The Papers of Major P G Hampton
Account of Hampton's experiences as a battery Commander, Royal Artillery, in France and Belgium, 1940, and in Normandy, 1944. No other biographical details for Hampton are known to Churchill Archives Centre..
World War II Papers, 1941 - 1945
The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.