Admiralty Experimental Station

Admiralty Experimental Station
Research Department overview
Formed1915
Dissolved1921
Superseding Research Department
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersAberdour, Fife, Scotland (1915-1917)
Parkeston Quay, England (1917-1919)
Shandon, Argyll, Scotland (1919-1921)
Parent departmentAdmiralty

The Admiralty Experimental Station was a research department of the British Admiralty set up in 1915. Initially its research centred round submarine detection methods. In 1921 its remit was expanded and it was renamed the Admiralty Research Laboratory.[1]

  1. ^ "Admiralty: Admiralty Experimental Station and Admiralty Research Laboratory: Correspondence and Papers". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives UK. 1915–1977. Retrieved 1 February 2019. ADM 212