Admiralty Research Establishment

Admiralty Research Establishment

Establishment overview
Formed	1984 (1984)
Preceding agencies	Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment
Dissolved	April 1, 1991 (1991-04-01)
Superseding agency	Defence Research Agency
Type	Establishment

Old Admiralty Research Establishment Portland – geograph.org.uk – 719311

The Admiralty Research Establishment (commonly known as ARE) was formed on 1 April 1984 from various Admiralty establishments. It became part of the Defence Research Agency on 1 April 1991.

Constituent parts on formation

• Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment (ASWE), Portsdown, Portsmouth (1959–1984)^[1]
  • Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment, Portsmouth (1948–1959).
    • Admiralty Signal Establishment (1941–1948).
      • Admiralty Experimental Department (1917–1941).
  • Admiralty Gunnery Establishment, Teddington. (AGE) (1943–1959).
    • Admiralty Research Laboratory (ARL), Fire Control Group, Teddington (1921–1977).
  • Admiralty Compass Observatory, Slough, England (1842–1971).^[2]
• Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (1978–1984) – formed from amalgamation of other research departments in 1977
  • Naval Construction Research Establishment (1946–1978)
  • Admiralty Materials Laboratory (1947–1978).
• Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment (AUWE), Portland, Dorset (1959–1984).^[3]
  • Torpedo Experimental Establishment (TEE), at Greenock, Scotland. (1943–1959)^[4]
    • Torpedo Experiment and Design Department, Greenock (1935–1943)^[4]
  • Underwater Countermeasures and Weapons Establishment (–1960).
  • Underwater Detection Establishment (–1960).

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