Royal Naval Engineers

Royal Naval Engineers

The Royal Naval Engineers, a department of the Royal Navy, has existed since 1835.

Naval engineers are in charge of the management and upkeep of ship-board machinery. Traditionally this included engines, motors, pumps and other mechanical devices, but modern engineers are now responsible for both mechanical systems and high-tech electronics such radar and sonar systems and nuclear-power plants.

Ranking

When the corps was first created, there were three ranks for Engineers: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Over the years this ranking system has changed several times:
* 1835 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd Engineer.
* 1847 - Inspector of Machinery, Chief Engineer; First, Second, and Third Engineer.
* 1886 - Chief Inspector & Inspector of Machinery (R.A. and Captain), Fleet Engineer (Odr), and Staff Engineer (Senior Lieutenant).
* 1904 - Standard executive rank titles with an "Engineer" prefix.

Fields of Expertise

After graduating from university and receiving a basic training, naval engineers specialize in a particular field.

* Weapon Engineer Officer (WEO) - ensures that weapon systems are working properly.
* Marine Engineer Officer (MEO) - deals with the fuel, air, water, electrical, and (non-nuclear) propulsion systems.
* Air Engineer Officer (AEO) - Maintenance and upgrading of engines and electrical systems in aircraft.
* Submarines The Nuclear Task - working with nuclear-powered submarines.

Students

In 1888 engineer studentships were created. Today, there are several different student-scholarship programs available including the "University Cadetship Entry", a competitive program in which students enlist and train at Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth before going to university.

References

# [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/3016.html Engineer Officer] , Royal Navy.
# http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/4746.html


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Royal Naval Air Service — (RNAS) est le nom donné à l’ensemble des moyens aériens placés sous l’autorité de l’Amirauté britannique entre juillet 1914 et mars 1918. Le 1er avril 1918, le Royal Flying Corps de l’Armée britannique et le RNAS fusionnèrent pour… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Royal Naval Engineering College — The Royal Naval Engineering College was a specialist establishment for the training of Royal Navy engineers. It was founded as Keyham College in 1880, new buildings were opened in Manadon in 1940 and the old college site at Keyham closed in 1958 …   Wikipedia

  • Spanish Royal Academy of Naval Engineers — Naval Engineers, The Spanish Royal Academy of: In 1772, during the reign Charles III of Spain it was created in Ferrol the First Royal Academy of Naval Engineers in Spain. The purpose of this Royal Academy was to train the future members of the… …   Wikipedia

  • ENGINEERS, ROYAL NAVAL —    since 1848 have ranked as commissioned officers; salaries vary from £110 to £639 a year; admission is by examination; duties include the entire oversight and management of the ship machinery; there are three ranks inspectors of machinery,… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Royal Navy — This article is about the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. For other Royal Navies, see Royal Navy (disambiguation). Royal Navy The naval ensign …   Wikipedia

  • Royal Military College of Canada — Motto Truth, Duty, Valour Established 1876 Type …   Wikipedia

  • Royal Airforce — Royal Air Force Royal Air Force …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Royal Navy — Pavillon de la Royal Navy (White Enseign) Période 16e siècle aujourd hui Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Royal Observer Corps — Ensign Active 1925–1996 Country …   Wikipedia

  • Naval Academy — could refer to: Institutions The United States Naval Academy The Indian Naval Academy (INA) of India The Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy of Bulgaria The Imperial Japanese Naval Academy The École Navale of France The Britannia Royal Naval College… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”