Undoubtedly the most significant member of the family was the naval architect Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt ( 1868 1951 ), the First Baronet, who was the Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction in the first decades of the 20th century.
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In designing warships the Director of Naval Construction had to work with the Engineer-in-Chief, another Admiralty post, which existed from 1847 to 1889 . The Engineer-in-Chief post arose after the adoption of steam engines for propulsion.
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Thirteen months later, the " Service Technique des Constructions Navales, ( S . T . C . N . ) " ( The French equivalent of the Royal Navy's Department of the Director of Naval Construction ) established a definitive project.
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In all this work the director of naval construction collaborates with the engineer-in-chief, who is an independent officer and not a subordinate, and whose procedure in regard to machinery closely resembles that adopted in the matter of contract-built ships.
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When Reed retired in 1872, Barnaby was elevated to " President of the Council of Construction and Chief Naval Architect . " Always referred to as the " Chief Constructor, " the title was changed in 1875 to " Director of Naval Construction " ( DNC ).
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The Royal Commission headed by Sir Charles Davidson, heard from Philip Watts, the former director of naval construction for the Royal Navy and advisor to the Chilean government regarding the initial design of the submarines, through his letter to the Admiralty during the initial process of acquisition.
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Poetry did not pay, and so in 1923 Manning took a commission from his publisher William White ", a biography of the man who, as Director of Naval Construction, led the build-up of the Royal Navy in the last years of the nineteenth century.
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Stern then began selecting the members of the committee, including many people who had been part of the development of the tank during World War I, including former Director of Naval Construction, Eustace d'Eyncourt, General Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, was helpful.
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Built to a design by William Henry White, Director of Naval Construction, " Nymphe " and her sister ships were constructed of an iron frame sheathed with teak and copper ( hence'composite'), and powered by both sails and a steam engine delivering through twin screws.
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The first duty of the controller is, as has been explained, in relation to the design and construction of ships and their machinery, and the executive officials who have charge of that work are the director of naval construction and the engineer-in-chief, whose operations are closely interrelated.
