Admiralty Research Establishment

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 Signal 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.
  • 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.
  • Admiralty Materials Laboratory (1947-1978).
• Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment (AUWE), Portland, Dorset (1960-1984).^[3]
  • Torpedo Experimental Establishment (TEE), at Greenock, Scotland. (1943-1959)
  • Underwater Countermeasures and Weapons Establishments (-1960).
  • Underwater Detection Establishment (-1960).

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