Directorate_of_Navigation_and_Tactical_Control_(Naval)
Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval)
British Royal Navy, naval staff
The Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval) was a directorate of the Navy Department, Naval Staff [1] first established in 1912, as the Navigation Department of Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty.[2] In 1945, it was renamed the Navigation Division and assigned to the Admiralty Naval Staff. In 1946, it was redesignated Navigation and Direction Division until 1966, and now part of the Navy Department Naval Staff it was renamed the Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval). The staff directorate was administered by the Director Navigation Tactical Control (Naval) who reported to the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Warfare) it existed until 1968.