Admiralty Experimental Station

Admiralty Experimental Station

Research Department overview
Formed	1915
Dissolved	1921
Superseding agency	Admiralty Research Laboratory
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters	Aberdour, Fife, Scotland (1915-1917) Parkeston Quay, England (1917-1919) Shandon, Argyll, Scotland (1919-1921)
Parent department	Admiralty

The Admiralty Experimental Station was a research department of the British Admiralty set up in 1915. Initially its research centred round submarine detection methods. In 1921 its remit was expanded and it was renamed the Admiralty Research Laboratory.^[1]