Talk:United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Merger
Keep The article is already too long to be merged with the main HO article, and will only get longer. --Dtcdthingy 00:56, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Lose The UK section in the HO article is much more informative than this article. I would update the other article and expand it if necessary. Frelke 17:37, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

New CEO
As of October 2011, Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff has taken over as CEO from Mike Robinson. The best publically-available cite I can find is this one http://www.ukho.gov.uk/Media/Press%20Release/Press-Release-UKHO-Chief-Executive-to-step-down.pdf, but I'm not sure how to set up the reference links. Wardog (talk) 14:18, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Books published by the hydrographic office
http://books.google.com/books?id=j3ADAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Rajmaan (talk) 07:27, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Previous CEO
There seems to have been a bit of an edit war going on about the legacy of the previous CEO (Mike Robinson), with him being described variously as "leaving", "leaving after five successful years" (apparently added by Robinson himself), "leaving unexpectedly", and various joke reasons being given as well ("not using Button Moon DVDs in his office"). I have reverted to the original, neutral description of just "leaving". I've also updated the reference (previously it was a (broken) link refering to Robinson's appointment. Iapetus (talk) 08:34, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

History?
A sourced claim at this page says the earliest hydrographer was in the 17th century and not the guy listed here. Who needs correction? — Llywelyn II   02:43, 3 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Neither. Collins was the first 'Hydrographer to the King'. Dalrymple was the first 'Hydrographer of the Navy' (the post out of which the current Hydrographic Office is descended). The former was a royal appointment, the latter one was made by the Admiralty. Hydrography, the surveying of coasts and seas, pre-dates Collins for that matter, as masters and captains of ships were responsible for carrying out their own surveys and updating their own charts for navigation. The source used at 'Hydrographic survey' states 'In 1683, the King Charles II appointed Captain Grenville Collins as Hydrographer to the King' and 'The responsibility for all survey work considered necessary for the mobility and security of HM Ships has long been discharged by the Hydrographer of the Navy. His office was first established in 1795.' - drawing a clear distinction between the two. If one page needs correction, it is the line 'officially begun with the 1683 appointment...' in Hydrographic survey. The source used makes no such claim of an official beginning to hydrography. Benea (talk) 08:13, 3 August 2014 (UTC)

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RADM Tim Lowe appointed Acting Chief Executive and Accounting Officer.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-hydrographic-office-appoints-rear-admiral-tim-lowe-cbe-as-acting-chief-executive

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