Frederick Scourse

Rear Admiral Frederick Peter Scourse CB MBE FREng (born 23 June 1944) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Acting Controller of the Navy. He was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2000.[1]

Frederick Scourse
Born23 June 1944
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1962 – 1997
RankRear Admiral
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Order of the British Empire
FREng

Scourse joined the Royal Navy in 1962 and chose to specialize in submarines.[2] He was appointed Assistant Director for the Trident submarine programme and then Head of Reactor Safety before becoming Military Assistant to the Chief of Defence Procurement in 1987.[2] He went on to be Director-General of Surface Weapons in 1988.[2] In 1996 he was appointed Acting Controller of the Navy and Director-General of Surface Ships;[3] he retired in 1997.[2]

In retirement he became Nuclear Weapons Safety Advisor to the Ministry of Defence as well as a consultant to the Office of Government Commerce.[2]

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References
  1. "List of Fellows".
  2. Rear Admiral Fred Scourse CB MBE MA FREng FIEE Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine DV-MS
  3. "NRaD Command History 1996" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Walmsley		 Controller of the Navy
(Acting)
1996–1997		 Succeeded by
Sir Peter Spencer
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