Norman Hurst Wood
Norman Hurst Wood (1884- )
1922 Capt., ElektroIngenieur, M.I.Mar.E., Cons. Engr.; b. 1884; s. of Charles Henry Wood. Ed. Hymer's Coll., Hull. Training: Technikum Rendsburg, Rendsburg, Germany. Distinctions: Diploma, Elektro-Ingenieur. Career: Had charge of the Elec. Design and Installation of the Elec. Equipment of Submarines for the Dutch Navy; after outbreak of War, took charge of the Installation of the Elec. Equipment of British Submarines; attended Trials, etc.; as Lt. R.N.V.R., attached R.N.A.S., took charge of the Elec. Equipment of H.M. Airships and Airship and Kite Balloon Stations; transferred to R.A.F. as Staff Capt., and took charge of the Searchlight and Landing Light Equipment for all R.A.F. Stations at home and .abroad; also the Elec. Equipment of all R.A.F. Kite Balloon Stations; Inventor of the All-Electric System of Propulsion for Submersible Vessels. Publ.: Several Articles in the "Elec. Review." Two Papers before the Super-Submersible dealing with the Propulsion of the Modern Super-Submersible Torpedo Boat. Address: 38, St. Charles Square, N. Kensington, London, W.io.