Ernest Norton
Ernest Norton
1963 Bio Note [1]
Mr Ernest Norton, C.B.E., B.E.M. (Member), is the Deputy Managing Director of Yarrow and Co. Ltd.
He was educated at Portsmouth Technical College and the Royal Dockyard School. In 1933 he joined the staff of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet at the Admiralty and worked on the design of propulsion machinery for cruisers. His wartime work was concerned with turbine and gearing problems.
In 1946 he was awarded the B.E.M. and four years later he moved to Yarrow and Co. as Chief Design Engineer in the Yarrow Admiralty Research Department, later becoming a Director of the Company and Head of the Research Department. He was appointed to his present position in 1962.
His recent work has been concerned with the use of gas turbines in combination with geared steam turbines for ship propulsion, and he is now actively concerned with the use of nuclear power for ships. Mr Norton acted as technical adviser to the Chandos Committee which considered a replacement for the Queen Mary. He received a C.B.E. in 1961.
In 1950 Mr Norton became an Associate Member of the Institution and he transferred to Member in 1958.
1973 Bio Note [2]
E. Norton, CBE, BEM, Fellow, was educated at Portsmouth Technical College and the Royal Dockyard School, Portsmouth. He held various appointments in the Admiralty at Whitehall and Bath between 1933 and 1946 and served as an Engineer Assistant to the Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet 1946 to 1950.
Mr Norton joined Yarrow and Co Ltd as Chief Design Engineer in the Yarrow Admiralty Research Department and served in this capacity from 1950 to 1956. He was appointed a Director of Yarrow and Co in 1956 and has been Managing Director since 1962. He is also Deputy Chairman and Managing Director Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd.
He has served as a Member of Council and as a Member of the Technical Committee Lloyd's Register of Shipping. He is an Honorary Member of the City and Guilds of London Institute.