<![CDATA[In 1837 the Royal Navy established a Steam Department: first Controller of Steam Machinery was Captain Sir Edward Parry, the Arctic explorer.]]>In 1837 the Royal Navy established a Steam Department: first Controller of Steam Machinery was Captain Sir Edward Parry, the Arctic explorer.

In 1850 they abolished the department, having realised that steam wasn't a separate sideline to "serious" naval operations.

Lots of potential lessons there — whatever you go in looking for, I guess. 🤷

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