Frederick Scourse

Rear Admiral Frederick Scourse CB MBE is a former Royal Navy officer who became Acting Controller of the Navy.

Naval career
Scourse joined the Royal Navy in 1962 and chose to specialize in submarines. 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. He went on to be Director-General of Surface Weapons in 1988. In 1996 he was appointed Acting Controller of the Navy and Director-General of Surface Ships; he retired in 1997.

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