Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures someone responsible for pictures in the Royal Household. Notable recent office-holders have included Sir Lionel Cust (1901–1927), Sir Kenneth Clark (1934–1944), Professor Anthony Blunt (1945–1972), and Sir Oliver Millar (1972–1988). The current Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures is Desmond Shawe-Taylor, appointed in 2005. Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures The office of the Surveyor of the King's/Queen's Pictures, in the Royal Collection Department of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, is responsible for the care and maintenance of the royal collection of pictures owned by the Sovereign in an official capacity – as distinct from those owned
NOAAS Surveyor (S 132) NOAAS Surveyor (S 132) NOAA Ship "Surveyor" (S 132) was an oceanographic survey ship in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 1970 until 1995. Prior to her NOAA career, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1960 to 1970 as USC&GS "Surveyor" (OSS 32). She was the second and last Coast and Geodetic Survey ship named "Surveyor" and has been the only NOAA ship thus far to bear the name. "Surveyor" was built as an "ocean survey ship" (OSS) for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey by National Steel and