It was Christie, thanks. I was thinking earlier of Captain John Wilkes, who commanded the Asiatic fleet subs before being replaced. When Lockwood advised removing the magnetic exploders, Christie refused. He had been in charge of the development of the magnetic pistol, and defended it staunchly.
Here's a note from Doenitz's war diary:
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That the BdU has to burden himself with wearying discussions and investigations into the causes of duds - and struggle to correct them - is an absurdity. (So long, however, as these bodies [the Torpedo Directorate and Experimental Department] limp along behind with their measures I am thrown back on my own resources.)
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