Editing Tristan da Cunha (section)

====World War II military development====
During the [[Second World War]], Tristan was commissioned by the [[Royal Navy]] as the so-called "[[stone frigate]]" {{HMS|Atlantic Isle}} and used as a secret [[signals intelligence]] station, to monitor [[Germany|German]] [[U-boat]]s (which were required to maintain radio contact) and shipping in the South [[Atlantic Ocean]]. The weather and radio stations led to extensive new infrastructure being built on the island, including a school, a hospital, and a cash-based general store.<ref name=joining/>

The first colonial official sent to rule the island was [[Sir Hugh Elliott]] in the rank of administrator (because the settlement was too small to merit a governor) 1950–1953.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} Development continued as the island's first canning factory expanded paid employment in 1949.<ref name=joining>{{cite web |title=Tristan da Cunha joining the modern world 1942–1961 |website=Tristan da Cunha |url=http://www.tristandc.com/history1942-1961.php |access-date=28 December 2018 |archive-date=15 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115092758/http://www.tristandc.com/history1942-1961.php |url-status=live}}</ref>