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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Operations_Room_at_Derby_House.jpg/300px-Operations_Room_at_Derby_House.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Operations_Room_at_Derby_House.jpg/450px-Operations_Room_at_Derby_House.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Operations_Room_at_Derby_House.jpg/600px-Operations_Room_at_Derby_House.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="469" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Commander RDS Crosse, Staff Officer Convoys, (left) discussing a special convoy movement map with Captain Lake, RN, Duty Officer in the Operations Room at Derby House, Liverpool.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1939–1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_formation" class="mw-redirect" title="Military formation">Military formation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Dunbar-Nasmith" title="Martin Dunbar-Nasmith">Martin Dunbar-Nasmith</a> (1939–1941) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Percy_Lockhart_Harnam_Noble" class="mw-redirect" title="Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble">Percy Noble</a> (1941–1942) <br /> <a href="/wiki/Max_Kennedy_Horton" class="mw-redirect" title="Max Kennedy Horton">Max Horton</a> (1942–1945)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches</b> was the commander of a major operational command of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The admiral commanding, and his forces, sometimes informally known as 'Western Approaches Command,' were responsible for the safety of British shipping in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Approaches" title="Western Approaches">Western Approaches</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander-in-Chief,_Western_Approaches&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Admiral <a href="/wiki/Martin_Dunbar-Nasmith" title="Martin Dunbar-Nasmith">Martin Dunbar-Nasmith</a>, who had been <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Plymouth" title="Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth">Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth</a>, also took over responsibility for the Western Approaches from the start of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the fall of France in June 1940, the main North Atlantic <a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">convoy</a> routes were diverted around the north of Ireland through the north-western approaches.<sup id="cite_ref-liverpool_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liverpool-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By late 1940, the location of the Combined Operations headquarters at Plymouth was increasingly awkward and the decision was taken to move the Combined Operations headquarters to <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-liverpool_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liverpool-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 February 1941, the headquarters was established at <a href="/wiki/Exchange_Flags" title="Exchange Flags">Derby House</a>, Liverpool,<sup id="cite_ref-liverpool_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liverpool-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a secondary control bunker built in <a href="/wiki/Magee_College" title="Magee College">Magee College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Derby House was designated HMS <i>Eaglet</i>; shore establishments were often given ship ("<a href="/wiki/Stone_frigate" title="Stone frigate">stone frigate</a>") names to meet the requirement that their Navy personnel be borne upon the books of a specific ship. The headquarters of <a href="/wiki/No._15_Group_RAF" title="No. 15 Group RAF">No. 15 Group RAF</a> (part of <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal Command">Coastal Command</a>) moved to Liverpool at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 February 1941 Admiral <a href="/wiki/Percy_Lockhart_Harnam_Noble" class="mw-redirect" title="Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble">Sir Percy Noble</a> was appointed as the new Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches Command.<sup id="cite_ref-liverpool_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liverpool-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Western_Approaches_Tactical_Unit" title="Western Approaches Tactical Unit">Western Approaches Tactical Unit</a> (WATU) was formed in January 1942 to develop and disseminate new tactics to counter German submarine attacks on trans-Atlantic shipping convoys. WATU took up residency on the top floor of Derby House.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over the next two years, Admiral Noble built up the bases for the North Atlantic escort groups at <a href="/wiki/Greenock" title="Greenock">Greenock</a> on the Clyde, <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> and set up the training facilities that were the foundations for eventual victory in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Western_Approaches,_Rumford_Street,_Liverpool_(1).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Western_Approaches%2C_Rumford_Street%2C_Liverpool_%281%29.JPG/220px-Western_Approaches%2C_Rumford_Street%2C_Liverpool_%281%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Western_Approaches%2C_Rumford_Street%2C_Liverpool_%281%29.JPG/330px-Western_Approaches%2C_Rumford_Street%2C_Liverpool_%281%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Western_Approaches%2C_Rumford_Street%2C_Liverpool_%281%29.JPG/440px-Western_Approaches%2C_Rumford_Street%2C_Liverpool_%281%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Derby House, Liverpool, in 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>On 19 November 1942, Admiral <a href="/wiki/Max_Kennedy_Horton" class="mw-redirect" title="Max Kennedy Horton">Max Horton</a> replaced Admiral Noble; Horton then was Commander-in-Chief until Western Approaches Command closed on 15 August 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-liverpool_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liverpool-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Horton’s leadership played a vital role in the final defeat of the U-boat menace. Horton used the increasing number of escorts that were available to the command to organize "support groups" that were used to reinforce <a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">convoys</a> that came under attack.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike the regular escort groups, the support groups were not directly responsible for the safety of any particular convoy. This freedom gave them much greater <a href="/wiki/Naval_tactics_in_the_Age_of_Steam" title="Naval tactics in the Age of Steam">tactical</a> flexibility, allowing the support groups to detach ships to hunt <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarines</a> spotted by reconnaissance or picked up by high-frequency direction finding (<a href="/wiki/Huff-Duff" class="mw-redirect" title="Huff-Duff">HF/DF</a>). In situations where the regular escorts would have had to return to their convoy, the support groups were able to persist in hunting a submarine for many hours until it was forced to the surface. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Western_Approaches_Tactical_Unit" title="Western Approaches Tactical Unit">Western Approaches Tactical Unit</a> (WATU) was also based in Western Approaches HQ and was located in the top floor of the original Exchange Buildings on the opposite side of Exchange Square to Derby House. The unit was commanded by Captain Gilbert Roberts and was staffed almost entirely by women. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Museum">Museum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander-in-Chief,_Western_Approaches&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The reinforced central core of the command bunker at Derby House proved too costly to demolish, and so whilst the rest of the building has been converted to modern offices, the bunker has been restored as a museum, open to the public. The areas open to visitors are only a small part of the original complex. The museum is known as the <b><a href="/wiki/Western_Approaches_Museum" title="Western Approaches Museum">Western Approaches Museum</a></b>.<sup id="cite_ref-liverpool_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-liverpool-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following years of neglect, the site was taken over by non-profit organisation Big Heritage in 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which saw an extensive restoration of the site and the discovery of new hidden parts of the bunker complex . The reopened site has seen a large increase in visitor numbers, and now ranks as one of the most popular historic sites in Liverpool. </p><p>During the lockdown as a result of COVID-19, Big Heritage reopened several previously undiscovered rooms, as well as restored the main chart in the operations room.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders-in-Chief,_Western_Approaches"><span id="Commanders-in-Chief.2C_Western_Approaches"></span>Commanders-in-Chief, Western Approaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander-in-Chief,_Western_Approaches&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Commanders-in-Chief, Western Approaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Western_Approaches_plaque_Liverpool.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Western_Approaches_plaque_Liverpool.jpg/220px-Western_Approaches_plaque_Liverpool.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Western_Approaches_plaque_Liverpool.jpg/330px-Western_Approaches_plaque_Liverpool.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Western_Approaches_plaque_Liverpool.jpg/440px-Western_Approaches_plaque_Liverpool.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1256" data-file-height="744" /></a><figcaption>Plaque in Liverpool at Western Approaches HQ</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Term began</th> <th>Term ended </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral (Royal Navy)">Admiral</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Dunbar-Nasmith" title="Martin Dunbar-Nasmith">Martin Dunbar-Nasmith</a></td> <td>9 September 1939</td> <td>17 February 1941 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Admiral</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Percy_Noble_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Percy Noble (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Percy Noble</a></td> <td>17 February 1941</td> <td>19 November 1942 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Admiral</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Max_Kennedy_Horton" class="mw-redirect" title="Max Kennedy Horton">Max Horton</a></td> <td>19 November 1942</td> <td>15 August 1945 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander-in-Chief,_Western_Approaches&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">Anti-submarine warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)">Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commander-in-Chief,_Western_Approaches&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Duties Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Training_and_Staff_Duties_Division_(Royal_Navy)" title="Training and Staff Duties Division (Royal Navy)">Tactical and Staff Duties Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Submarine_Division_(Royal_Navy)" title="Anti-Submarine Division (Royal Navy)">Undersurface Warfare Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Offices of the Sea Lords</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sea_Lord" title="Second Sea Lord">Office of the Second Sea Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Office of the Third Sea Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sea_Lord" title="Fourth Sea Lord">Office of the Fourth Sea Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Sea_Lord" title="Fifth Sea Lord">Office of the Fifth Sea Lord</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Admiralty civil departments<br />and organisations<br />under the Sea Lords</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#F4F0EC;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Area_Cash_Offices&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admiralty Area Cash Offices (page does not exist)">Admiralty Area Cash Offices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_Department_(Royal_Navy)" title="Chemical Department (Royal Navy)">Admiralty Central Dockyard Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Central_Metallurgical_Laboratory" title="Admiralty Central Metallurgical Laboratory">Admiralty Central Metallurgical Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Civilian_Shore_Wireless_Service" title="Admiralty Civilian Shore Wireless Service">Admiralty Civilian Shore Wireless Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Compass_Observatory" title="Admiralty Compass Observatory">Admiralty Compass Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Constabulary" title="Admiralty Constabulary">Admiralty Constabulary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Constabulary" title="Admiralty Constabulary">Admiralty Constabulary Headquarters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Engineering_Laboratory" title="Admiralty Engineering Laboratory">Admiralty Engineering Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Experimental_Station" title="Admiralty Experimental Station">Admiralty Experimental Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Experiment_Works" title="Admiralty Experiment Works">Admiralty Experiment Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Gunnery_Establishment" title="Admiralty Gunnery Establishment">Admiralty Gunnery Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Interview_Board" title="Admiralty Interview Board">Admiralty Interview Board</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Labour_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admiralty Labour Department (page does not exist)">Admiralty Labour Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Marine_Technology_Establishment" title="Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment">Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Materials_Laboratory" title="Admiralty Materials Laboratory">Admiralty Materials Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Mining_Establishment" title="Admiralty Mining Establishment">Admiralty Mine Design Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Mining_Establishment" title="Admiralty Mining Establishment">Admiralty Mining Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Naval_Aircraft_Materials_Laboratory" title="Admiralty Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory">Admiralty Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Record_Office" title="Admiralty Record Office">Admiralty Record Office</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Regional_Offices&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Regional Offices (page does not exist)">Admiralty Regional Offices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Research_Laboratory" title="Admiralty Research Laboratory">Admiralty Research Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Signals_and_Radar_Establishment" title="Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment">Admiralty Signal Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Signals_and_Radar_Establishment" title="Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment">Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Surface_Weapons_Establishment" title="Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment">Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Surveying_Service&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admiralty Surveying Service (page does not exist)">Admiralty Surveying Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_Experimental_Establishment" title="Torpedo Experimental Establishment">Admiralty Torpedo Experimental Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Underwater_Weapons_Establishment" title="Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment">Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Underwater_Weapons_Launching_Establishment" title="Admiralty Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment">Admiralty Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architectural_and_Engineering_Works_Department" title="Architectural and Engineering Works Department">Architectural and Engineering Works Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Equipment_and_Naval_Photography_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Equipment and Naval Photography Department (page does not exist)">Air Equipment and Naval Photography Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Department" title="Air Department">Air Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Materiel_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Materiel Department (page does not exist)">Air Materiel Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Personnel_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Personnel Department (page does not exist)">Air Personnel Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amphibious_Warfare_Headquarters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amphibious Warfare Headquarters (page does not exist)">Amphibious Warfare Headquarters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Armaments_Depot#Armament_Supply_Department_.281918-1964.29" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Naval Armaments Depot">Armament Supply Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Invention_and_Research" title="Board of Invention and Research">Board of Invention and Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Longitude" title="Board of Longitude">Board of Longitude</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boom_Defence_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boom Defence Department (page does not exist)">Boom Defence Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boom_Defence_and_Marine_Salvage_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boom Defence and Marine Salvage Department (page does not exist)">Boom Defence and Marine Salvage Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britannia_Royal_Naval_College" title="Britannia Royal Naval College">Britannia Royal Naval College</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chemical_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chemical Board (page does not exist)">Chemical Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemical_Department_(Royal_Navy)" title="Chemical Department (Royal Navy)">Chemical Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_Catering_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil Catering Department (page does not exist)">Civil Catering Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Civil_Engineer_in_Chiefs_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Civil Engineer in Chiefs Department (page does not exist)">Civil Engineer in Chiefs Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coastguard_and_Reserves_Branch_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coastguard and Reserves Branch (Royal Navy) (page does not exist)">Coastguard and Reserves Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Operations_Headquarters" title="Combined Operations Headquarters">Combined Operations Headquarters</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commissioner_for_Property_and_Income-tax_for_the_Naval_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commissioner for Property and Income-tax for the Naval Department (page does not exist)">Commissioner for Property and Income-tax for the Naval Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Compass_Observatory" title="Admiralty Compass Observatory">Compass Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contract_and_Purchase_Department_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Contract and Purchase Department (Royal Navy) (page does not exist)">Contract and Purchase Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Council_of_Naval_Education&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Council of Naval Education (page does not exist)">Council of Naval Education</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dental_Examining_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dental Examining Board (page does not exist)">Dental Examining Board</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Radio_Equipment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Radio Equipment (page does not exist)">Department of Radio Equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Accountant-General_of_the_Navy" title="Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy">Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Aeronautical_and_Engineering_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Aeronautical and Engineering Research (page does not exist)">Department of Aeronautical and Engineering Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Miscellaneous_Weapons_Development" title="Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development">Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Naval_Assistant_(Foreign)_to_Second_Sea_Lord&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Naval Assistant (Foreign) to Second Sea Lord (page does not exist)">Department of Naval Assistant (Foreign) to Second Sea Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Education_Service" title="Naval Education Service">Department of Naval Education</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Operational_Research_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Operational Research (Royal Navy) (page does not exist)">Operational Research</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Personal_Services_and_Officer_Appointments&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Personal Services and Officer Appointments (page does not exist)">Department of Personal Services and Officer Appointments</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Physical_Research&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Physical Research (page does not exist)">Department of Physical Research</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Physical_Training_%26_Sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Physical Training & Sports (page does not exist)">Department of Physical Training & Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Radio_Equipment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Radio Equipment (page does not exist)">Department of Radio Equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Research_Programmes_and_Planning&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Research Programmes and Planning (page does not exist)">Department of Research Programmes and Planning</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Superintendent_of_de-magnetisation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Superintendent of de-magnetisation (page does not exist)">Department of Superintendent of de-magnetisation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Admiral_of_the_Training_Service&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Admiral of the Training Service (page does not exist)">Department of the Admiral of the Training Service</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Chief_Inspector_of_Naval_Ordnance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance (page does not exist)">Department of the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Chief_of_Naval_Information&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Chief of Naval Information (page does not exist)">Department of the Chief of Naval Information</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Chief_Scientist_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Chief Scientist (Royal Navy) (page does not exist)">Department of the Chief Scientist</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Civil_Engineer-in-Chief&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Civil Engineer-in-Chief (page does not exist)">Department of the Civil Engineer-in-Chief</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Comptroller_of_Steam_Machinery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Comptroller of Steam Machinery (page does not exist)">Department of the Comptroller of Steam Machinery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Comptroller_of_Victualling_and_Transport_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services">Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Controller_of_the_Navy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Controller of the Navy (page does not exist)">Department of the Controller of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Controller-General_of_Merchant_Shipbuilding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Controller-General of Merchant Shipbuilding (page does not exist)">Department of the Controller-General of Merchant Shipbuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Controller_for_Navy_Pay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Controller for Navy Pay (page does not exist)">Department of the Controller for Navy Pay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Deputy_Controller_for_Auxiliary_Shipbuilding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Deputy Controller for Auxiliary Shipbuilding (page does not exist)">Department of the Deputy Controller for Auxiliary Shipbuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Deputy_Controller_for_Dockyards_and_Shipbuilding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Deputy Controller for Dockyards and Shipbuilding (page does not exist)">Department of the Deputy Controller for Dockyards and Shipbuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_Contract-Built_Ships&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director Contract-Built Ships (page does not exist)">Department of the Director Contract-Built Ships</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director-General_Aircraft&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director-General Aircraft (page does not exist)">Department of the Director-General Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director-General_of_Manpower&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director-General of Manpower (page does not exist)">Department of the Director-General of Manpower</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director-General,_Supply_and_Secretariat_Branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director-General, Supply and Secretariat Branch (page does not exist)">Department of the Director-General, Supply and Secretariat Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Aircraft_Maintenance_and_Repair&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Contract_Labour&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Contract Labour (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Contract Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Director_of_Dockyards" title="Department of the Director of Dockyards">Department of the Director of Dockyards</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Electrical_Engineering&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Electrical Engineering (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Electrical Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Manning&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Manning (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Merchant_Shipbuilding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Merchant Shipbuilding (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Merchant Shipbuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Merchant_Shipbuilding_and_Repairs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Merchant_Ship_Repairs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Merchant Ship Repairs (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Merchant Ship Repairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_Naval_Construction" title="Director of Naval Construction">Department of the Director of Naval Construction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Director_of_Naval_Equipment" title="Department of the Director of Naval Equipment">Department of the Director of Naval Equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Naval_Recruiting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Naval Recruiting (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Naval Recruiting</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Naval_Weather_Service&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Naval Weather Service (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Naval Weather Service</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Personal_Services&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Personal Services (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Personal Services</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Physical_Training_and_Sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Physical Training and Sports (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Physical Training and Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Director_of_Underwater_Weapons_Materials" title="Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons Materials">Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Director_of_Transports" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Director of Transports">Department of the Director of Transports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Director_of_Underwater_Weapons_Materials" title="Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons Materials">Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Director_of_Underwater_Weapons_Materials" title="Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons Materials">Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons Materials</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Unexploded_Bombs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Warship_Production&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Warship Production (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Warship Production</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Welfare_and_Service_Conditions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Welfare and Service Conditions (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Welfare and Service Conditions</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Wreck_Dispersal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Wreck Dispersal (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Wreck Dispersal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_Fleet_Operational_Sea_Training" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training">Department of the Flag Officer Sea Training</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Engineer_in_Chief&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Engineer in Chief (page does not exist)">Department of the Engineer in Chief</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Paymaster_Director-General&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Paymaster Director-General (page does not exist)">Department of the Paymaster Director-General</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Inspector_of_Anti-Aircraft_Weapons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Inspector of Anti-Aircraft Weapons (page does not exist)">Department of the Inspector of Anti-Aircraft Weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Inspector_of_Dockyard_Expense_Accounts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Inspector of Dockyard Expense Accounts (page does not exist)">Department of the Inspector of Dockyard Expense Accounts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Medical_Service" title="Royal Navy Medical Service"> Department of the Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Medical_Service" title="Royal Navy Medical Service">Department of the Medical Director-General of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Medical_Service" title="Royal Navy Medical Service">Department of the Physician of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Medical_Service" title="Royal Navy Medical Service">Department of the Physician General of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Storekeeper-General_of_the_Navy" title="Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy">Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_Buildings_(Royal_Navy)" title="Surveyor of Buildings (Royal Navy)">Department of the Surveyor of Buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Director_of_Dockyards" title="Department of the Director of Dockyards">Department of the Surveyor of Dockyards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate-General,_(Naval_Manpower_and_Training)" class="mw-redirect" title="Directorate-General, (Naval Manpower and Training)">Directorate-General, (Naval Manpower and Training)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate_General_Training" class="mw-redirect" title="Directorate General Training">Directorate General Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Director_of_Dockyards" title="Department of the Director of Dockyards">Dockyards and Fleet Maintenance Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Director_of_Dockyards" title="Department of the Director of Dockyards">Dockyards Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dockyard_Expense_Accounts_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dockyard Expense Accounts Department (page does not 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title="Naval Historical Branch">Naval Historical Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_Naval_Construction" title="Director of Naval Construction">Naval Construction Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Intelligence_Department_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Intelligence Department (Royal Navy)">Naval Intelligence Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Medical_Service" title="Royal Navy Medical Service">Naval Medical Service</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Law_Division&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Law Division (page does not exist)">Naval Law Division</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Manpower_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Manpower Department (page does not exist)">Naval Manpower Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Mobilisation_Department" title="Naval Mobilisation Department">Naval Mobilisation Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Ordnance_Department" title="Naval Ordnance Department">Naval Ordnance Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Ordnance_Inspection_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Ordnance Inspection Department (page does not exist)">Naval Ordnance Inspection Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Ordnance_Stores_Department" title="Naval Ordnance Stores Department">Naval Ordnance Stores Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Personnel_Services_and_Officer_Appointments_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Personnel Services and Officer Appointments Department (page does not exist)">Naval Personnel Services and Officer Appointments Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Publicity_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Publicity Department (page does not exist)">Naval Publicity Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Regional_Offices&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval 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Journals</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Polaris_Executive&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief Polaris Executive (page does not exist)">Office of the Chief Polaris Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_of_the_Deputy_Controller_of_Navy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Office of the Deputy Controller of Navy (page does not exist)">Office of the Deputy Controller of Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_of_the_Deputy_Controller_Production&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Office of the Deputy Controller Production (page does not exist)">Office of the Deputy Controller Production</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_of_Extra_Naval_Assistant_to_Second_Sea_Lord&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Office of Extra Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord (page does not exist)">Office of Extra Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_of_the_Inspector_Gun_Mountings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Office of the Inspector Gun Mountings (page does not exist)">Office of the Inspector Gun Mountings</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Keeper_of_Records&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keeper of Records (page does not exist)">Office of the Keeper of Records</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Senior_Psychologist_(Naval)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Senior Psychologist (Naval) (page does not exist)">Office of the Senior Psychologist (Naval)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Senior_Psychologist_(Naval)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Senior Psychologist (Naval) (page does not exist)">Office of the Senior Psychologist of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Translator_of_French_and_Spanish_Languages&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Translator of French and Spanish Languages (page does not exist)">Office of the 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title="Royal Naval Scientific Service (page does not exist)">Royal Naval Scientific Service</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Naval_Sick_Quarters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal Naval Sick Quarters (page does not exist)">Royal Naval Sick Quarters</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Naval_Torpedo_Depot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal Naval Torpedo Depot (page does not exist)">Royal Naval Torpedo Depot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve">Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_War_College" title="Royal Naval War College">Royal Naval War College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_War_College" title="Royal Naval War College">Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Dockyard" title="Royal Navy Dockyard">Royal Navy Dockyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Medical_Service" title="Royal Navy Medical Service">Royal Navy Medical Service</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Navy_Shore_Signal_Service&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal Navy Shore Signal Service (page does not exist)">Royal Navy Shore Signal Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory, Greenwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_School_of_Naval_Architecture" title="Royal School of Naval Architecture">Royal School of Naval Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Salvage_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Salvage Department (page does not exist)">Salvage Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/School_of_Mathematics_and_Naval_Construction" title="School of Mathematics and Naval Construction">School of Mathematics and Naval Construction</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scientific_Research_and_Experiment_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scientific Research and Experiment Department (page does not exist)">Scientific Research and Experiment Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Transport_Branch_(Board_of_Trade)" title="Sea Transport Branch (Board of Trade)">Sea Transport Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Transport_Branch_(Board_of_Trade)" title="Sea Transport Branch (Board of Trade)">Sea Transport Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Transport_Branch_(Board_of_Trade)" title="Sea Transport Branch (Board of Trade)">Sea Transport Division</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ship_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ship Department (page does not exist)">Ship Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ship_Design_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ship Design Department (page does not exist)">Ship Design Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signal_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Signal Department (page does not exist)">Signal Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signal_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Signal School (page does not exist)">Signal School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixpenny_Office" title="Sixpenny Office">Sixpenny Office</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Statistics_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Statistics Department (page does not exist)">Statistics Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Steam_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steam Department (page does not exist)">Steam Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_De-magnetisation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of De-magnetisation (page does not exist)">Superintendent of De-magnetisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_Experimental_Establishment" title="Torpedo Experimental Establishment">Torpedo Experimental Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Transport_Branch_(Board_of_Trade)" title="Sea Transport Branch (Board of Trade)">Transport Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Undersurface_Warfare_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Undersurface Warfare Department (page does not exist)">Undersurface Warfare Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victualling_Department_(Royal_Navy)" title="Victualling Department (Royal Navy)">Victualling Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Volunteer_Boys_and_Cadet_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Volunteer Boys and Cadet Corps (page does not exist)">Volunteer Boys and Cadet Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weapons_Department_(Naval)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Weapons Department (Naval) (page does not exist)">Weapons Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Weapons_Department_(Naval)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Weapons Department (Naval) (page does not exist)">Weapons 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Staff">Admiralty Naval Staff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Naval formations after 1707</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#F4F0EC;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="First Fleet (United Kingdom)">1st Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Second Fleet (United Kingdom)">2nd Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Third Fleet (United Kingdom)">3rd Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Africa_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander-in-Chief, Africa (Royal Navy)">Commander-in-Chief, Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)">Atlantic Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commodore,_Arabian_Seas_and_Persian_Gulf" class="mw-redirect" title="Commodore, Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf">Commodore, Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_Station" title="Australia Station">Australia Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape of Good Hope Station">Cape of Good Hope Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape of Good Hope Station">Cape and West Africa Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_Cruiser_Fleet" title="Battle Cruiser Fleet">Battle Cruiser Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_Cruiser_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle Cruiser Force">Battle Cruiser Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Caspian_Flotilla" title="British Caspian Flotilla">Caspian Flotilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_Fleet" title="Channel Fleet">Channel Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel Squadron">Channel Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Coast_of_Ireland" title="Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland">Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coast_of_Ireland_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast of Ireland Station">Cork Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer_Scotland_and_Northern_Ireland" title="Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland">Coast of Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, China">Commander-in-Chief, China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Dover" title="Commander-in-Chief, Dover">Commander-in-Chief, Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer,_East_Africa" title="Flag Officer, East Africa">Flag Officer, East Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Indies_Station" title="East Indies Station">East Indies Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Indies_and_China_Station" title="East Indies and China Station">East Indies and China Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Fleet">Eastern Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Far_East_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Far East Fleet (United Kingdom)">Far East Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_English_Channel_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander-in-Chief, English Channel (Royal Navy)">English Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer_Gibraltar" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag Officer Gibraltar">Flag Officer Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harwich_Force" title="Harwich Force">Harwich Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Station_(Royal_Navy)" title="Jamaica Station (Royal Navy)">Jamaica Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leith_Station" title="Leith Station">Leith Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Levant" title="Commander-in-Chief, Levant">Commander-in-Chief, Levant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Levant" title="Commander-in-Chief, Levant">Levant and East Mediterranean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Leeward_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands">Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet" title="Mediterranean Fleet">Mediterranean Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Medway" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, Medway">Medway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_Station" title="Newfoundland Station">Newfoundland Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Division_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy">New Zealand Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Naval_Forces" title="New Zealand Naval Forces">New Zealand Naval Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_The_Nore" title="Commander-in-Chief, The Nore">Nore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_America_and_West_Indies_Station" title="North America and West Indies Station">North America and West Indies Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_North_Sea" title="Commander-in-Chief, North Sea">Commander-in-Chief, North Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_Commanding,_Orkneys_and_Shetlands" title="Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands">Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Pacific_Fleet" title="British Pacific Fleet">Pacific Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Station" title="Pacific Station">Pacific Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_Patrols" title="Admiral of Patrols">Admiral of Patrols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Plymouth" title="Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth">Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Portsmouth" title="Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth">Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coast_of_Ireland_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Coast of Ireland Station">Queenstown Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_East_African_Navy" title="Royal East African Navy">Royal East African Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Indian_Navy_(1612%E2%80%931950)" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Indian Navy (1612–1950)">Royal Indian Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commodore_Submarine_Service" title="Commodore Submarine Service">Flag Officer Submarines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Rosyth" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth">Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)">Reserve Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer_Scotland_and_Northern_Ireland" title="Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland">Scotland and Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_South_Atlantic" title="Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic">Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_East_Coast_of_America_Station" title="South East Coast of America Station">South East Coast of America Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Thames_and_Medway" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway">Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Africa_Squadron" title="West Africa Squadron">West Africa Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer,_West_Africa" title="Flag Officer, West Africa">Flag Officer, West Africa</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Naval formations before 1707</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Station" title="Lisbon Station">Lisbon Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Station_(Royal_Navy)" title="Jamaica Station (Royal Navy)">West Indies Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Squadron" title="Western Squadron">Western Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Thames,_Medway_and_Nore" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, Thames, Medway and Nore">Thames, Medway and Nore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Thames" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, Thames">Commander-in-Chief, Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Narrow_Seas" title="Admiral of the Narrow Seas">Narrow Seas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downs_Station" title="Downs Station">Downs Station</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Direction of Naval Finance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#F4F0EC;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_to_the_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary to the Admiralty">Department of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Departments under the<br />Parliamentary and Financial Secretary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Lord of the Admiralty (Royal Navy)">Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Accountant-General_of_the_Navy" title="Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy">Accountant-General's Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Comptroller of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_the_Navy" title="Surveyor of the Navy">Department of the Surveyor of the Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Direction of Naval Administration<br />and the Admiralty Secretariat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#F4F0EC;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Permanent_Secretary_(Royal_Navy)" title="Department of the Permanent Secretary (Royal Navy)">Department of the Permanent Secretary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Branches and offices under the<br />Permanent Secretary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Central_Copying_Branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admiralty Central Copying Branch (page does not exist)">Admiralty Central Copying Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Central_Registry_Branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admiralty Central Registry Branch (page does not exist)">Admiralty Central Registry Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Record_Office" title="Admiralty Record Office">Admiralty Record Office</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Library&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admiralty Library (page does not exist)">Admiralty Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Permanent_Secretary_(Royal_Navy)" title="Department of the Permanent Secretary (Royal Navy)">Admiralty Secretariat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Permanent_Secretary_(Royal_Navy)" title="Department of the Permanent Secretary (Royal Navy)">Air Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Permanent_Secretary_(Royal_Navy)" title="Department of the Permanent Secretary (Royal Navy)">Civil Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Permanent_Secretary_(Royal_Navy)" title="Department of the Permanent Secretary (Royal Navy)">Legal Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Permanent_Secretary_(Royal_Navy)" title="Department of the Permanent Secretary (Royal Navy)">Military Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Permanent_Secretary_(Royal_Navy)" title="Department of the Permanent Secretary (Royal Navy)">Naval Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Permanent_Secretary_(Royal_Navy)" title="Department of the Permanent Secretary (Royal Navy)">Ship Branch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civil Administration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#F4F0EC;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Lord of the Admiralty (Royal Navy)">Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Additional_Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty">Department of the Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Departments under the<br />Civil Lords</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Accountant-General_of_the_Navy" title="Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy">Accountant-General's Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Contract_and_Purchase_Department_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Contract and Purchase Department (Royal Navy) (page does not exist)">Contract and Purchase Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Contract_Labour&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Contract Labour (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Contract Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_Buildings_(Royal_Navy)" title="Surveyor of Buildings (Royal Navy)">Department of the Surveyor of Buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_the_Director_of_Works&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of the Director of Works (page does not exist)">Department of the Director of Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Hospital,_London" title="Greenwich Hospital, London">Greenwich Hospital Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Works_Loan_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Works Loan Department (page does not exist)">Works Loan Department</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#F4F0EC;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Admiralty Judicial Department</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_court" title="Admiralty court">Admiralty court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_court" title="Admiralty court">High Court of Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_of_the_High_Court_of_Admiralty" title="Judge of the High Court of Admiralty">Office of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court of Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_of_the_Fleet" title="Judge Advocate of the Fleet">Office of the Judge Advocate of the Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marshall_High_Court_of_the_Admiralty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marshall High Court of the Admiralty (page does not exist)">Office of the Marshall High Court of the Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Advocate" title="Admiralty Advocate">Office of the Admiralty Advocate</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_Proctor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admiralty Proctor (page does not exist)">Office of the Admiralty Proctor</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Registrar_High_Court_of_the_Admiralty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Registrar High Court of the Admiralty (page does not exist)">Office of the Registrar High Court of the Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_to_the_Admiralty" title="Solicitor to the Admiralty">Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_to_the_Admiralty" title="Solicitor to the Admiralty">Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty and Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_to_the_Admiralty" title="Solicitor to the Admiralty">Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Counsel_to_the_Admiralty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Counsel to the Admiralty (page does not exist)">Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Court_of_Admiralty_for_the_Cinque_Ports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Court of Admiralty for the Cinque Ports 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