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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size: 125%;">Admiralty and Marine Affairs Office</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_England_(1558-1603).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Coat_of_Arms_of_England_%281558-1603%29.svg/135px-Coat_of_Arms_of_England_%281558-1603%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="135" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Coat_of_Arms_of_England_%281558-1603%29.svg/203px-Coat_of_Arms_of_England_%281558-1603%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Coat_of_Arms_of_England_%281558-1603%29.svg/270px-Coat_of_Arms_of_England_%281558-1603%29.svg.png 2x" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty Department</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_England" title="Parliament of England">Parliament of England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Admiralty Building<br /><a href="/wiki/Whitehall" title="Whitehall">Whitehall</a><br /><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Office executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom">Lord High Admiral of England</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent Office</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_England" title="Privy Council of England">Privy Council of England</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>During the early 17th century, England's relative naval power deteriorated; in the course of the rest of the 17th century, the office of the <b>Admiralty and Marine Affairs</b> steered the Navy's transition from a semi-amateur Navy Royal fighting in conjunction with private vessels into a fully professional institution, a Royal Navy. Its financial provisions were gradually regularised, it came to rely on dedicated warships only, and it developed a professional officer corps with a defined career structure, superseding an earlier mix of sailors and socially prominent former soldiers.<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> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_overview">Historical overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Historical overview"><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:Sovereign_of_the_Seas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sovereign_of_the_Seas.jpg/220px-Sovereign_of_the_Seas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sovereign_of_the_Seas.jpg/330px-Sovereign_of_the_Seas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Sovereign_of_the_Seas.jpg/440px-Sovereign_of_the_Seas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="772" data-file-height="531" /></a><figcaption><i>Sovereign of the Seas</i></figcaption></figure> <p>After 1603 the English and <a href="/wiki/Scottish_navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish navy">Scottish</a> fleets were organized together under <a href="/wiki/James_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="James I of England">James I</a> but the efficiency of the Navy declined gradually, while corruption grew until brought under control in an inquiry of 1618. James concluded a peace with Spain and privateering was outlawed. Between 1618 and 1628, a Navy Commission temporarily replaced the Navy Board, due to misappropriation of <a href="/wiki/Public_funds" class="mw-redirect" title="Public funds">public funds</a> by board commissioners. After the inquiry was over the office of the Lord High Admiral (held by the <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Buckingham" title="Duke of Buckingham">Duke of Buckingham</a>) was restored. However, he was murdered and <a href="/wiki/King_Charles_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="King Charles I of England">King Charles I</a> put the office into commission. This led to the creation of a new <a href="/wiki/The_Board_of_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="The Board of Admiralty">Board of Admiralty</a> which in its early formation was just the Privy Council in another reincarnation. This in turn also led to the removal of the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty Court">Admiralty Court</a> from direct control of the Lord High Admiral's. His office was temporarily restored again in 1638, but then put in commission once more after 1679 the <a href="/wiki/Lords_Commissioners_of_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="Lords Commissioners of Admiralty">Lords Commissioners of Admiralty</a> became the permanent officers responsible for administration of the Navy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization_in_the_seventeenth_century">Organization in the seventeenth century</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organization in the seventeenth century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Admiralty_of_England">Admiralty of England</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Admiralty of England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tudor_Ensign_1485-1603.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tudor Ensign 1600-1603"><img alt="Tudor Ensign 1600-1603" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Tudor_Ensign_1485-1603.svg/120px-Tudor_Ensign_1485-1603.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Tudor_Ensign_1485-1603.svg/180px-Tudor_Ensign_1485-1603.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Tudor_Ensign_1485-1603.svg/240px-Tudor_Ensign_1485-1603.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tudor Ensign 1600-1603</div> </li> <li 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<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:English_White_Ensign_1620.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="English Navy White Ensign 1620-1707"><img alt="English Navy White Ensign 1620-1707" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/English_White_Ensign_1620.svg/120px-English_White_Ensign_1620.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/English_White_Ensign_1620.svg/180px-English_White_Ensign_1620.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/English_White_Ensign_1620.svg/240px-English_White_Ensign_1620.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="660" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">English Navy White Ensign 1620-1707</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commanders-in-chief">Commanders-in-chief</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Commanders-in-chief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth I of England">Queen Elizabeth I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_VI_and_I" title="James VI and I">King James I & VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">King Charles I</a></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England" title="Commonwealth of England">Lord Protectors, Oliver Cromwell, Richard Cromwell</a></small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">King Charles II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">King James II & VII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_III_of_England" title="William III of England">King William III</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_II_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary II of England">Queen Mary II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain" title="Anne, Queen of Great Britain">Queen Anne</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Naval_Lords_of_England">Naval Lords of England</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Naval Lords of England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom">Office of the Lord High Admiral of England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom">Vice-Admiral of England and Deputy Lord High Admiral</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rear-Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom">Rear-Admiral of England</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Civil_administration_of_the_Navy">Civil administration of the Navy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Civil administration of the Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notes: <i>the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(England)" title="Secretary of State (England)">Secretary of State England</a> for the period 1628 to 1679 was responsible for all policy decisions and direction on behalf of the government due to a continued <a href="/wiki/War" title="War">state of war</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Board_of_Admiralty">Board of Admiralty</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Board of Admiralty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Board of Admiralty and the Lord's Commissioners executing the office of the Lord High Admiral</i><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Board_of_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="The Board of Admiralty">The Board of Admiralty</a></li></ul> <p><b>First Commissioner and First Lord of the Admiralty</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="First Lord of the Admiralty">First Lord of the Admiralty</a>, and member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_ministries" title="List of English ministries">English government</a> <ul><li>Clerk of the Admiralty <ul><li>Messenger of the Admiralty, appointed, 1687<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></li> <li>Housekeeper of the Admiralty appointed (1687 – 1799)</li> <li>Doorkeeper of the Admiralty, 1687<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></li> <li>Gardner of the Admiralty appointed (1687 – 1799)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Civil Commissioner</b> </p> <ul><li>Chief Secretary to the Admiralty (1628 – 1652)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_to_the_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary to the Admiralty">First Secretary to the Admiralty</a> (1652 – 1871)</li></ul> <p><b>Naval Commissioner</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">Naval Lord</a> from (1682 – 1689)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senior_Naval_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Naval Lord">Senior Naval Lord</a> from (1689–1771)</li></ul> <p><b>Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty</b> </p><p><i>91 commissioners served during the 17th century.</i> </p><p><i>Notes: Between 1693 and 1830 the commission always included either 1 or 2 additional naval lords except from 1757 until 1782 when it was just the Senior Naval Lord. After 1830 the Naval Lords are titled, First, Second, Third, Fourth until 1904 when they are re-styled Sea Lord. A junior naval lord is introduced in 1868 until 1903 then is re-styled Fifth Sea Lord from 1917.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naval_operations">Naval operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Naval operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Senior_leadership">Senior leadership</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Senior leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Naval High Command</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom">Office of the Lord High Admiral of England</a> (1600 – 1628) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom">Office of the Vice-Admiral of England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rear-Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom">Office of the Rear-Admiral of England</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="First Lord of the Admiralty">Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty</a> (1628 – 1964) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Naval_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="First Naval Lord">Office of the Naval Lord of the Admiralty</a>* <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Secretariat" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty Secretariat">Admiralty Secretariat</a>, (1690-1932) <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></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Hospital,_London" title="Greenwich Hospital, London">Greenwich Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HM_Nautical_Almanac_Office" title="HM Nautical Almanac Office">Nautical Almanac Office</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty,_Register_office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admiralty, Register office (page does not exist)">Register office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich" title="Royal Observatory, Greenwich">Royal Observatory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixpenny_Office" title="Sixpenny Office">Sixpenny Office</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fleet_commands">Fleet commands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Fleet commands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Flag officers of the fleet</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet Red</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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral_of_the_Red" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Admiral of the Red">Vice-Admiral of the Red</a><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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rear-admiral_of_the_red" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear-admiral of the red">Rear-Admiral of the Red</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_White" title="Admiral of the White">Admiral of the White</a><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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral_of_the_White" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Admiral of the White">Vice-Admiral of the White</a><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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rear-Admiral_of_the_White" title="Rear-Admiral of the White">Rear-Admiral of the White</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Blue" title="Admiral of the Blue">Admiral of the Blue</a><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> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral_of_the_Blue" title="Vice-Admiral of the Blue">Vice-Admiral of the Blue</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rear-Admiral_of_the_Blue" title="Rear-Admiral of the Blue">Rear-Admiral of the Blue</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Flag_officers_commanding_fleets_and_stations">Flag officers commanding fleets and stations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Flag officers commanding fleets and stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Flag officer commanding individual fleets and stations</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Home_commands">Home commands</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Home commands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Narrow_Seas" title="Admiral of the Narrow Seas">Admiral Commanding, the Narrow Seas</a>, (1412-1688)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_English_Channel_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander-in-Chief, English Channel (Royal Navy)">Admiral/Vice-Admiral Commanding, in the Channel</a>. (1512-1746)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_the_Downs" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, the Downs">Commander-in-Chief, the Downs</a>, (1628-1834)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Medway" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, Medway">Commander-in-Chief, Medway</a>, (1698-1699) <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Portsmouth" title="Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth">Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth</a> (1667-1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Squadron_(Royal_Navy)" title="Royal Squadron (Royal Navy)">Commander, Royal Squadron</a>, (1660-1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Thames" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, Thames">Commander-in-Chief, Thames</a>, (1695-1696)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Western_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander-in-Chief, Western Squadron">Commander-in-Chief, Western Squadron</a>, (1650-1854)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Shore_commands">Shore commands</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Shore commands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vice-admirals_of_the_coast" title="List of vice-admirals of the coast">Vice-Admiralties of the Coast of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales</a>, (1536-1830)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Overseas_commands">Overseas commands</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Overseas commands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Station_(Royal_Navy)" title="Jamaica Station (Royal Navy)">Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station</a> (1655-1830)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet" title="Mediterranean Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet</a> (1690-1967)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fleet_units">Fleet units</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Fleet units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" align="center" style="font-size: 80%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" align="center" style="background:lightgrey; color:black">Composition of the Navy between 1649-1690 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="1"><b>Type</b> </td> <td align="center" rowspan="1"><b>Number of units</b> <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ships of the Line 1st rate </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ships of the Line 2nd rate </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ships of the Line 3rd rate </td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ships of the Line 4th rate </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ships of the Line 5th-6th rate </td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Captured ships of the line </td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sloops </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Armed merchants </td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flyboats </td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Galliots & hoys </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fireships </td> <td>111 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bomb vessels </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hospital ships </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yachts </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>In commission </td> <td>361 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i>Squadrons</i> <sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Red Squadron</li> <li>White Squadron</li> <li>Blue Squadron</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_and_logistical_support">Administrative and logistical support</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Administrative and logistical support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Board_of_ordnance">Board of ordnance</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Board of ordnance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Principal_officers">Principal officers</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Principal officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Board of Ordnance</i> <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1597 – 1855) </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Ordnance" title="Board of Ordnance">Office of the Board of Ordnance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Master-General_of_the_Ordnance" title="Master-General of the Ordnance">Master-General of the Ordnance</a> (1597 – 1855) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-General_of_the_Ordnance" title="Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance">Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance</a> (1597 – 1855) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Ordnance" title="Board of Ordnance">Treasurer of the Ordinance</a> (1597 – 1855)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor-General_of_the_Ordnance" title="Surveyor-General of the Ordnance">Surveyor-General of the Ordnance</a> (1597 – 1888)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clerk_of_the_Ordnance" title="Clerk of the Ordnance">Clerk of the Ordnance</a> (1554 – 1853)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storekeeper_of_the_Ordnance" title="Storekeeper of the Ordnance">Storekeeper of the Ordnance</a> (1558 – 1845)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clerk_of_Deliveries_of_the_Ordnance" class="mw-redirect" title="Clerk of Deliveries of the Ordnance">Clerk of Deliveries of the Ordnance</a> (1570 – 1812)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Ordnance_yards_and_stores">Ordnance yards and stores</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Edit section: Navy board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Construction, design, maintenance, supplies</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Principal_officers_2">Principal officers</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Principal officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Office of the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Board" title="Navy Board">Navy Board</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Comptroller of the Navy">Comptroller of the Navy</a> (1597 – 1832) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_the_Navy" title="Surveyor of the Navy">Surveyor of the Navy</a> (1597 – 1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Navy" title="Treasurer of the Navy">Treasurer of the Navy</a> (1597 – 1832)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clerk_of_the_Acts" title="Clerk of the Acts">Clerk of the Navy</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_Marine_Victuals" title="Surveyor of Marine Victuals">Surveyor-General Victuals</a>, (1550-1679)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Controller_of_Treasurer_Accounts" title="Controller of Treasurer Accounts">Controller of Treasurer Accounts</a>, (1667-1796)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Controller_of_Victualling_Accounts" title="Controller of Victualling Accounts">Controller of Victualling Accounts</a>, (1667-1796)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Controller_of_Storekeepers_Accounts" title="Controller of Storekeepers Accounts">Controller of Storekeepers Accounts</a>, (1671-1796)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commissioners_for_Old_Accounts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commissioners for Old Accounts (page does not exist)">Commissioners for Old Accounts</a>, (1686-8)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commissioners_for_Current_Business&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commissioners for Current Business (page does not exist)">Commissioners for Current Business</a>, (1686-8)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commissioners_for_Examining_Accounts_(Incurred)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commissioners for Examining Accounts (Incurred) (page does not exist)">Commissioners for Examining Accounts (Incurred)</a>, (1688-9)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Subsidiary_boards_of_navy_board">Subsidiary boards of navy board</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Subsidiary boards of navy board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Office of the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Board" title="Navy Board">Navy Board</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sick_and_Hurt_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Sick and Hurt Board">Sick and Hurt Board</a> (established temporarily in times of war from 1653, placed on a permanent footing from 1715)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victualling_Commissioners" title="Victualling Commissioners">Victualling Board</a> (1683 – 1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_Board_(Royal_Navy)" title="Transport Board (Royal Navy)">Transport Board</a> (1690 – 1724, re-established 1794)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Shore_facilities">Shore facilities</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Shore facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Note:</b> <i>Dockyards during this period were managed by the commissioners of the Navy Board</i>. </p><p><i>Home naval base and dockyards</i><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Dockyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth Dockyard">Portsmouth Dockyard</a> (1496 – present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_Dockyard" title="Woolwich Dockyard">Woolwich Dockyard</a> (1512 – 1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford_Dockyard" title="Deptford Dockyard">Deptford Dockyard</a> (1513 – 1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erith" title="Erith">Erith</a> Dockyard (1514 – 1521), failed yard: due to persistent flooding</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_Dockyard" title="Chatham Dockyard">Chatham Dockyard</a> (1567 – 1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheerness_Dockyard" title="Sheerness Dockyard">Sheerness Dockyard</a> (1665 – 1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Dockyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Plymouth Dockyard">Plymouth Dockyard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a> (1690 – 1824)</li></ul> <p><i>Oversea bases and dockyards</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Dockyard" title="Jamaica Dockyard">Jamaica Dockyard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Royal" title="Port Royal">Port Royal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> (1675 – 1905)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judicial_administration">Judicial administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Judicial administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note:Admiralty Courts date to at least the 1360s, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Edward_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward III">Edward III</a>. At that time there were three such Courts, appointed by Admirals responsible for waters to the north, south and west of England. In 1483 these local courts were amalgamated into a single High Court of Admiralty, administered by the <a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom">Lord High Admiral</a> of England.</i><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Deputy Lord High Admiral presided over the High Court. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Admiralty_courts">Admiralty courts</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Admiralty courts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom">Lord High Admiral of England</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Admiral_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice Admiral of England">Vice Admiral of England and Deputy Lord High Admiral</a> <ul><li>Advocate General to the office of the Lord High Admiral</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p><i>Legal advisors to the admiralty courts</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lord_High_Admiral_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom">Office of the Lord High Admiral</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Counsel_to_the_Navy_Department,_Ministry_of_Defence" title="Counsel to the Navy Department, Ministry of Defence">Counsel to the Admiralty</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>(1673 – 1824), attached originally to the Navy Board</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solicitor_to_the_Admiralty" title="Solicitor to the Admiralty">Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy</a>, appointed (1692 – 1799)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="High_court_of_the_admiralty">High court of the admiralty</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: High court of the admiralty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Office of the High Court of the Admiralty Court (1450 – 1875)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judge_of_the_High_Court_of_Admiralty" title="Judge of the High Court of Admiralty">Judge of the High Court of Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_of_the_Fleet" title="Judge Advocate of the Fleet">Judge Advocate of the Fleet</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deputy_Judge_Advocate_of_the_Fleet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet (page does not exist)">Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Proctor_of_the_High_Court_of_Admiralty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Proctor of the High Court of Admiralty (page does not exist)">Proctor of the High Court of Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marshall_of_the_High_Court_of_Admiralty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marshall of the High Court of Admiralty (page does not exist)">Marshall of the High Court of Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Droits_of_the_High_Court_of_Admiralty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Droits of the High Court of Admiralty (page does not exist)">Droits of the High Court of Admiralty</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Vice_admiralty_courts">Vice admiralty courts</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Vice admiralty courts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Vice-Admiral_of_the_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Admiral of the Coast">Vice-Admiral of the Coast</a></b> <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was responsible for the defence of one of the twenty maritime counties of <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, the North and South of <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. As a Vice-Admiral, the post holder was the chief of naval administration for his district. His responsibilities included deciding the outcome of the <a href="/wiki/Prize_court" title="Prize court">Prize court</a> (captured by <a href="/wiki/Pirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirate">pirate</a> ships), dealing with salvage claims for wrecks, and acting as a <a href="/wiki/Judge" title="Judge">judge</a> in relation to maritime issues. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Cheshire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Cheshire">Vice-Admiral Cheshire</a> (1559 – 1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Cornwall" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Cornwall">Vice-Admiral Cornwall</a> (1559 – 1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Cumberland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Cumberland">Vice-Admiral Cumberland</a> (1559 – 1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Devon" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Devon">Vice-Admiral Devon</a> (1559 – 1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Dorset" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Dorset">Vice-Admiral Dorset</a> (1559 – 1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Durham" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Durham">Vice-Admiral Durham</a> (1559 – 1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Essex" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Essex">Vice-Admiral Essex</a> (1559 – 1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Gloucestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Gloucestershire">Vice-Admiral Gloucestershire</a> (1559 – 1835)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Hampshire">Vice-Admiral Hampshire</a> (1558 – 1846)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Kent" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Kent">Vice-Admiral Kent</a> (1558 – 1846)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Lancashire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Lancashire">Vice-Admiral Lancashire</a> (1569 – 1861)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Lincolnshire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Lincolnshire">Vice-Admiral Lincolnshire</a> (1565 – 1862)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Norfolk" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Norfolk">Vice-Admiral Norfolk</a> (1554 – 1846)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Northumberland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Northumberland">Vice-Admiral Northumberland</a> (1559 – 1847)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Somerset" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Somerset">Vice-Admiral Somerset</a> (1561 – 1865)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Suffolk" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Suffolk">Vice-Admiral Suffolk</a> (1554 – 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Sussex" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Sussex">Vice-Admiral Sussex</a> (1559 – 1860)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Westmorland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Westmorland">Vice-Admiral Westmorland</a> (1559 – 1802)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Vice-Admirals_of_Yorkshire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Vice-Admirals of Yorkshire">Vice-Admiral Yorkshire</a> (1559 – 1860)</li></ul> <p><b>Vice Admiralty jurisdictions and prizes abroad</b> </p><p>By appointing Vice-Admirals in the colonies, and by constituting courts as Vice-Admiralty Courts, the terminology recognized the existence and superiority of the "mother" court in the United Kingdom. Thus, the "vice" tag denoted that whilst it was a separate court, it was not equal to the "mother" court. In the case of the courts abroad, a right of appeal lay back to the British Admiralty Court, which further reinforced this superiority. In all respects, the court was an Imperial court rather than a local Colonial court. </p><p><i>North America</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Vice-Admiral Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Maryland" title="Province of Maryland">Vice-Admiral Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Vice-Admiral Massachusetts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_Hampshire" title="Province of New Hampshire">Vice-Admiral New Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">Vice-Admiral New York</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Vice-Admiral Pennsylvania</a>, including Delaware</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Vice-Admiral Virginia</a></li></ul> <p><i>West Indies</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Barbados" title="History of Barbados">Vice-Admiral Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Jamaica" title="Colony of Jamaica">Vice-Admiral Jamaica</a></li></ul> <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=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_in_the_16th_century" title="Admiralty in the 16th century">Admiralty in the 16th century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_in_the_18th_century" title="Admiralty in the 18th century">Admiralty in the 18th century</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=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=29" 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 .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rodger, <i>Safeguard</i>, pp. 395–8; 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[S.l.]: Gale Ecco, Making Of Mode. pp. 1–153. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781240154067" title="Special:BookSources/9781240154067"><bdi>9781240154067</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Office+of+vice-admiral+of+the+coast+%3A+being+some+account+of+that+ancient+office.&rft.place=%5BS.l.%5D&rft.pages=1-153&rft.pub=Gale+Ecco%2C+Making+Of+Mode&rft.date=2010-12-20&rft.isbn=9781240154067&rft.aulast=Baker&rft.aufirst=Sherston&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdmiralty+in+the+17th+century" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralty_in_the_17th_century&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 George IV. 1822</i>. London: By His Majesty's Statute and Law Printer. 1822.</li> <li>Hamilton, Admiral Sir. R. Vesey, G.C.B. (1896). <i>Naval Administration: The Constitution, Character, and Functions of the Board of Admiralty, and of the Civil Departments it Directs</i>. London: George Bell and Sons.</li> <li>Logan, Karen Dale (1976). <i>The Admiralty: Reforms and Re-organization, 1868-1892</i>. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. University of Oxford.</li> <li>Miller, Francis H. (1884). <i>The Origin and Constitution of the Admiralty and Navy Boards, to which is added an Account of the various Buildings in which the Business of the Navy has been transacted from time to time</i>. London: For Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Copy in Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE/19.</li> <li>Rodger. N.A.M. (1979), <i>The Admiralty (offices of state)</i>, T. 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Division (Royal Navy)">Trade Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_and_Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)" title="Trade and Operations Division (Royal Navy)">Trade and Operations Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Training_and_Staff_Duties_Division_(Royal_Navy)" title="Training and Staff Duties Division (Royal Navy)">Training and Staff 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 exist)">Dockyard Expense Accounts Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dockyard_Schools&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dockyard Schools (page does not exist)">Dockyard Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electrical_Engineering_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Electrical Engineering Department (page does not exist)">Electrical Engineering Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Engineer_Branch_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Engineer Branch (Royal Navy) (page does not exist)">Engineer Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Engineering_Department_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Engineering Department (Royal Navy) (page does not exist)">Engineering Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Signals_and_Radar_Establishment" title="Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment">Experimental Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Gunnery_Establishment" title="Admiralty Gunnery Establishment">Fire Control Group</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=Inspector_of_Telegraphs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inspector of Telegraphs 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of the Vice Controller Air</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_of_the_Vice_Controller_of_the_Navy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Office of the Vice Controller of the Navy (page does not exist)">Office of the Vice Controller of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Organisation_and_Methods_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Organisation and Methods Department (page does not exist)">Organisation and Methods Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Packet_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Packet Service">Packet Service</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Regional_Organisation_for_Merchant_Shipbuilding_and_Repairs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Regional Organisation for Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs (page does not exist)">Regional Organisation for Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Naval_Constructors" title="Royal Corps of Naval Constructors">Royal Corps of Naval Constructors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marine_Police" title="Royal Marine Police">Royal Marine Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Chaplaincy_Service" title="Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service">Office of the Chaplain of the Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Academy" title="Royal Naval Academy">Royal Naval Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Naval_Aircraft_Workshops&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Royal Naval Aircraft Workshops (page does not exist)">Royal Naval Aircraft Workshops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_air_stations_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of air stations of the Royal Navy">Royal Naval Air Stations</a></li> <li><a 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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 Department (Naval)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Royal_Naval_Service" title="Women's Royal Naval Service">Women's Royal Naval Service</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wireless_Telegraphy_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wireless Telegraphy Board (page does not exist)">Wireless Telegraphy Board</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Direction/Command of the Fleet</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/Permanent_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty" title="Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty">Office of the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">Office of the First Naval Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">Office of the First Sea Lord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Naval_Staff" title="Admiralty Naval 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 href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Western_Approaches" title="Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches">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 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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 (page does not exist)">Court of Admiralty for the Cinque Ports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_King%27s_Bench_(England)" title="Court of King's Bench (England)"> King's Bench Division (Admiralty)</a></li> <li><a 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title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff</a> (1917–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sea_Lord" title="Second Sea Lord">Second Naval Lord</a> (1830–1869, 1872–1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sea_Lord" title="Second Sea Lord">Second Sea Lord</a> (1904–1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sea_Lord" title="Second Sea Lord">Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel</a> (1917–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Third Naval Lord</a> (1832–1858)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Controller of the Navy</a> (1859–1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Third Naval Lord and Controller</a> (1869–1872)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Controller of the Navy</a> (1872–1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy</a> (1882–1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy</a> (1904–1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Third Sea Lord</a> (1912–1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Controller of the Navy</a> (1917–1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Third Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Matériel</a> (1918–1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sea_Lord" title="Fourth Sea Lord">Junior Naval Lord</a> (1868–1904)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sea_Lord" title="Fourth Sea Lord">Fourth Sea Lord</a> (1904–1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sea_Lord" title="Fourth Sea Lord">Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport</a> (1917–1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Sea_Lord" title="Fifth Sea Lord">Fifth Sea Lord</a> (1917)</li> <li><a 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(1941–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_First_Sea_Lord" title="Deputy First Sea Lord">Deputy First Sea Lord</a> (1942–1946)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civil Lords</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even 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)">Civil Lord of the Admiralty</a> (1830–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Accountant-General_of_the_Navy" title="Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy">Accountant-General of the Navy</a> (1832–1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victualling_Department_(Royal_Navy)" title="Victualling Department (Royal Navy)">Controller of Victualling</a> (1832–1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Medical_Service" title="Royal Navy Medical Service">Director-General of the Medical Department</a> (1832–1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storekeeper-General_of_the_Navy" title="Storekeeper-General of the Navy">Storekeeper-General of the Navy</a> (1832–1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_the_Navy" title="Surveyor of the Navy">Surveyor of the Navy</a> (1832–1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Sea_Lord" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Sea Lord">Controller of the Navy</a> (1859–1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Additional_Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty">Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty</a> (1882–1885)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Additional_Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty">Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty</a> (1912–1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Additional_Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty">Second Civil Lord</a> (1918–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Additional_Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty">Third Civil Lord</a> (1918–1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Additional_Civil_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty">Fourth Civil Lord</a> (1918–1919)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civil Secretaries</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/Parliamentary_and_Financial_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (Royal Navy)">Secretaries to the Lords Admiral, Admiralty, Committees and Commissions</a> (1625–1660)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_and_Financial_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (Royal Navy)">First Secretary to the Admiralty</a> (1660–1763)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_and_Financial_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (Royal Navy)">First Secretary to the Admiralty</a> (1763–1871)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_and_Financial_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (Royal Navy)">Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty</a> (1871–1886)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_and_Financial_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (Royal Navy)">Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty</a> (1886–1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty" title="Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty">Joint-Deputy Secretary to the Admiralty</a> (1702–1766)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty" title="Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty">Second Secretary to the Admiralty</a> (1783–1857)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty" title="Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty">Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty</a> (1869–1872)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty" title="Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty">Naval Secretary to the Board of Admiralty</a> (1872–1882)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Secretary_to_the_Admiralty" title="Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty">Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty</a> (1882–1964)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="28px&#124;border_&#124;alt=United_Kingdom&#124;link=United_Kingdom_Navy_Board" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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of the Admiralty">Lieutenant of the Admiralty</a>, (1546-1564)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Navy" title="Treasurer of the Navy">Treasurer of Marine Causes</a>, (1546-1564)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_the_Navy_(Navy_Board)" title="Comptroller of the Navy (Navy Board)">Comptroller of the Navy</a>, (1546-1660)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_the_Navy" title="Surveyor of the Navy">Surveyor of the Navy</a>, (1546-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clerk_of_the_Acts" title="Clerk of the Acts">Clerk of the Navy</a>, (1546-1660)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_of_Naval_Ordnance" title="Master of Naval Ordnance">Master of Naval Ordnance</a>, (1546-1589)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Storehouses" title="Keeper of the Storehouses">Keeper of the Storehouses</a>, (1546-1560)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_Marine_Victuals" title="Surveyor of Marine Victuals">Surveyor of Marine Victuals</a>, (1550-1679)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Navy" title="Treasurer of the Navy">Treasurer of the Navy and Senior Commissioner</a>, (1564-1660)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_the_Navy_(Navy_Board)" title="Comptroller of the Navy (Navy Board)">Comptroller of the Navy and Chairman of the Board</a>, (1660-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Navy" title="Treasurer of the Navy">Treasurer of the Navy</a>, (1660-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clerk_of_the_Acts" title="Clerk of the Acts">Clerk of the Acts</a>, (1660-1796)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Controller_of_Treasurer_Accounts" title="Controller of Treasurer Accounts">Controller of Treasurer Accounts</a>, (1667-1796)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Controller_of_Victualling_Accounts" title="Controller of Victualling Accounts">Controller of Victualling Accounts</a>, (1667-1796)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Controller_of_Storekeepers_Accounts" title="Controller of Storekeepers Accounts">Controller of Storekeepers Accounts</a>, (1671-1796)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comptroller_of_Victualling_and_Transport_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services">Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services</a>, (1800-1832)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commissioners_for_Current_Business&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commissioners for Current Business (page does not exist)">Commissioners for Current Business</a>, (1686-1688)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commissioners_for_Old_Accounts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commissioners for Old Accounts (page does not exist)">Commissioners for Old Accounts</a>, 1686-1688)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commissioners_for_Examining_Accounts_(Incurred)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commissioners for Examining Accounts (Incurred) (page does not exist)">Commissioners for Examining Accounts (Incurred)</a>, (1688-1689)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Comptroller_of_the_Navy_(Navy_Board)" title="Deputy Comptroller of the Navy (Navy Board)">Deputy Comptroller of the Navy</a>, (1793-1813), (1829-1832)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pay_Commissioner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pay Commissioner (page does not exist)">Pay Commissioner</a>, (1796-1814)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_Buildings_(Royal_Navy)" title="Surveyor of Buildings (Royal Navy)">Civil Architect and Engineer of the Navy</a>, (1808-1812)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_Buildings_(Royal_Navy)" title="Surveyor of Buildings (Royal Navy)">Surveyor of Buildings</a>, (1813-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_Dockyards" class="mw-redirect" title="Surveyor of Dockyards">Surveyor of Dockyards</a>, (1813-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Accountant-General_of_the_Navy" title="Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy">Accountant-General of the Navy</a>, (1829-32)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Superintendent_of_Transport&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superintendent of 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Commissioner, Chatham Dockyard</a>, (1631-1829)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resident_Commissioner,_Portsmouth_Dockyard" title="Resident Commissioner, Portsmouth Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Portsmouth Dockyard</a>, (1649-1829)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woolwich_Dockyard" title="Woolwich Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Woolwich Dockyard</a>,(1688-1828)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resident_Commissioner,_Plymouth_Dockyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident Commissioner, Plymouth Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Plymouth Dockyard</a>, (1691-1822)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deptford_Dockyard" title="Deptford Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Deptford Dockyard</a>, (1714-1823)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resident_Commissioner,_Sheerness_Dockyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident Commissioner, Sheerness Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Sheerness Dockyard</a>, (1793-1822)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resident_Commissioner,_Devonport_Dockyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident Commissioner, Devonport Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Devonport Dockyard</a>, (1823-1832)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Resident Commissioners<br />of the navy<br />overseas yards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Dockyard" title="Jamaica Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Jamaica Yard</a>, (1675-1832)</li> <li>Resident Commissioner, Cadiz Yard, (1694)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Dockyard_(Royal_Navy)" title="Bombay Dockyard (Royal Navy)">Resident Commissioner, Bombay Yard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinsale_Dockyard" title="Kinsale Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Kinsale Yard</a>, (1694-1713)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibdock" title="Gibdock">Resident Commissioner, Gibraltar Yard</a>, (1704-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson%27s_Dockyard" title="Nelson's Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Antigua Yard</a>, (1707-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Resident Commissioner, Ascension Yard</a>, (1728-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Mahon_Dockyard" title="Port Mahon Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Port Mahon Yard</a>, (1742-1763)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Halifax" title="Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax">Resident Commissioner, Halifax Yard</a>, (1759-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Resident Commissioner, Barbados Yard</a>, (1779-1783, 1810)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_Royal_Naval_Dockyard" title="Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Kingston Yard</a>, (1783-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajaccio" title="Ajaccio">Resident Commissioner, Ajaccio Yard</a>, (1794-1799)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resident_Commissioner,_Bermuda_Dockyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident Commissioner, Bermuda Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Bermuda Dockyard</a>, (1795-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherstburg_Royal_Naval_Dockyard" title="Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Amherstburg Yard</a>, (1796-1813)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele_aux_Noix" title="Île aux Noix">Resident Commissioner, Quebec Yard</a>, (1804-1826)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resident_Commissioner,_Malta_Dockyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident Commissioner, Malta Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Malta Dockyard</a>, (1805-1832)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Resident Commissioner, Madras Yard</a>, (1808-1817)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon%27s_Town" title="Simon's Town">Resident Commissioner, Cape of Good Hope Yard</a>, (1808-1822)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resident_Commissioner,_Bombay_Dockyard" title="Resident Commissioner, Bombay Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Bombay Dockyard</a>, (1808-1816)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resident_Commissioner,_Trincomalee_Dockyard" title="Resident Commissioner, Trincomalee Dockyard">Resident Commissioner, Trincomalee Dockyard</a>, (1810-1832)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Offices<br />under the<br />principal officers</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/Navy_Office_(Royal_Navy)" title="Navy Office (Royal Navy)">Navy Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Pay_Office_(Royal_Navy)" title="Navy Pay Office (Royal Navy)">Navy Pay Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sick_and_Hurt_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Sick and Hurt Board">Sick and Hurt Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_Board_(Royal_Navy)" title="Transport Board (Royal Navy)">Transport Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victualling_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Victualling Board">Victualling Office</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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(QARNNS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Chaplaincy_Service" title="Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service">Chaplaincy Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Police" title="Royal Navy Police">Navy Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Careers_Service" title="Naval Careers Service">Naval Careers Service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Commando_Force" title="United Kingdom Commando Force">UK Commando Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Band_Service" title="Royal Marines Band Service">Royal Marines Band Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Reserve" title="Royal Marines Reserve">Royal Marines Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Police" title="Royal Marines Police">Royal Marines Police</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Reserve" title="Royal Naval Reserve">Royal Naval Reserve</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Calliope_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Calliope (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Calliope</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Cambria_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Cambria (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Cambria</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ceres_(2015_shore_establishment)" title="HMS Ceres (2015 shore establishment)">HMS <i>Ceres</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dalriada" title="HMS Dalriada">HMS <i>Dalriada</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Eaglet_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Eaglet (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Eaglet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Ferret_(1982_shore_establishment)" title="HMS Ferret (1982 shore establishment)">HMS <i>Ferret</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Flying_Fox_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Flying Fox (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Flying Fox</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Forward_(1984_shore_establishment)" title="HMS Forward (1984 shore establishment)">HMS <i>Forward</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Hibernia_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Hibernia (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Hibernia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_King_Alfred_(1994_shore_establishment)" title="HMS King Alfred (1994 shore establishment)">HMS <i>King Alfred</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_President_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS President (shore establishment)">HMS <i>President</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Scotia_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Scotia (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Scotia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Sherwood_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Sherwood (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Sherwood</i></a></li> <li><a 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century">Admiralty in the 16th century</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Admiralty in the 17th century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_in_the_18th_century" title="Admiralty in the 18th century">Admiralty in the 18th century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Customs_and_traditions_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Customs and traditions of the Royal Navy">Customs and traditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fleets_and_major_commands_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy">Historic forces and commands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Future of the Royal Navy">Future of the Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Navy_(before_1707)" title="History of the Royal Navy (before 1707)">History of the Royal Navy (before 1707)</a> (<a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Navy_(after_1707)" title="History of the Royal Navy (after 1707)">after 1707</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Marines" title="History of the Royal Marines">History of the Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="National Museum of the Royal Navy">National Museum of the Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Historical_Branch" title="Naval Historical Branch">Naval Historical Branch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operating forces</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/Fleet_Commander" title="Fleet Commander">Fleet Commander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_United_Kingdom_Strike_Force" title="Commander United Kingdom Strike Force">Commander United Kingdom Strike Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_Operations_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander Operations (Royal Navy)">Commander Operations</a></li> <li>Surface Flotilla</li> <li>Submarine Flotilla</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Commando_Force" title="United Kingdom Commando Force">UK Commando Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fleet</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Navy_ships" title="List of active Royal Navy ships">List of active Royal Navy ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary_ship_names" title="List of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names">Royal Fleet Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Royal_Navy_deployments" title="Standing Royal Navy deployments">Standing Royal Navy deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fleets_and_major_commands_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy">List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships</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/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy">Aircraft carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_escort_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy">Escort carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_seaplane_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of seaplane carriers of the Royal Navy">Seaplane carriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_amphibious_warfare_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of amphibious warfare ships of the Royal Navy">Amphibious warfare ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_battlecruisers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy">Battlecruisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dreadnought_battleships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy">Battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pre-dreadnought_battleships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy">Pre-dreadnought battleships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bomb_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of bomb vessels of the Royal Navy">Bomb vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_corvette_and_sloop_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy">Corvette and sloop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cruiser_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of cruiser classes of the Royal Navy">Cruisers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy">Destroyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fireships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of fireships of the Royal Navy">Fireships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_frigate_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy">Frigates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_gun-brigs_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of gun-brigs of the Royal Navy">Gun-brigs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_gunboat_and_gunvessel_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy">Gunboat and gunvessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_and_hospital_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of hospitals and hospital ships of the Royal Navy">Hospital ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ironclads_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ironclads of the Royal Navy">Ironclads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mine_countermeasure_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy">Mine countermeasure vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monitors_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of monitors of the Royal Navy">Monitors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ironclads_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ironclads of the Royal Navy">Ironclads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_patrol_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy">Patrol vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_royal_yachts_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of royal yachts of the United Kingdom">Royal yachts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_line_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy">Ships of the line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_submarine_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of submarine classes of the Royal Navy">Submarines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_support_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of support ships of the Royal Navy">Support ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_survey_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of survey vessels of the Royal Navy">Survey vessels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Marines_military_watercraft" title="List of active Royal Marines military watercraft">Royal Marines Boats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of ship names of the Royal Navy">Historic ships names</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defence_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Defence Council of the United Kingdom">Defence Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Board" title="Admiralty Board">Admiralty Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Board_(1964%E2%80%93present)" title="Navy Board (1964–present)">Navy Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Command_(Royal_Navy)" title="Navy Command (Royal Navy)">Navy Command</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Senior officers</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/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(Aviation,_Amphibious_Capability_%26_Carriers)" title="Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation, Amphibious Capability & Carriers)">Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Aviation, Amphibious Capability & Carriers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)">Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Secretary" title="Naval Secretary">Director People & Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)">Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy)</a></li> <li>Director Naval Support</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_Fleet_Operational_Sea_Training" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training">Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Chaplaincy_Service#Chaplains_of_the_Fleet" title="Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service">Chaplain of the Fleet</a></li> <li>Director General Ships</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_General_Royal_Marines" title="Commandant General Royal Marines">Commandant General Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_Operations_(Royal_Navy)" title="Commander Operations (Royal Navy)">Commander Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_United_Kingdom_Strike_Force" title="Commander United Kingdom Strike Force">Commander United Kingdom Strike Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_Littoral_Strike_Group" title="Commander Littoral Strike Group">Commander Littoral Strike Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_United_Kingdom_Carrier_Strike_Group" title="Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group">Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Staff_Directorate" title="Naval Staff Directorate">Commodore, Naval Staff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary#List_of_Commodores_Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary" title="Royal Fleet Auxiliary">Commodore RFA and Deputy Director Royal Navy Afloat Support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_Maritime_Reserves" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander Maritime Reserves">Commander Maritime Reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Secretary" title="Naval Secretary">Naval Secretary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Rear-Admiral, Fleet Air Arm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commodore_Submarine_Service" title="Commodore Submarine Service">Commodore Submarine Flotilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commander_United_Kingdom_Maritime_Forces_and_Rear_Admiral_Surface_Ships" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces and Rear Admiral Surface Ships">Commodore Surface Flotilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_senior_officers_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy">Serving senior officers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_serving_senior_officers_of_the_Royal_Marines" title="List of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines">Serving senior Royal Marines officers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Personnel<br />and training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Interview_Board" title="Admiralty Interview Board">Admiralty Interview Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Britannia_Royal_Naval_College" title="Britannia Royal Naval College">Britannia Royal Naval College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commando_Training_Centre_Royal_Marines" title="Commando Training Centre Royal Marines">Commando Training Centre Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a 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