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Division</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">Government of the United Kingdom</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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent department</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Naval_Staff" title="Admiralty Naval Staff">Admiralty Naval Staff</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Operations Division</b> <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> was a former directorate of the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Naval_Staff" title="Admiralty Naval Staff">Admiralty Naval Staff</a> responsible for the creation and implementation of long-term policy in regards to the composition of all Royal Navy fleets, squadrons and commands and including operational planning and monitoring from 1912 to 1961. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Operations division was established in January 1912 initially as a component part of the new Admiralty War Staff created by the First Lord of the Admiralty <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> and later the naval staff. It worked closely with the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Intelligence_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)">Naval Intelligence Division</a> throughout most of existence and remained until 1961 when it was amalgamated with the Trade Division to create a new <a href="/wiki/Trade_and_Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)" title="Trade and Operations Division (Royal Navy)">Trade and Operations Division</a>.<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> In 1964 the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty Department</a> was abolished, however trade and operations functions continued under the new Naval Staff function within the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Navy Department</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Directorate_of_Naval_Operations_and_Trade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Directorate of Naval Operations and Trade (page does not exist)">Directorate of Naval Operations and Trade</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division was chiefly responsible for coordinating the distribution of the British fleet globally and for the general day-to-day, movements of each of the Royal Navy's units as ordered by the Board of Admiralty, and acted-upon initially by the Chief of the War Staff later Chief of the Naval Staff. However each of the individual Commander-in-Chief's regulated the movements of fleets, flotilla's or squadrons and ships that was under their respective commands. </p><p>The division had to ensure that accurate information was constantly available at all times, this included the positions and conditions of all the most important ships. This was done by devising an operational plotting system that enabled the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> to track of all ship movements, all scheduling of re-fits, monitoring fuel levels, and monitoring ammunition storage levels worldwide . </p><p>The division would coordinate closely with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_Intelligence_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operational Intelligence Center (page does not exist)">Operational Intelligence Center</a><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> within the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Intelligence_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)">Naval Intelligence Division</a>. The Operations Division received intelligence communiques, reviewed the importance of them, then would recommend any necessary remedying actions to be taken. When orders were approved by the Naval Staff they were communicated to all commanding flag officers who would action them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Directors_duties">Directors duties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Directors duties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 1918:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Director: Matters relating to operations, distribution of the Fleet, minelaying, submarines, co-operation of Allied ships, hospital ships and air operations</i>.</li> <li><i>Deputy Director: Matters relating to transports and trade, sailing orders, trials, commissioning orders, all systems of communications, navigation, Board of Trade reports, fisheries</i>.</li> <li><i>Assistant Director (1): Matters relating to foreign stations (except such as are dealt with by D.D.O.D.), entry into defended ports at home and abroad, swept channels at defended ports, traffic regulations, courts martial and courts of enquiry, administration of the Operations Division</i>.</li> <li><i>Assistant Director (2): Matters relating to shore defences and the defence of vulnerable points on shore, at home and abroad. Distribution of Seamen and Marines.Checks all promotions</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Directors_of_Division">Directors of Division</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Directors of Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-World_War_One_period">Pre-World War One period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pre-World War One period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Director_of_Operations_Division">Director of Operations Division</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Director of Operations Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>included:<sup id="cite_ref-Mackie_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mackie-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Captain <a href="/wiki/George_Alexander_Ballard" title="George Alexander Ballard">George A. Ballard</a>, 8 January 1912 – 1 May 1914</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_One_period">World War One period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: World War One period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Director_of_Operations_Division_2">Director of Operations Division</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Director of Operations Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Rear-Admiral <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Leveson" title="Arthur Leveson">Arthur Leveson</a>, 1 May 1914 – 16 January 1915</li> <li>Rear-Admiral <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jackson_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Thomas Jackson (Royal Navy officer)">Thomas Jackson</a>, 17 January 1915 – 11 June 1917</li> <li>Rear-Admiral <a href="/wiki/George_Hope_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="George Hope (Royal Navy officer)">George Hope</a>, 11 June 1917 – 9 January 1918</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inter-war_period">Inter-war period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Inter-war period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Director_of_Operations_Division_(Home)"><span id="Director_of_Operations_Division_.28Home.29"></span>Director of Operations Division (Home)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Director of Operations Division (Home)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Included:<sup id="cite_ref-Archives_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archives-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Pound" title="Dudley Pound">Dudley Pound</a>, 12 January 1918 – 15 July 1919</li> <li>Captain John D. Kelly, 15 July 1919 – 1 April 1920</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Director_of_Operations_Division_(Foreign)"><span id="Director_of_Operations_Division_.28Foreign.29"></span>Director of Operations Division (Foreign)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Director of Operations Division (Foreign)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Included:<sup id="cite_ref-Archives_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archives-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Captain <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_P._R._Coode&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles P. R. Coode (page does not exist)">Charles P. R. Coode</a>, 18 January 1918 – 31 March 1920</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Director_of_Operations_Division_3">Director of Operations Division</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Director of Operations Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Included:<sup id="cite_ref-Archives_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Archives-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <ul><li>Rear-Admiral John D. Kelly, 1 April 1920 – 15 February 1922</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wise_Parker" title="Henry Wise Parker">Henry W. Parker</a>, 1 February 1922</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Tomkinson" title="Wilfred Tomkinson">Wilfred Tomkinson</a>, 21 November 1923–April 1926</li> <li>Captain <a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_F._Rose&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank F. Rose (page does not exist)">Frank F. Rose</a>, April 1926,–March 1928</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Percy_Noble_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Percy Noble (Royal Navy officer)">Percy Noble</a>, March, 1928–January 1930</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Dudley_North_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Dudley North (Royal Navy officer)">Dudley Burton Napier North</a>, January, 1930–July 1932</li> <li>Captain Charles G. Brodie, July–December 1932</li> <li>Captain Francis H. W. Goolden, December, 1932–December 1933</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Henry_Pridham-Wippell" title="Henry Pridham-Wippell">Henry Pridham-Wippell</a>, December, 1933–December 1935</li> <li>Captain <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_H._Knox-Little&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles H. Knox-Little (page does not exist)">Charles H. Knox-Little</a>, December, 1935–July 1938</li> <li>Captain Charles M. Blackman, July, 1938–December 1939</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_Two_period">World War Two period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: World War Two period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Director_of_Operations_Division_(Home)_2"><span id="Director_of_Operations_Division_.28Home.29_2"></span>Director of Operations Division (Home)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Director of Operations Division (Home)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Cecil_H.J._Harcourt" class="mw-redirect" title="Cecil H.J. Harcourt">Cecil H. J. Harcourt</a>, September 1939-February 1941</li> <li>Captain Ralph A. B. Edwards, February–December 1941</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/John_Eccles_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Eccles (Royal Navy officer)">John Eccles (Royal Navy officer)</a>, December 1941-October 1943</li> <li>Captain C. T. Mark Pizey, December 1943-? 1945</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Director_of_Operations_Division_(Foreign)_2"><span id="Director_of_Operations_Division_.28Foreign.29_2"></span>Director of Operations Division (Foreign)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Director of Operations Division (Foreign)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Captain Robert H.Bevan: September 1939-September 1940</li> <li>Captain Gerald H. Warner: September 1940-March 1941</li> <li>Captain John Terry: March 1941-August 1942</li> <li>Captain Angus D. Nicholl: August 1942-August 1944</li> <li>Captain Frederick R. Parham: August 1944-January 1947</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_War_period">Post War period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Post War period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Director_of_Operations_Division_4">Director of Operations Division</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Director of Operations Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Captain Charles H. Duffett: January 1947-January 1949</li> <li>Captain George B.H. Fawkes: January 1949-July 1951</li> <li>Captain Patrick W. Brock: July 1951-October 1953</li> <li>Captain John S.S. Litchfield: October 1953-December 1954</li> <li>Captain Peter D.H.R. Pelly: December 1954-June 1956</li> <li>Captain Walter Evershed: June 1956-June 1957</li> <li>Captain Bryan C. Durant: June 1957-January 1959</li> <li>Captain Eric V. St.J. Morgan: January 1959-May 1960</li> <li>Captain Michael G. Haworth: May 1960-July 1961</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deputy_Directors">Deputy Directors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Deputy Directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Director_of_Operations">Deputy Director of Operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Deputy Director of Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Included:<sup id="cite_ref-Mackie_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mackie-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Captain Henry W. Grant: July 1917-January 1918</li> <li>Captain Bernard St.G. Collard, January 1918-February 1920</li> <li>Captain Arthur de K. L. May, January–September 1919</li> <li>Captain Hubert H. Holland, September 1919-January 1920</li> <li>Captain Sidney R. Bailey, February 1920-March 1921</li> <li>Captain Henry G.E. Lane, April 1920-September 1921</li> <li>Captain Charles D. Burke, March 1921-April 1922</li> <li>Captain Alister F. Beal, September 1921-July 1923</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Tomkinson" title="Wilfred Tomkinson">Wilfred Tomkinson</a>, July–November 1923</li> <li>Captain Ambrose M. Peck, November 1923-October 1925</li> <li>Captain Frank F. Rose, October 1925-April 1926</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Francis_Murray_Austin" title="Francis Murray Austin">Francis M. Austin</a>, April 1926-August 1927</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Layton" title="Geoffrey Layton">Geoffrey Layton</a>, August 1927-August 1929</li> <li>Captain Robert R. Turner, August 1929-August 1931</li> <li>Captain Francis H.W. Goolden, August 1931-December 1932</li> <li>Captain Ernest J. Spooner, December 1932-July 1934</li> <li>Captain Ronald W. Blacklock, July 1934-July 1936</li> <li>Captain Irving M. Palmer, July 1936-September 1938</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Cecil_H.J._Harcourt" class="mw-redirect" title="Cecil H.J. Harcourt">Cecil H.J. Harcourt</a>, September 1938-September 1939</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Director_of_Operations_(Home)"><span id="Deputy_Director_of_Operations_.28Home.29"></span>Deputy Director of Operations (Home)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Deputy Director of Operations (Home)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Edwards_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Ralph Edwards (Royal Navy officer)">Ralph A. B. Edwards</a>, October 1939-February 1941</li> <li>Captain John F. Stevens, February 1941-August 1942</li> <li>Captain Wilfred J.C. Robertson, August 1942-December 1943</li> <li>Captain Francis B. Lloyd: December 1943-March 1945</li> <li>Captain Christopher T. Jellicoe: March 1945 – 1947</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Director_of_Operations_(Foreign)"><span id="Deputy_Director_of_Operations_.28Foreign.29"></span>Deputy Director of Operations (Foreign)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Deputy Director of Operations (Foreign)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Included:<sup id="cite_ref-Mackie_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mackie-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Captain Gerald H. Warner, February–September 1940</li> <li>Captain John Terry, September 1940-March 1941</li> <li>Captain William W. Davis, March 1941-January 1942</li> <li>Captain Hugh Dalrymple-Smith, January 1942-November 1943</li> <li>Captain Ronald G. Mackay, November 1943-March 1946</li> <li>Captain Terence A.K. Maunsell, March 1946-March 1948</li> <li>Captain William H. Selby, March 1948-April 1950</li> <li>Captain Ralph C. Medley, April 1950-April 1952</li> <li>Captain John S.M. Richardson, April 1952-January 1954</li> <li>Captain Peter Phipps, January 1954-March 1955</li> <li>Captain John Plunkett-Cole: March 1955-January 1957</li> <li>Captain N.F. Carrington, January 1957-February 1958</li> <li>Captain Josef C. Bartosik, February 1958-April 1959</li> <li>Captain Richard I. Peek, April 1959-December 1960</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_Director_of_Operations_(Foreign_and_Trade)"><span id="Deputy_Director_of_Operations_.28Foreign_and_Trade.29"></span>Deputy Director of Operations (Foreign and Trade)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Deputy Director of Operations (Foreign and Trade)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Captain J.A. Murray, December 1960-September 1961</li> <li>Captain Roland F. Plugge, September 1961-November 1963</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assistant_Directors_of_Operations">Assistant Directors of Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Assistant Directors of Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Assistant Director of Operation Division (A.D.O.D.):</i> </p> <ul><li>Captain Charles P. R. Coode, 11 June 1917 – 18 January 1918</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_Assistant_Directors">Second Assistant Directors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Second Assistant Directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Captain George P. W. Hope, 15 December 1916</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations_division_sub_staff_sections">Operations division sub staff sections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Operations division sub staff sections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A more detailed breakdown of the distribution of work allocated within the division to the various staff sections can be seen below as of 1917:<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> </p> <table class="collapsible wikitable collapsed" style="width: 65%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Section</th> <th>Admiralty Room</th> <th>Distribution of Work </th></tr> <tr> <td>One</td> <td>38 (OB)</td> <td>Distribution of fleet (battleships, battle cruisers and light cruisers) all questions relating to (see also section 9). <p>Sailing orders for H.M. ships (referred by M. Branch).Refits, docking, repairs etc. of H.M. ships. New ships - programme of trials and commissioning orders. British portion of Monthly Return of War vessels.Reports of Courts-martial and Courts of Enquiry. Visual signals.Is responsible for seeing that other departments concerned are informed of movements of ships. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Two</td> <td>38 (OB)</td> <td>Systems of communication generally, including questions of policy regarding to wireless telegraphy (British and Foreign), laying and repair of cables, movements and work of cableships, land-line telegraphs and telephones, communications between H. M. Ships and merchant vessels at home and abroad. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Three</td> <td>38 (OB)</td> <td>Harbour and coast defence of the United Kingdom, <a href="/wiki/British_Dominions" class="mw-redirect" title="British Dominions">British Dominions</a> and Colonies and India, including:- <p>(a) Disposition of guns, lights, mines, booms, etc., and personnel necessary for these; (b) Examination service at all ports; (c) Traffic regulations (see also A.D.O.D.l and Section 4). </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Four</td> <td>B. (AH)</td> <td>Instructions for Entry of H.M. ships into Defended Ports at home and abroad. <p>Swept Channels, booms, etc., at defended ports. Confidential and public traffic regulations (see also A.D.O.D. 1 and Section 3). Fishing and fishing areas round the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Five</td> <td>38 (OB)</td> <td>Movements of all H.M. Ships employed abroad and letters of proceedings from Commanders in Chief on foreign stations. (See also Section 10). Corrects “Pink List” (secret telegrams), as regards H.M. Ships abroad. Keeps wall charts in Chart Room corrected as regards vessels on foreign service. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Six</td> <td>A. (AH)</td> <td>Controlled sailings in connection with French Coal Trade and ore trade from <p>North coast of Spain. Board of Trade reports. Reports dealing with enemy submarines (see also section 8). Courts of Enquiry relating to reports of sinkings of merchant ships </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Seven</td> <td>38 (OB)</td> <td>Movements and letters if proceedings of 10th Cruiser Squadron, Grand Fleet destroyer flotillas, H.M. ships (not belonging to the Grand Fleet) at Home ports, H.M. ships stationed at bases, minelayers and mine-carriers in Home waters. Corrects “Pink List” as regards the foregoing vessels. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eight</td> <td>66 (OB)</td> <td>All matters relating to distribution and employment of destroyers, patrol flotillas, <p>submarines, sloops, special service vessels, auxiliary patrols, escorts by auxiliary patrols. Prepares daily statement of destroyer flotillas. Telegrams and reports dealing with enemy submarines (see also Section 6). </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Nine</td> <td>B. (AH)</td> <td>Movements of ships of the Grand Fleet when detached from repairs, and armed boarding vessels, minesweepers and supply vessels attached to <a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a>. <a href="/wiki/White_Sea" title="White Sea">White Sea</a> - Trade and defence. Movements and refit of vessels stationed in White Matters relating to Hospital ships. Assists in Chart Room and takes duty there when required. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ten</td> <td>B. (AH)</td> <td>Overseas operations. Naval Flotilla on Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria. Questions concerning <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persia</a> and Abyssinia. Letters of proceedings from <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet" title="Mediterranean Fleet">Mediterranean</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Indies_and_China_Station" title="East Indies and China Station">East Indies and China</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Eleven</td> <td>38 (OB)</td> <td>Air Operations. Anti-aircraft defences. W/T and other communications with aircraft. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twelve</td> <td>66 (OB)</td> <td>(Commander, RN.) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twelve (a)</td> <td>66 (OB)</td> <td>Movements of troop and store transports, wheat, sugar and nitrate transports, mercantile fleet auxiliaries (colliers, oilers, store vessels, hospital ships, munition ships, tugs) and merchant vessels carrying valuable Government cargoes. Sailing orders and route instructions for the above. Board of Trade reports. Merchant ship casualties. Minesweeping reports. Matters relating to navigation. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thirteen</td> <td>B. (AH)</td> <td>Mining operations and records. Matters relating to torpedoes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fourteen</td> <td>Chart Room</td> <td>Records of all telegrams referring to mines, wrecks, lights, buoys, swept channels, dangerous areas, etc., and plots positions of mines reported, suspicious vessels and objects, and dangerous and prohibited areas. Superintends correction of reference charts by cartographer from <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Hydrographic_Office" title="United Kingdom Hydrographic Office">Hydrographic office</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Fifteen</td> <td>Chart Room</td> <td>(Assistant to D.O.D.) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sixteen</td> <td>Planning Room</td> <td>Formulation and preparation of all plans </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty</td> <td>39 (OB)</td> <td>(Acting Staff Clerk in charge of clerical staff). </td></tr> <tr> <td>Twenty (a)</td> <td>39 (OB)</td> <td>(Acting Staff Clerk) </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=26" 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"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFArchives" class="citation web cs1">Archives, The National. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1896">"Admiralty: Naval Staff, Operations Division: Lists showing stations and movements of Allied and Royal Naval Ships (Pink Lists)"</a>. <i>discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 February</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Records+of+Naval+Staff+Departments%2C+ADM+10&rft.aulast=Archives&rft.aufirst=The+National&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fdetails%2Fr%2FC714&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperations+Division+%28Royal+Navy%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attribution">Attribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Attribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Primary source for this article is by Harley Simon, Lovell Tony, (2017), Operations Division (Royal Navy), dreadnoughtproject.org, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org">http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org</a>. </p> <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=Operations_Division_(Royal_Navy)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Archives, The National. "Records of Naval Staff Departments", discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives, 1912-1964.</li> <li>Black, Nicholas (2009). The British Naval Staff in the First World War. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781843834427" title="Special:BookSources/9781843834427">9781843834427</a>.</li> <li>Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1929). The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. Its Work and Development. B.R. 1845 (late C.B. 3013). Copy at The National Archives. ADM 234/434</li> <li>Mackie, Colin, (2010-2014), <i>British Armed Services between 1860 and the present day — Royal Navy - Senior Appointments</i>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.gulabin.com/">http://www.gulabin.com/</a>.</li> <li>Rodger. N.A.M., (1979) <i>The Admiralty (offices of state)</i>, T. 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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 (page does not exist)">Inspector of Telegraphs</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inspector_of_Repairs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inspector of Repairs (page does not exist)">Inspector of Repairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Warfare_Establishment" title="Joint Warfare Establishment">Joint Warfare Establishment</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_Consultative_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Medical Consultative Board (page does not exist)">Medical Consultative Board</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Medical_Examining_Board&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Medical Examining Board (page does not exist)">Medical Examining Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Historical_Branch" title="Naval Historical Branch">Historical Section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Hydrographic_Office" title="United Kingdom Hydrographic Office">Hydrographic Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Department_(Royal_Navy)" title="Marine Department (Royal Navy)">Marine Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Pay_Department_(Royal_Navy)" title="Marine Pay Department (Royal Navy)">Marine Pay Department</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Materials_and_Priority_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Senior_Psychologist_(Naval)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Senior Psychologist (Naval) (page does not exist)">Office of the Senior Psychologist of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Translator_of_French_and_Spanish_Languages&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Translator of French and Spanish Languages (page does not exist)">Office of the Translator of French and Spanish Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_of_the_Vice_Controller_Air&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Office of the Vice Controller Air (page does not exist)">Office 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 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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> 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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 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