The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission. As that position was not... 20 KB (1,801 words) - 19:24, 4 January 2024 |
The Admiralty Board is the body established under the Defence Council of the United Kingdom for the administration of the Naval Service of the United Kingdom... 4 KB (290 words) - 19:14, 3 May 2024 |
"Admiralty of de Maze") Admiralty of Zeeland Admiralty Board (Russian Empire), the authority responsible for the Imperial Russian Navy Admiralty Shipyard, a former... 3 KB (435 words) - 04:10, 28 October 2023 |
The Board of Admiralty, which exercised the office of Lord High Admiral when it was not vested in a single person. The commissioners were a mixture of politicians... 235 KB (21,382 words) - 18:04, 16 October 2023 |
Naval Lord to the Board of Admiralty" when the post was created in 1689, the office was re-styled "First Naval Lord" in 1771. The concept of a professional... 77 KB (1,807 words) - 05:00, 7 May 2024 |
West Africa Squadron (redirect from West Coast of Africa Station) ruling in 1808 the Admiralty dispatched two vessels to police the African coast. The small British force was empowered, in the context of the ongoing Napoleonic... 25 KB (2,547 words) - 19:36, 13 March 2024 |
Board of Admiralties (Russian: Адмиралтейств-коллегия, Admiralteystv-kollegiya) was a supreme body for the administration of the Imperial Russian Navy... 4 KB (424 words) - 04:46, 31 January 2024 |
Admiralty House in London is a Grade I listed building facing Whitehall, currently used for government functions and as ministerial flats. Admiralty House... 5 KB (342 words) - 20:03, 18 March 2024 |
by a Board of Admiralty headed by a First Lord of the Admiralty; this was the usual arrangement from 1709 until it was merged with the Admiralty in 1832... 22 KB (1,527 words) - 14:31, 25 April 2024 |
Royal Navy (redirect from Royal Navy of the United Kingdom) and member of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom. The Defence Council delegates management of the Naval Service to the Admiralty Board, chaired by... 157 KB (15,908 words) - 01:20, 7 May 2024 |
HMS Dreadnought (1906) (category World War I battleships of the United Kingdom) Admiral Sir John "Jacky" Fisher, First Sea Lord of the Board of Admiralty, is credited as the father of Dreadnought. Shortly after he assumed office in... 46 KB (5,826 words) - 17:49, 21 April 2024 |
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (redirect from Admiralty number) towards the establishment of a permanent international commission concerning hydrographic matters. Hydrographers to the Admiralty Board during this period included:... 21 KB (2,109 words) - 10:11, 31 March 2024 |
The Board of Admiralty First Commissioner and First Lord of the Admiralty First Lord of the Admiralty, and member of the English government Clerk of the... 23 KB (2,212 words) - 02:30, 31 August 2023 |
Royal Observatory, Greenwich (category History of the Royal Borough of Greenwich) Royal Observatory was transferred from the Board of Ordnance to the Board of Admiralty; at that time the observatory was charged with maintaining the Royal... 53 KB (5,913 words) - 15:31, 15 February 2024 |
Rosyth Dockyard (category Ports and harbours of Scotland) command of a larger Naval Dockyard. The appointment of admiral-superintendents (or their junior equivalents) dates from 1832 when the Admiralty took charge... 11 KB (1,075 words) - 07:51, 12 November 2023 |
Home Fleet (category Fleets of the Royal Navy) of the Home Fleets were distributed in accordance with Admiralty Fleet Order the majority of elements formed the new Grand Fleet others were assigned... 34 KB (2,440 words) - 07:14, 17 April 2024 |
Britannia Royal Naval College (category Training establishments of the Royal Navy) meet a minimum academic requirement. They then proceed to the Admiralty Interview Board, where they are tested mentally and physically. Several mental... 22 KB (2,094 words) - 11:39, 9 April 2024 |
Lord (category Names of God) Commissioner of the Admiralty. With the abolition of the Board of Admiralty and its merger into the Ministry of Defence in 1964, formal control of the Navy... 27 KB (3,658 words) - 16:04, 7 May 2024 |
by two members of the Admiralty Board. Before the Board of Admiralty were merged into the Ministry of Defence in 1964, with the title of Lord High Admiral... 21 KB (2,920 words) - 21:39, 12 April 2024 |
Grand Fleet (category Fleets of the Royal Navy) The Grand Fleet was the main battlefleet of the Royal Navy during the First World War. It was established in August 1914 and disbanded in April 1919. Its... 10 KB (973 words) - 09:47, 3 October 2023 |