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    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...
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    Commissioner of the Admiralty, who sat on the governing Board of Admiralty, rather than by a single person. The Admiralty was replaced by the Admiralty Board in...
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    pre-eminent member of the Board of Admiralty. The office of First Lord of the Admiralty existed from 1628 until it was abolished when the Admiralty, Air Ministry...
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  • 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...
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  • "Admiralty of de Maze") Admiralty of Zeeland Admiralty Board (Russian Empire), the authority responsible for the Imperial Russian Navy Admiralty Shipyard, a former...
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    The Admiralty Interview Board (AIB) is a key element of the officer selection process for the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Marines...
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    Secretary to the Admiralty also known as the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty was a position on the Board of Admiralty and a civil...
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  • 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...
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    subsidiary body of the Board of Admiralty now reporting to the First Lord of the Admiralty. In 1660 the Treasurer of the Navy ceased to direct the board and was...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Board of Admiralties (Russian: Адмиралтейств-коллегия, Admiralteystv-kollegiya) was a supreme body for the administration of the Imperial Russian Navy...
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    Admiralty House in London is a Grade I listed building facing Whitehall, currently used for government functions and as ministerial flats. Admiralty House...
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    Physician of the Navy, reporting to one of the members of the Board of Admiralty, was put in charge of the navy medical department; the title of this post...
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    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...
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    contained the Admiralty board room, which is still used by the Admiralty Board, other state rooms, offices and apartments for the Lords of the Admiralty. Robert...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • towards the establishment of a permanent international commission concerning hydrographic matters. Hydrographers to the Admiralty Board during this period included:...
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    post-holder was a member of the Board of Admiralty and later a member of the Admiralty Board. The original office of Comptroller of the Navy was established...
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    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...
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    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...
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    and base of the East Indies Station when the Department of Admiralty in London took over it. The yard was initially managed by the Navy Board through its...
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  • Thumbnail for Civil Lord of the Admiralty
    the Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty was a member of the Board of Admiralty who was responsible for managing the Royal Navy's supporting civilian...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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