Third Sea Lord

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The Third Sea Lord was a senior member of the British Admiralty responsible primarily for overseeing naval materiel, including ship design, construction, and equipment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Admiralty office
senior naval office
alsoKnownAs Controller of the Navy
appliesToJurisdiction Royal Navy
appointedBy UK government
surface form: British government

First Lord of the Admiralty
category British military appointments
Defunct military positions of the United Kingdom
Royal Navy admiral
surface form: Royal Navy admirals
combinedWithOffice Controller of the Navy
country United Kingdom
dissolvedIn 1964 reorganisation of UK defence administration
governingBody Admiralty (United Kingdom)
surface form: Admiralty
historicalPeriod 19th century
20th century
jurisdiction Royal Navy ships and establishments
locationOfOffice Admiralty, Whitehall
surface form: Admiralty, London
officeHolderRank admiral
flag officer
officeScope logistical support for ships
material readiness of the fleet
officeType Fifth Sea Lord
surface form: Sea Lord
partOf Board of Admiralty
positionInHierarchy third naval member of the Board of Admiralty
reportsTo Board of Admiralty
First Sea Lord
responsibleFor allocation of shipbuilding contracts
dockyard management
inspection of naval materiel
introduction of new naval technologies
maintenance of the fleet
naval armament
naval equipment
naval materiel
planning of future fleet construction
procurement of naval stores
ship construction
ship design
standardisation of naval equipment
significantDuring World War I
surface form: First World War

World War II
surface form: Second World War
successorOffice Navy Department of the Ministry of Defence
surface form: Controller of the Navy (post‑1964 Ministry of Defence structure)
usedBy Royal Navy

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Sea Lords includes Third Sea Lord