Navy Board

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administrative body government board naval administration

The Navy Board was a key administrative body of the English Royal Navy responsible for overseeing shipbuilding, supplies, and dockyards from the 16th to the 19th century.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Navy Office	2
Board of the Navy	1
Principal Officers of the Navy Board	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative body ⓘ government board ⓘ naval administration ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Royal Navy ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dissolutionCause	administrative centralization in Admiralty ⓘ
dissolved	1832 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	maritime administration ⓘ military procurement ⓘ naval logistics ⓘ
foundedBy	Henry VIII of England ⓘ
hasMember	Clerk of the Acts ⓘ Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy ⓘ surface form: Commissioner of the Navy Treasurer of the Navy ⓘ surface form: Comptroller of the Navy Storekeeper of the Navy ⓘ Storekeeper of the Navy ⓘ surface form: Surveyor of the Navy
hasNotableMember	Samuel Pepys ⓘ Sir George Carteret ⓘ Sir William Batten ⓘ Sir William Penn ⓘ
hasRole	administration of dockyards ⓘ financial administration of naval material ⓘ management of naval stores ⓘ management of naval supplies ⓘ oversight of shipbuilding ⓘ
inception	1546 ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Navy Office, Seething Lane ⓘ surface form: Navy Office, London
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment	Treasurer of the Navy ⓘ
partOf	Royal Navy ⓘ
replacedBy	Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Admiralty (integrated administration)
responsibleFor	Royal Dockyards ⓘ construction of warships ⓘ maintenance of warships ⓘ naval ordnance stores (before separation to Board of Ordnance) ⓘ naval victualling ⓘ
saidToBeTheSameAs	Navy Board ⓘ surface form: Board of the Navy
significantEvent	reforms associated with Samuel Pepys ⓘ reforms following administrative scandals in the 17th century ⓘ reorganized under the Restoration in 1660 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Board of Admiralty ⓘ Lord High Admiral of England ⓘ surface form: Lord High Admiral
timePeriod	Georgian era ⓘ Stuart period ⓘ Tudor period ⓘ early Victorian era ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Navy Office, Seething Lane → associatedWithOffice → Navy Board ⓘ

this entity surface form: Principal Officers of the Navy Board

Samuel Pepys → employer → Navy Board ⓘ

Seething Lane, London → hasHistoricalAssociation → Navy Board ⓘ

subject surface form: Seething Lane

this entity surface form: Navy Office

Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board → hierarchicalSuperior → Navy Board ⓘ

First Sea Lord → memberOf → Navy Board ⓘ

Second Sea Lord → memberOf → Navy Board ⓘ

Navy Office, Seething Lane → operatedBy → Navy Board ⓘ

Clerk of the Acts → partOf → Navy Board ⓘ

Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board → partOf → Navy Board ⓘ

Treasurer of the Navy → partOf → Navy Board ⓘ

Navy Office, Seething Lane → relatedInstitution → Navy Board ⓘ

Navy Board → saidToBeTheSameAs → Navy Board ⓘ

this entity surface form: Board of the Navy

Treasurer of the Navy → seat → Navy Board ⓘ

this entity surface form: Navy Office

Clerk of the Acts → subordinateTo → Navy Board ⓘ