Board of Admiralty
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The Board of Admiralty was the British government body responsible for directing the Royal Navy and naval affairs until its functions were absorbed into the Ministry of Defence.
Aliases (13)
- Admiralty ×4
- Royal Navy administration ×4
- Admiralty Board ×3
- Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty ×2
- Admiralty (historically) ×1
- Admiralty Board of the Defence Council ×1
- Admiralty, Whitehall ×1
- Board of Admiralty (in some periods) ×1
- British Admiralty ×1
- English Admiralty ×1
- English Navy Board ×1
- Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty ×1
- Royal Navy Board ×1
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British government department
→
government body → naval administration body → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
British Empire
→
United Kingdom → |
| country | United Kingdom → |
| dissolvedIn | 1964 → |
| endCause | integration into Ministry of Defence → |
| fieldOfWork |
maritime defence policy
→
naval administration → naval warfare → |
| followedBy |
Board of Admiralty
→
surface form: "Admiralty Board"
Navy Department of the Ministry of Defence → |
| governs |
Royal Marines
→
surface form: "Royal Marines (in certain periods)"
|
| hasChairperson | First Lord of the Admiralty → |
| hasHeadquartersLocation |
Admiralty building
→
London, England →
surface form: "London"
|
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
Age of Sail
→
World War I →
surface form: "First World War"
World War II →
surface form: "Second World War"
Victorian era → |
| hasPart |
Board of Admiralty
→
surface form: "Admiralty Board of the Defence Council"
Secretary of the Admiralty →
surface form: "Admiralty Secretariat"
Sea Lords →
surface form: "Civil Lords of the Admiralty"
First Lord of the Admiralty → Naval staff → Secretary of the Admiralty →
surface form: "Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty"
Sea Lords → |
| hasRole |
administration of the Royal Navy
→
control of naval operations → direction of naval policy → naval procurement and logistics → |
| industry | defence → |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | City of Westminster → |
| partOf |
UK government
→
surface form: "British government"
|
| replacedBy |
Board of Admiralty
→
surface form: "Admiralty Board"
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence →
surface form: "Ministry of Defence"
|
| responsibleFor |
Royal Navy
→
naval affairs → |
| shortName |
Board of Admiralty
→
surface form: "Admiralty"
|
| significantEvent |
administration of Royal Navy during Napoleonic Wars
→
administration of Royal Navy during World War I → administration of Royal Navy during World War II → |
| subordinateTo |
Crown in right of the United Kingdom
→
surface form: "Crown of the United Kingdom"
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom →
surface form: "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom"
|
| usedBy | Royal Navy → |
| usedFor | command and control of British naval forces → |
| usedLegalName |
Board of Admiralty
→
surface form: "Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty"
|
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Royal Navy Board"
this entity surface form: "Admiralty"
this entity surface form: "English Admiralty"
this entity surface form: "Admiralty Board"
subject surface form: "Seething Lane"
this entity surface form: "Royal Navy administration"
this entity surface form: "Admiralty Board of the Defence Council"
this entity surface form: "Admiralty Board"
subject surface form: "Rosslyn Wemyss"
this entity surface form: "Board of Admiralty (in some periods)"
this entity surface form: "Admiralty"
this entity surface form: "Admiralty"
this entity surface form: "British Admiralty"
this entity surface form: "Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty"
this entity surface form: "Admiralty (historically)"
this entity surface form: "Admiralty Board"
this entity surface form: "Admiralty, Whitehall"
this entity surface form: "Admiralty"
this entity surface form: "Royal Navy administration"
this entity surface form: "Royal Navy administration"
this entity surface form: "Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty"
this entity surface form: "English Navy Board"
this entity surface form: "Royal Navy administration"
this entity surface form: "Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty"