Admiralty (United Kingdom)

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Admiralty (United Kingdom) was the historic government department and naval command responsible for administering and directing the Royal Navy.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf former government department
naval command
appliesTo Royal Navy
commanded Royal Navy
country United Kingdom
dissolvedIn 1964
establishedInPeriod 16th century
fieldOfWork maritime defence policy
naval research and development
naval shipbuilding
naval warfare
governingBody Board of Admiralty
hasHead Board of Admiralty
First Lord of the Admiralty
hasOffice Civil Lords of the Admiralty
First Sea Lord
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty
Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty
Sea Lords
headquartersBuilding Admiralty building
Old Admiralty Building
headquartersLocation London
Whitehall
historicalPrecursor Office of the Lord High Admiral
jurisdiction Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
locatedInTimeZone Greenwich Mean Time
mergedInto Ministry of Defence
oversaw Royal Marines
partOf Government of the United Kingdom
replacedBy Admiralty Board (Ministry of Defence)
Navy Department (Ministry of Defence)
role administration of the Royal Navy
naval intelligence
naval logistics
naval personnel management
naval policy making
naval procurement
operational command of the Royal Navy
significantEvent administration of the Royal Navy during the First World War
administration of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars
administration of the Royal Navy during the Second World War
subordinateTo British Cabinet
usedSeal Seal of the Admiralty

Referenced by (32)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Atlantic Fleet ("Admiralty")
Flag Officer, Dover ("Admiralty")
South American Division of the Royal Navy ("Admiralty")
Western Approaches Command ("Admiralty")
subordinateTo
Secretary of the Admiralty ("Admiralty")
Sir Charles Middleton ("British Admiralty")
Thomas Hayter ("British Admiralty")
employer
Second voyage of James Cook ("British Admiralty")
Third voyage of James Cook ("British Admiralty")
sponsor
First Sea Lord
associatedWith
Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall ("Admiralty")
builtFor
Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) ("Admiralty")
collaboratedWith
Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement ("Admiralty")
commandStructure
George Vancouver ("British Admiralty")
commissionedBy
Grand Fleet ("Admiralty")
controlledBy
Operation Dynamo ("British Admiralty")
coordinatedBy
Air Ministry
coordinateWith
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ("Admiralty")
formedByMergerOf
Brest blockade ("British Admiralty")
implementedBy
Sea Lords ("Admiralty")
location
Rosslyn Wemyss ("British Admiralty")
memberOf
Admiralty Arch ("Admiralty")
namedAfter
Admiralty, Whitehall ("British Admiralty")
occupant
RNAS Yarmouth ("Admiralty")
operationalControl
Franklin expedition ("British Admiralty")
patron
Operation Wilfred ("British Admiralty")
plannedBy
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ("Admiralty")
predecessor
Blue Ensign ("Admiralty (historical)")
regulatingAuthority
Navy Office, Seething Lane ("Admiralty")
relatedInstitution
Navy Board ("Admiralty (integrated administration)")
replacedBy
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty ("Admiralty")
seat
Sir Thomas Frankland ("Admiralty")
workLocation

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