Admiralty (United Kingdom)

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former government department naval command

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

Aliases (4)

Admiralty ×17
British Admiralty ×11
Admiralty (historical) ×1
Admiralty (integrated administration) ×1

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