Royal Navy administration (historical)

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The historical Royal Navy administration was the complex system of boards, offices, and officials that managed the organization, logistics, personnel, and operations of Britain’s naval forces from the early modern period through the 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governmental organization structure
naval administration system
appliesTo Royal Navy
centralOffice Admiralty, Whitehall
Navy Office, Seething Lane
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
governedBy Board of Admiralty
Lord High Admiral
hasComponent Admiralty Office
Admiralty Secretariat
linked to: Board of Admiralty

Admiralty departments
Board of Admiralty
Dockyard administration
linked to: Naval Dockyards

Navy Board
Navy Office
Ordnance Board
Sick and Hurt Board
Transport Board
Victualling Board
headedBy First Lord of the Admiralty
includesOffice Clerk of the Acts
Commissioners of Victualling
linked to: English Navy Board

Commissioners of the Navy
Commissioners of the Sick and Hurt
Commissioners of the Transport Board
Controller of the Navy
First Sea Lord
Fourth Sea Lord
Second Sea Lord
Secretary to the Admiralty
Surveyor of the Navy
Third Sea Lord
Treasurer of the Navy
legalBasis Acts of Parliament
Orders in Council
linked to: Orders of Council
location London
linked to: London, England
oversees Royal Dockyards
naval hospitals
naval stations
reformedBy Admiralty reforms of the 1830s
Victorian naval reforms
relatedTo Age of Sail
British Empire
British maritime power
Napoleonic Wars
Seven Years' War
responsibleFor dockyard management
medical care of seamen
naval finance
naval logistics
naval ordnance supply
naval personnel management
shipbuilding
transport of troops and stores
victualling of fleets
timePeriod 18th century
19th century
early modern period
underAuthorityOf British government
linked to: UK government

Crown

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Lieutenant of the Admiralty usedIn Royal Navy administration (historical)
Naval Board of the Defence Council governs Royal Navy wartime administration
linked to: Royal Navy administration (historical)
Arthur William Acland Hood partOf Victorian Royal Navy leadership
linked to: Royal Navy administration (historical)