The Central School of Mathematics and Naval Construction was a short-lived shipbuilding college at Portsmouth Dockyard on the south coast of England. It...
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Principal of the short-lived School of Mathematics and Naval Construction in Portsmouth (1848–1853). In 1873 the School moved to the Royal Naval College...
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Sheerness and subsequently entered the School of Mathematics and Naval Construction at Portsmouth. In 1851 he married Rosetta, the sister of Nathaniel...
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Rosyth Dockyard (redirect from Rosyth Naval Dockyard)
vessels and submarines. Before its privatisation in the 1990s it was formerly the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth. Its primary role now is the dismantling of decommissioned...
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Director of Naval Construction (DNC) also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Construction and Directorate of Naval Construction and originally...
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HM Nautical Almanac Office (redirect from Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac)
range of users, such as astronomers, mariners, aviators, surveyors, the military, Police, lawyers, religious groups, architects, schools, diary and calendar...
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The Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (formerly Second Sea Lord) is deputy to the First Sea Lord and the second highest-ranking officer currently...
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First Sea Lord (redirect from First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff)
The First Sea Lord, officially known as the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is a statutory position in the British Armed Forces, usually...
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Admiralty (United Kingdom) (redirect from Board of the Admiralty)
the Naval Secretariat. First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff The First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff was the Chief Naval Adviser on the Board of Admiralty...
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Royal Navy Medical Service (redirect from Department of the Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets)
Medical Service (RNMS), also termed the Royal Naval Medical Service and branded as Navy Healthcare, is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for providing...
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British Forces Gibraltar (redirect from Flag Officer, Gibraltar and North Atlantic)
Forces in Gibraltar had been predominantly naval-led since the 1890s. In the 1950s discussions about the creation of NATO's Allied Forces Mediterranean led...
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Lord of the Admiralty, four Naval Lords (three between 1868 and 1886), known from 1904 as Sea Lords, and a Civil Lord, with a Parliamentary and a Permanent...
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Royal Naval College Dartmouth, also known as Dartmouth, is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment of the...
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Greenwich Hospital, London (redirect from Greenwich Naval Hospital)
were later used by the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the University of Greenwich, and are now known as the Old Royal Naval College. The word "hospital"...
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The Naval Intelligence Division (NID) was created as a component part of the Admiralty War Staff in 1912. It was the intelligence arm of the British Admiralty...
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HMNB Devonport (redirect from His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport)
Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB...
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Royal Naval College and in 1816 became the Royal Naval College and the School for Naval Architecture. It was closed as a training establishment for officer...
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Navy Board (redirect from Council of the Marine)
between the Naval Lords. The Navy Board's responsibilities included: the construction and maintenance of ships through the Royal Dockyards of Deptford,...
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Grand Fleet (category Military units and formations of the Royal Navy in World War I)
Miller and Jellicoe, the post of the Admiral of the Orkneys and Shetlands was created to oversee the defence of the islands, naval bases and shore duties...
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Royal Navy (redirect from British naval supremacy)
is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service...
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Royal Naval Scientific Service and for a number of Admiralty departments, including those of the Department of the Director of Naval Construction, (from...
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Essex in command of land forces and Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham in command of naval forces, the English fleet consisted of four squadrons. Their...
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Home Fleet (category Military units and formations of the Royal Navy in World War I)
waters. In the first years of the 20th century, the Royal Navy had four 'Port Guard' ships, stationed in the major naval bases, partially to act as flagships...
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Admiralty buildings (category History of the Royal Navy)
the late 19th century and redesigned while the construction was in progress to accommodate the extra offices needed by the naval arms race with the German...
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the Superintendent of Construction, his departure from the Royal Navy in November 1909 saw the role fall to his protegee at the Naval Ordnance Department...
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Spanish Point, and smaller islands in the Great Sound with the intent of building the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda, and a permanent naval base there, with...
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Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was a Royal Navy training establishment between 1873 and 1998, providing courses for naval officers. It was the home of the...
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Far East Fleet (United Kingdom) (category Military units and formations established in 1952)
Singapore Naval Base. The 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron (HMS Glory and HMS Theseus) arrived from the British Pacific Fleet in October 1945, and operated...
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Air Department (redirect from Director of the Air Department)
administer the Royal Naval Air Service. In 1908, the British government had recognised that the use of aircraft for military and naval purposes should be...
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Commissioners of Longitude, key figures from politics, the Navy, astronomy and mathematics. However, the Board did not meet until at least 1737 when interest grew...
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