Royal Navy Medical Service

Medical Service for the Royal Navy

Royal Navy Medical Service

Active| 1832 – present
(Current Structure Adopted in 1917)
Country|  United Kingdom
Allegiance| The King
Branch| Royal Navy
Role| Medicine
Website| Royal Navy Medical Service
Commanders
Medical Director General (Naval)| Commodore Alison Hofman RRC KHNS
Commodore-in-Chief| The Queen
Insignia
White Ensign
(1801–present)|
Naval jack|
Red Cross emblem|

Military unit

His Majesty's
Naval Service
of the British Armed Forces
Components

* Royal Navy

* Surface Fleet
* Fleet Air Arm
* Submarine Service
* Royal Naval Reserve
* Royal Navy Medical Service
* Nursing Service (QARNNS)
* Chaplaincy
* Royal Navy Police

* Royal Marines

* Royal Marines Reserve
* Royal Marines Band Service
* Equipment
* Uniforms

* Special Forces

* Special Boat Service

* Naval Careers Service

History and future

* before 1707 / after 1707 / future

* History of the Royal Marines

* Coloured squadrons
* Customs and traditions
* Flag officer command flags

Ships

* Current fleet
* Current deployments

* Historic ships

Personnel

* The Admiralty
* Senior officers
* Uniforms
* Officer / ratings rank insignia

Auxiliary services

* Royal Fleet Auxiliary
* Marine Services

* v
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The Royal Navy Medical Service is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for medical care. It works closely with Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service.

## History

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The history of the service can be traced back to 1692 when treatment for sick and wounded naval personnel was administered by the Commissioners of the Sick and Hurt Board (a subsidiary body of the Navy Board) until 1806, when medical officers of the Royal Navy had been under the direction of the Transport Board. In 1817 the Transport Board was merged with the Navy Board, and responsibility for medical officers passed to the Victualling Board.

In 1832 the Navy Board and the Victualling Board were both abolished (following recommendations by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir James Graham). At the same time, Sir William Burnett (who had served as one of the medical commissioners on the Victualling Board since 1822)[1] was appointed Physician-General of the Navy;[2] as such he had charge of the navy medical department and reported directly to the Board of Admiralty.[3] The title of his post was changed to Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets in 1841,[2] and was again changed in 1844 to Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy. In 1879 the offices of the director-general were located at 9 New Street, Spring Gardens, London.

In 1917 following further re-structuring within the Admiralty Department it became known as the Royal Navy Medical Service headed by Medical Director General of the Navy until 2002, when it was re-styled once more to Medical Director General (Naval); the MDG Naval currently reports to the Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.

## Current structure

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The medical branch today is made up of Medical Officers (physicians) and non-commissioned officers and ratings as medical assistants, who receive similar training to paramedics. Nursing services are provided for the navy by the QARNNS which works alongside the Medical Service, but is a separate organisation. In total, 1,522 personnel are employed by the service.[4]

It is currently commanded by Surgeon Rear Admiral Fleur Marshall, the Medical Director General (Naval); MDG(N) and Chief Naval Medical Officer.[5]

The honorary Commodore-in-Chief of the RNMS is Queen Camilla. In her role as Commodore-in-Chief, the then Duchess of Cornwall visited the training-establishment HMS Excellent in January 2012, to award medals to naval medical teams returning from service in Afghanistan.[6]

All ranks of the medical branch provide medical care afloat as well at naval shore establishments and with the royal marines.

### Medical Assistants

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Main article: Medical Assistant (Royal Navy)

Medical Assistants are deployed on all major warships and submarines of the Royal Navy, and provide primary care to the crew. They also have the role of training the crew in first aid.[7] Capital ships often carry non-commissioned medical technicians as part of the larger medical department, who perform laboratory work to aid the medical assistants and officers.[8]

Medical Assistants both male and female provide medical close support and shore side medical care to all Units of 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines.

All medical assistants are ranked in the same manner as other ratings.

### Medical Officers

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Capital ships (including aircraft carriers, LPHs) have separate medical departments permanently staffed by one or two medical officers, but they are embarked temporarily on smaller vessels when on a long operational tour.[9] Medical officers are ranked in the same manner as other officers, but wear red stripes between the gold on their epaulettes, and have the title 'Surgeon' added to their rank (Surgeon Lieutenant for example). Although Royal Navy medical officers are qualified doctors, they do not use the Dr prefix, like those in other British military medical organisations.[10]

## Administration of the Royal Navy Medical Service

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Note: This is an incomplete list.

### Physician-General of the Navy

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* 9 Jun 1832–24 January 1841: Sir William Burnett

### Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets

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* 25 January 1841 – 31 December 1843: Sir William Burnett

### Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy

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* 1 January 1844 – 29 April 1855: Sir William Burnett
* 30 April 1855 – 20 January 1864: Sir John Liddell
* 21 January 1864 – 14 April 1869: Dr Alexander Bryson
* 15 April 1869 – 31 January 1880: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir Alexander Armstrong
* 1 February 1880 – 26 February 1888: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir John Watt Reid
* 27 February 1888 – 31 March 1898: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir James Nicholas Dick[11]
* 1 April 1898 – 11 September 1904: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir Henry Frederick Norbury
* 12 September 1904 – 10 May 1908: Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets Sir Herbert Mackay Ellis
* 11 May 1908 – 10 May 1913: Surgeon-General Sir James Porter
* 11 May 1913 – 31 May 1917: Surgeon-General Sir Arthur William May

### Medical Director-General of the Navy

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* 1917–1919: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir William Henry Norman, KCB, FRCSE
* 1919–1923: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Robert Hill, KCB, KCMG, CVO, KHS[12]
* 1923–1927: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Joseph Chambers, KCB, CMG, KHP[13]
* 1927–1931: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Gaskell, KCB, OBE, KHS, FRCS[14]
* 1934–1937: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Reginald St George Smallridge Bond, KCB, KHP, FRCP, FRCSE
* 1934–1937: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Robert William Basil Hall, KCB, OBE, KHP[15]
* 1937–1941: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Percival Thomas Nicholls, KCB, KPH, FRCS[16]
* 1941–1945: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Sheldon Francis Dudley, KCB, OBE, FRS, KHP, FRCP
* 1945–1948: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Henry St Clair Colson, KCB, CBE, KHP, FRCP
* 1948–1951: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Clarence Edward Greeson, KBE, CB, KHP[17]
* 1952–1956: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Kenneth Alexander Ingleby-Mackenzie, KBE, CB, QHP[18]
* 1956–1960: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Robert Cyril May, KBE, CB, MC, QHS, FRCS[19]
* 1960–1963: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir William Robert Silvester Panckridge, KBE, CB, QHP[20]
* 1963–1966: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Derek Duncombe Steele-Perkins, CB, CVO, QHS, FRCS, FRACS
* 1966–1969: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Eric Dick Caldwell, KBE, CB, QHP, FRCP, FRCPE[21][22]
* 1969–1972: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Eric Blackburn Bradbury, KBE, CB, QHP, FRCS[23]
* 1972–1977: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir James Watt, KBE, QHS, FRCS[24]
* 1977–1980: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir John Stuart Pepys Rawlins, KBE, FRCP, FRAeS[25]
* 1980–1983: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir John Albert Bews Harrison, KBE, QHP, FRCP[26]
* 1983–1984: Surgeon Vice Admiral Roger John William Lambert, QHP
* 1985–1990: Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Godfrey James Milton-Thompson, KBE, QHP, FRCP
* 1990–1993: Surgeon Rear Admiral David Askey Lammiman, CB, LVO, QHS, FFARCS
* 1993–1994: Surgeon Rear Admiral Anthony Leslie Revell, QHS
* 1997–1999: Surgeon Rear Admiral Michael Patrick William Halden Paine, QHS, FRCS
* 1999–2002: Surgeon Rear Admiral Ian Lawrence Jenkins, CVO, QHS FRCS

### Medical Director-General (Naval)

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* 2001–2003: Surgeon Rear Admiral Ralph Donaldson Kerr, FRCGP
* 2003–2007: Surgeon Rear Admiral Michael Atholl Farquharson-Roberts, CBE, FRCS
* 2007–2009: Surgeon Rear Admiral Philip Iain Raffaelli, QHP
* 2011–2012: Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis, CBE, QHS
* 2012–2014: Surgeon Rear Admiral Calum James Gibb McArthur, FRCGP
* 2014–2015: Surgeon Rear Admiral Alasdair James Walker, OBE, QHS, FRCS
* 2015–2017: Surgeon-Commodore Peter Buxton, OBE
* 2017–2021: Commodore Inga Jane Kennedy, CBE, VR, QHNS
* 2021–2023 Surgeon Rear Admiral, Fleur T. Marshall, KHP[27]

2023-Present Commodore Alison Hofman RRC KHNS QARNNS

## See also

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* Army Medical Services
* RAF Medical Services
* William Job Maillard VC
* Kate Nesbitt MC
* Surgeon Vice Admiral Ian Jenkins
* Surgeon Captain Rick Jolly
* Physician
* Military medicine

## References

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1. ^ Reports from Commissioners (7): Naval and Military Promotion. London: House of Commons. 1840. pp. 185–191.
2. ^ a b Dod, Charles R. (1848). The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, of Britain and Ireland. London: Whittaker and Co. p. 116.
3. ^ McLean, David (2006). Public Health and Politics in the Age of Reform: Cholera, the State and the Royal Navy in Victorian Britain. London: I. B. Tauris. p. 59.
4. ^ Defence Medical Services Healthcare Commission
5. ^ "Defence Medical Services". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
6. ^ "Duchess of Cornwall presents medals to navy medics". BBC News. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
7. ^ "Careers:medical assistant". Royal Navy. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
8. ^ "HMS Ark Royal Medical Department". Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
9. ^ "Medical Branch". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
10. ^ "Medical officers output" (PDF). Royal Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
11. ^ Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony. "Medical Director-General (Royal Navy) - The Dreadnought Project". dreadnoughtproject.org. Harley and Lovell, 3 November 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
12. ^ Government, H.M. (18 December 1922). "Admiralty". The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 1819.
13. ^ Government, H.M. (18 June 1924). "Admiralty". The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 407.
14. ^ England, Royal College of Surgeons of. "Gaskell, Sir Arthur - Biographical entry - Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online". livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk. RCG, 4 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
15. ^ The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. October 1935. p. 417.
16. ^ The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. 18 June 1937. p. 418a.
17. ^ The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. May 1951. p. 329.
18. ^ The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. April 1956. p. 1244.
19. ^ The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. January 1958. p. 1231.
20. ^ The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. February 1962. p. 911.
21. ^ The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. February 1968. p. 531.
22. ^ Grant, E. J. (2013). "3". The Toothwrights' Tale: A History of Dentistry in the Royal Navy 1964–1995. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 9781909183315.
23. ^ The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. February 1970. p. 512.
24. ^ Grant, E. J. (2013). "2". The Toothwrights' Tale: A History of Dentistry in the Royal Navy 1964-1995. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 9781909183315.
25. ^ Grant, E. J. (2013). "2". The Toothwrights' Tale: A History of Dentistry in the Royal Navy 1964–1995). Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 9781909183315.
26. ^ Grant, E. J. (2013). "3". The Toothwrights' Tale: A History of Dentistry in the Royal Navy 1964–1995. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 9781909183315.
27. ^ "Old Reptonian and Repton Governor Fleur Marshall promoted to Royal Navy's most senior medical position". Repton College. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

## External links

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* Website of the Royal Navy Medical Service
* Ministry of Defence - Royal Navy Medical Services (RNMS)

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His Majesty's Naval Service

Leadership|

* Secretary of State for Defence
* Minister for the Armed Forces
* First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
* Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
* Fleet Commander
* Commander, Allied Maritime Command
* Commandant General Royal Marines
* Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces
* Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy
* Corps Regimental Sergeant Major

Components|

| Royal Navy|

* Surface fleet
* Fleet Air Arm
* Submarine Service
* Royal Navy Medical Service
* Nursing Service (QARNNS)
* Chaplaincy Service
* Navy Police
* Naval Careers Service

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Royal Marines|

* 3 Commando Brigade
* Royal Marines Band Service
* Royal Marines Reserve
* Royal Marines Police

Royal Naval Reserve|

* HMS Calliope
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* HMS Ceres
* HMS Dalriada
* HMS Eaglet
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* HMS Flying Fox
* HMS Forward
* HMS Hibernia
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* HMS President
* HMS Scotia
* HMS Sherwood
* HMS Vivid
* HMS Wildfire

Special Forces|

* Special Boat Service

History
and
future|

* Admiralty in the 16th century
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* Customs and traditions
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* National Maritime Museum
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Operating
forces|

* Fleet Commander
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* List of active Royal Navy ships
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Ships|

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Administration|

* Defence Council
* Admiralty Board
* Navy Board
* Navy Command

Senior
officers|

* Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation, Amphibious Capability & Carriers)
* Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability)
* Director People & Training
* Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)
* Director Naval Support
* Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training
* Chaplain of the Fleet
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* Commander Operations
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* Commodore, Naval Staff
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* Commander Maritime Reserves
* Naval Secretary
* Rear-Admiral, Fleet Air Arm
* Commodore Submarine Flotilla
* Commodore Surface Flotilla
* Serving senior officers
* Serving senior Royal Marines officers

Personnel
and
training|

* Admiralty Interview Board
* Britannia Royal Naval College
* Commando Training Centre Royal Marines
* Defence Academy of the United Kingdom
* HMS Raleigh
* HMS Sultan
* Royal Corps of Naval Constructors
* University Royal Naval Unit

Equipment|

* Uniforms of the Royal Navy
* Uniforms of the Royal Marines
* Officer rank insignia
* Ratings rank insignia
* Cutlasses

Former
leadership|

* First Lord of the Admiralty
* Chief of the Admiralty War Staff
* Admirals of the Fleet
* Commander-in-Chief Fleet
* Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command
* Deputy First Sea Lord
* Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
* Third Sea Lord
* Fourth Sea Lord
* Fifth Sea Lord
* Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
* Judge Advocate of the Fleet

category

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Direction and control
of Admiralty and Naval affairs|

* Office of First Lord of the Admiralty and President of the Board of Admiralty
* Lord High Admirals Council
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Boards and offices under
the First Lord|

* Board of Admiralty
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* Office of the Senior Naval Lord
* Office of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
* Office of the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty
* Office of the Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty

Direction of
Admirals
Naval/Sea Lords
War and Naval Staff|

* Office of the Senior Naval Lord
* Office of the First Naval Lord
* Office of the First Sea Lord

Secretariat and staff under
the First Sea Lord|

* Office of the Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord
* Office of the Additional Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord
* Office of the Hydrographer of the Navy
* Offices of the Sea Lords
* Admiralty Navy War Council
* Admiralty War Staff
* Admiralty Naval Staff

Operational planning, policy
strategy, tactical doctrine
requirements|

* Admiralty Navy War Council
* Admiralty War Staff
* Admiralty Naval Staff

Divisions and sections
under the War and
Naval Staff|

* Administrative Planning Department
* Administrative Planning Division
* Air Division
* Anti-Submarine Division
* Anti-Submarine and Warfare Division
* Anti-U-boat Division
* Air Warfare Division
* Air Warfare and Fly Training Division
* Air Warfare and Training Division
* Combined Operations Division
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* Convoy Section
* Directorate of Defence Plans (Navy)
* Economic Warfare Division
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* Gunnery Division
* Gunnery and Torpedo Division
* Historical Section
* Local Defence Division Division
* Mercantile Movements Division
* Naval Air Division
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* Naval Artillery and Torpedoes Division
* Navigation and Direction Division
* Navigation Division
* Minesweeping Division
* Mobilisation Division
* Naval Intelligence Division
* Operations Division
* Operations Division (Home)
* Operations Division (Foreign)
* Operations Division (Mining)
* Plans Division
* Plans Division (Q)
* Press Division
* Signal Division
* Signal Section
* Standardisation Division
* Tactical Division
* Tactical and Weapons Policy Division
* Torpedo Division
* Torpedo, Anti-Submarine and Minewarfare Division
* Trade Division
* Trade and Operations Division
* Training and Staff Duties Division
* Tactical and Staff Duties Division
* Undersurface Warfare Division

Offices of the Sea Lords|

* Office of the Second Sea Lord
* Office of the Third Sea Lord
* Office of the Fourth Sea Lord
* Office of the Fifth Sea Lord

Admiralty civil departments
and organisations
under the Sea Lords|

* Admiralty Area Cash Offices
* Admiralty Central Dockyard Laboratory
* Admiralty Central Metallurgical Laboratory
* Admiralty Civilian Shore Wireless Service
* Admiralty Compass Observatory
* Admiralty Constabulary
* Admiralty Constabulary Headquarters
* Admiralty Engineering Laboratory
* Admiralty Experimental Station
* Admiralty Experiment Works
* Admiralty Gunnery Establishment
* Admiralty Interview Board
* Admiralty Labour Department
* Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment
* Admiralty Materials Laboratory
* Admiralty Mine Design Department
* Admiralty Mining Establishment
* Admiralty Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory
* Admiralty Record Office
* Admiralty Regional Offices
* Admiralty Research Laboratory
* Admiralty Signal Establishment
* Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment
* Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment
* Admiralty Surveying Service
* Admiralty Torpedo Experimental Establishment
* Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment
* Admiralty Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment
* Architectural and Engineering Works Department
* Air Equipment and Naval Photography Department
* Air Department
* Air Materiel Department
* Air Personnel Department
* Amphibious Warfare Headquarters
* Armament Supply Department
* Board of Invention and Research
* Board of Longitude
* Boom Defence Department
* Boom Defence and Marine Salvage Department
* Britannia Royal Naval College
* Chemical Board
* Chemical Department
* Civil Catering Department
* Civil Engineer in Chiefs Department
* Coastguard and Reserves Branch
* Combined Operations Headquarters
* Commissioner for Property and Income-tax for the Naval Department
* Compass Department
* Contract and Purchase Department
* Council of Naval Education
* Dental Examining Board
* Department of Radio Equipment
* Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy
* Department of Aeronautical and Engineering Research
* Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development
* Department of Naval Assistant (Foreign) to Second Sea Lord
* Department of Naval Education
* Operational Research
* Department of Personal Services and Officer Appointments
* Department of Physical Research
* Department of Physical Training & Sports
* Department of Radio Equipment
* Department of Research Programmes and Planning
* Department of Superintendent of de-magnetisation
* Department of the Admiral of the Training Service
* Department of the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance
* Department of the Chief of Naval Information
* Department of the Chief Scientist
* Department of the Civil Engineer-in-Chief
* Department of the Comptroller of Steam Machinery
* Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services
* Department of the Controller of the Navy
* Department of the Controller-General of Merchant Shipbuilding
* Department of the Controller for Navy Pay
* Department of the Deputy Controller for Auxiliary Shipbuilding
* Department of the Deputy Controller for Dockyards and Shipbuilding
* Department of the Director Contract-Built Ships
* Department of the Director-General Aircraft
* Department of the Director-General of Manpower
* Department of the Director-General, Supply and Secretariat Branch
* Department of the Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair
* Department of the Director of Contract Labour
* Department of the Director of Dockyards
* Department of the Director of Electrical Engineering
* Department of the Director of Manning
* Department of the Director of Merchant Shipbuilding
* Department of the Director of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs
* Department of the Director of Merchant Ship Repairs
* Department of the Director of Naval Construction
* Department of the Director of Naval Equipment
* Department of the Director of Naval Recruiting
* Department of the Director of Naval Weather Service
* Department of the Director of Personal Services
* Department of the Director of Physical Training and Sports
* Department of the Director of Torpedoes and Mining
* Department of the Director of Transports
* Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons
* Department of the Director of Underwater Weapons Materials
* Department of the Director of Unexploded Bombs
* Department of the Director of Warship Production
* Department of the Director of Welfare and Service Conditions
* Department of the Director of Wreck Dispersal
* Department of the Flag Officer Sea Training
* Department of the Engineer in Chief
* Department of the Paymaster Director-General
* Department of the Inspector of Anti-Aircraft Weapons
* Department of the Inspector of Dockyard Expense Accounts
* Department of the Inspector-General of Naval Hospitals and Fleets
* Department of the Medical Director-General of the Navy
* Department of the Physician of the Navy
* Department of the Physician General of the Navy
* Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy
* Department of the Surveyor of Buildings
* Department of the Surveyor of Dockyards
* Directorate-General, (Naval Manpower and Training)
* Directorate General Training
* Dockyards and Fleet Maintenance Department
* Dockyards Branch
* Dockyard Expense Accounts Department
* Dockyard Schools
* Electrical Engineering Department
* Engineer Branch
* Engineering Department
* Experimental Department
* Fire Control Group
* Greenwich Hospital Department
* Inspector of Telegraphs
* Inspector of Repairs
* Joint Warfare Establishment
* Medical Consultative Board
* Medical Examining Board
* Historical Section
* Hydrographic Department
* Marine Department
* Marine Pay Department
* Materials and Priority Department
* Medical Consultative Board
* Medical Department
* Medical Examining Board
* Movements Department
* Nautical Almanac Office
* Naval Artillery and Torpedo Department
* Naval Engineering College
* Naval Equipment Department
* Naval Historical Branch
* Naval Construction Department
* Naval Intelligence Department
* Naval Medical Service
* Naval Law Division
* Naval Manpower Department
* Naval Mobilisation Department
* Naval Ordnance Department
* Naval Ordnance Inspection Department
* Naval Ordnance Stores Department
* Naval Personnel Services and Officer Appointments Department
* Naval Publicity Department
* Naval Regional Offices
* Naval Reserve Department
* Naval Security Department
* Naval Stores Department
* Naval Training Department
* Naval Works Department
* Navy, Army and Air Force Institute
* Navy and Army Canteen Board
* Navy Works Department
* Navigation Department
* Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope
* Office of the Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and Reserves
* Office of the Admiral Commanding, Reserves
* Office of the Admiralty Chemist
* Office of the Adviser on the Naval Construction to the Board of Admiralty
* Office of the Assistant Controller
* Office of the Assistant Controller Research and Development
* Office of the Clerk of the Journals
* Office of the Chief Polaris Executive
* Office of the Deputy Controller of Navy
* Office of the Deputy Controller Production
* Office of Extra Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord
* Office of the Inspector Gun Mountings
* Office of the Keeper of Records
* Office of the Senior Psychologist (Naval)
* Office of the Senior Psychologist of the Navy
* Office of the Translator of French and Spanish Languages
* Office of the Vice Controller Air
* Office of the Vice Controller of the Navy
* Organisation and Methods Department
* Packet Service
* Regional Organisation for Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs
* Royal Corps of Naval Constructors
* Royal Flying Corps
* Royal Marine Police
* Royal Marines Office
* Office of the Chaplain of the Fleet
* Royal Naval Academy
* Royal Naval Aircraft Workshops
* Royal Naval Air Service
* Royal Naval Air Stations
* Royal Naval Armaments Depot
* Royal Naval Auxiliary Service
* Royal Naval Cordite Factories
* Royal Naval Propellant Factory
* Royal Naval College
* Royal Naval College and the School for Naval Architecture
* Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
* Royal Naval College, Greenwich
* Royal Naval College, Keyham
* Royal Naval College, Osborne
* Royal Naval Engineering College
* Royal Naval Film Corporation
* Royal Naval Hospital
* Royal Naval Medical Depot
* Royal Naval Minewatching Service
* Royal Naval Mine Depot
* Royal Naval Patrol Service
* Royal Naval Scientific Service
* Royal Naval Sick Quarters
* Royal Naval Torpedo Depot
* Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
* Royal Naval War College
* Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth
* Royal Navy Dockyard
* Royal Navy Medical Service
* Royal Navy Shore Signal Service
* Royal Observatory, Greenwich
* Royal School of Naval Architecture
* Salvage Department
* School of Mathematics and Naval Construction
* Scientific Research and Experiment Department
* Sea Transport Branch
* Sea Transport Department
* Sea Transport Division
* Ship Department
* Ship Design Department
* Signal Department
* Signal School
* Sixpenny Office
* Statistics Department
* Steam Department
* Superintendent of De-magnetisation
* Torpedo Experimental Establishment
* Transport Department
* Undersurface Warfare Department
* Victualling Department
* Volunteer Boys and Cadet Corps
* Weapons Department
* Weapons Department (Naval)
* Women's Royal Naval Service
* Wireless Telegraphy Board

Direction/Command of the Fleet|

* Office of the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty
* Office of the First Naval Lord
* Office of the First Sea Lord
* Admiralty Naval Staff

Naval formations after 1707|

* 1st Fleet
* 2nd Fleet
* 3rd Fleet
* Commander-in-Chief, Africa
* Atlantic Fleet
* Commodore, Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf
* Australia Station
* Cape of Good Hope Station
* Cape and West Africa Station
* Battle Cruiser Fleet
* Battle Cruiser Force
* Caspian Flotilla
* Channel Fleet
* Channel Squadron
* Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland
* Cork Station
* Coast of Scotland
* Commander-in-Chief, China
* Commander-in-Chief, Dover
* Flag Officer, East Africa
* East Indies Station
* East Indies and China Station
* Eastern Fleet
* Far East Fleet
* English Channel
* Grand Fleet
* Flag Officer Gibraltar
* Harwich Force
* Home Fleet
* Jamaica Station
* Leith Station
* Commander-in-Chief, Levant
* Levant and East Mediterranean
* Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands
* Mediterranean Fleet
* Medway
* Newfoundland Station
* New Zealand Division
* New Zealand Naval Forces
* Nore
* North America and West Indies Station
* Commander-in-Chief, North Sea
* Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands
* Pacific Fleet
* Pacific Station
* Admiral of Patrols
* Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
* Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
* Queenstown Station
* Royal East African Navy
* Royal Indian Navy
* Flag Officer Submarines
* Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth
* Reserve Fleet
* Scotland and Northern Ireland
* Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic
* South East Coast of America Station
* Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway
* West Africa Squadron
* Flag Officer, West Africa
* Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches

Naval formations before 1707|

* Lisbon Station
* West Indies Station
* Western Squadron
* Thames, Medway and Nore
* Commander-in-Chief, Thames
* Narrow Seas
* Downs Station

Direction of Naval Finance|

* Department of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty

Departments under the
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary|

* Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty
* Accountant-General's Department
* Comptroller of the Navy
* Department of the Surveyor of the Navy

Direction of Naval Administration
and the Admiralty Secretariat|

* Department of the Permanent Secretary

Branches and offices under the
Permanent Secretary|

* Admiralty Central Copying Branch
* Admiralty Central Registry Branch
* Admiralty Record Office
* Admiralty Library
* Admiralty Secretariat
* Air Branch
* Civil Branch
* Legal Branch
* Military Branch
* Naval Branch
* Ship Branch

Civil Administration|

* Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Department of the Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty

Departments under the
Civil Lords|

* Accountant-General's Department
* Contract and Purchase Department
* Department of the Director of Contract Labour
* Department of the Surveyor of Buildings
* Department of the Director of Works
* Greenwich Hospital Department
* Works Loan Department

Legal|

* Admiralty Judicial Department
* Admiralty court
* High Court of Admiralty
* Office of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty
* High Court of Justice
* Office of the Judge Advocate of the Fleet
* Office of the Marshall High Court of the Admiralty
* Office of the Admiralty Advocate
* Office of the Admiralty Proctor
* Office of the Chief Naval Judge Advocate
* Office of the Counsel for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy
* Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty
* Office of the Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet
* Office of the Receiver of Droits High Court of Admiralty
* Office of the Registrar High Court of the Admiralty
* Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty
* Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty and Navy
* Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty
* Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty
* Court of Admiralty for the Cinque Ports
* King's Bench Division (Admiralty)
* Queens's Bench Division (Admiralty)
* Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
* Vice Admiralty courts
* Colonial Courts of Admiralty

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