Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service

Chaplaincy Service for the Royal Navy

Royal Navy Chaplain insignia

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
* Organisation
* 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

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The Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service provides chaplains to the Royal Navy. The chaplains are commissioned by the Sovereign but do not hold military rank other than that of "Chaplain Royal Navy". They are usually addressed as Padre, Reverend or more informally Bish. The majority of Chaplains are recruited from a number of Christian denominations, however to better reflect the changing demographics of the United Kingdom and HM forces, as already established in the NHS, HM Prisons and UK Universities, the Ministry of Defence announced in November 2023 it would begin recruiting Non-Religious Pastoral Support Officers in 2024.[1]

The senior chaplain in the Royal Navy is the Chaplain of the Fleet, the current post holder being Andrew Hillier, an Anglican priest, who is also the Archdeacon for the Royal Navy.

## Training

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Chaplains join the Royal Navy as experienced clergy of their denomination. They undergo naval training at Britannia Royal Naval College alongside other Royal Navy officer cadets. Those serving with the Royal Marines may be selected to attempt commando training: if successful they become Royal Navy Commandos and wear the Commando green beret and, on No 1 uniform, the Commando Dagger badge. Those who serve with the Submarine Service may earn their submarine service "Dolphins".

## Chaplains of the Fleet

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See also: Category:Chaplains of the Fleet

The role of Chaplain of the Fleet, being Head of the Naval Chaplains, was established on 13 May 1859, and was originally attached to the role of Senior Chaplain at Greenwich Hospital[1] and was also the Inspector of Naval Schools. An Order in Council issued by King Edward VII in August 1902 granted the ecclesiastical dignity of archdeacon on the Chaplain of the Fleet.[2]

Thomas Ken was appointed Chaplain of the Fleet by King Charles II in 1683.[3]
Divine service as it is usually performed on board a British frigate at sea (circa 1836). Service on the cruiser HMS Cumberland, November 1942

* 1859–1865: Unknown
* 1865–1871: William Guise-Tucker[4]
* 1871–1876: Unknown
* 23 November 1876 - 1882 (retd): John Cawston[5][6]
* 1882–1888: John Harbord[7]
* 1888 - 17 January 1899 (retd): John Cox-Edwards[8][9]
* 1899 - 1 March 1901 (retd): John Berry[10]
* 1901 - 6 October 1906 (retd): Stuart Harris[11]
* 1906 - 1 December 1917 (retd): Hugh Wood[12][13]
* 1917–1924: Charles Ingles[14]
* 1924 - 29 January 1929 (retd): Robert McKew[15]
* 1929–1933: Walter Knight-Adkin[16]
* 1933–1935: Charles Peshall[17]
* 1935 - 4 October 1938 (retd): Arthur Gilbertson[18][19]
* 1938–1943: Thomas Crick[20]
* 1943–1947: John Wilson
* 1947 - 15 May 1952: Leonard Coulshaw[21][22]
* 1952–1956: Noel Chamberlain
* 1956–1960: Darrell Bunt
* 1960 - 5 March 1963 (retd): John Armstrong[23]
* 15 May 1963 - 18 March 1966 (retd): Raymond Richardson[23][24]
* 18 March 1966 - 6 May 1969: Christopher Prior[24][25]
* 8 April 1969 - 9 June 1972 (retd): Ambrose Weekes[26][27]
* 14 April 1972 - 1975: Chandos Morgan[28]
* 4 December 1975 - 1980: Basil O'Ferrall[29]
* 28 March 1980 - 1984: Raymond Roberts[30]
* 11 June 1984 - 1989: Noël Jones[31]
* 1989–1994: Michael Henley
* 1994–1997: Michael Bucks
* 1997–1999: Simon Golding[32]
* 1999–2000: Charles Stewart
* 2000–2002: Simon Golding[32]
* 2002–2006: Barry Hammett
* 2006–2010: John Green[33]
* 2010–2014: Scott J. Brown[33][34]
* 2014–2018: Ian Wheatley[35]
* 2018–2021: Martyn Gough
* 22 June 2021[36] - present: Andrew Hillier[37]

## See also

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* Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch
* Royal Army Chaplains' Department

## References

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1. ^ "No. 22268". The London Gazette. 27 May 1859. p. 2107.
2. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36904\. London. 21 October 1902. p. 5.
3. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ken, Thomas" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 726–727.
4. ^ "Malta Family History – Army, Navy and Air Force Chaplains 1800–1960". Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
5. ^ "No. 24386". The London Gazette. 24 November 1876. p. 6301.
6. ^ The Times, 7 March 1900, page 6
7. ^ "No. 25777". The London Gazette. 14 January 1888. p. 420.
8. ^ "No. 26720". The London Gazette. 10 March 1896. p. 1612.
9. ^ "No. 27047". The London Gazette. 31 January 1899. p. 603.
10. ^ "No. 27291". The London Gazette. 15 March 1901. p. 1578.
11. ^ "No. 27956". The London Gazette. 9 October 1906. p. 6790.
12. ^ "No. 28316". The London Gazette. 10 December 1909. p. 9414.
13. ^ "No. 30417". The London Gazette. 7 December 1917. p. 12812.
14. ^ "No. 32846". The London Gazette. 20 July 1923. p. 4988.
15. ^ "No. 33166". The London Gazette. 28 May 1926. p. 3455.
16. ^ "No. 33506". The London Gazette. 14 June 1929. p. 3943.
17. ^ "No. 34043". The London Gazette. 20 April 1934. p. 2545.
18. ^ "No. 34279". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 April 1936. p. 2767.
19. ^ "No. 34560". The London Gazette. 11 October 1938. p. 6338.
20. ^ "No. 34814". The London Gazette. 19 March 1940. p. 1629.
21. ^ "No. 38189". The London Gazette. 27 January 1948. p. 662.
22. ^ "No. 39606". The London Gazette. 25 July 1952. p. 3999.
23. ^ a b "No. 42972". The London Gazette. 19 April 1963. p. 3378.
24. ^ a b "No. 43836". The London Gazette. 10 December 1965. p. 11545.
25. ^ "No. 44805". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 March 1969. p. 2629.
26. ^ "No. 44754". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1968. p. 13908.
27. ^ "No. 45626". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 March 1972. p. 3439.
28. ^ "No. 45510". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 November 1971. p. 11849.
29. ^ "No. 46747". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 November 1975. p. 14941.
30. ^ "No. 48130". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 March 1980. p. 4155.
31. ^ "No. 49800". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1984. p. 9431.
32. ^ a b ‘GOLDING, Ven. Simon Jefferies’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 accessed 25 November 2012
33. ^ a b "No. 59593". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 November 2010. p. 21037.
34. ^ Royal Navy – Chaplain of the Fleet (Retrieved 7 June 2012)
35. ^ "No. 61084". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 December 2014. p. 24746.
36. ^ "Court Circular". The Royal Family. 21 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
37. ^ Naval Chaplaincy Service [@of_fleet] (16 July 2021). "Today saw the departure of Ven Martyn Gough as Chaplain of the Fleet & succeeded by Rev Andrew Hillier" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 July 2021 - via Twitter.

## Further reading

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* Bergen, Doris. L., (ed), 2004. The Sword of the Lord: Military Chaplains from the First to the Twenty-First Century. University of Notre Dame Press ISBN 0-268-02176-7

## External links

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* Chaplaincy Service - Royal Navy \- Royal Navy official website

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Navy Command (Ministry of Defence)

oversight|

* Defence Board−
* Chief of the Defence Staff Group
* Permanent Under Secretary (PUS) Group

TLB holder|

* First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (TLB Holder)

TLB group
under TLB holder|

*     * Fleet Commander
* Second Sea Lord, (2SL) and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
* Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)
* Finance Director (Navy)
* Non-Executive Director, Navy Board

Fleet
Command|

* Fleet Commander–
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maritime forces|

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* Commander UK Carrier Strike Group
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amphibious forces|

* Commander Littoral Strike Group

maritime operations|

* Commander Maritime Operations–
* Deputy Commander Operations
* Commander 3 Commando Brigade
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naval training|

* Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training–
* Deputy Director Future Training
* Commanding Officer Maritime Warfare School

regional forces|

* Commander Regional Forces and Naval Regional Commander Eastern England
* Naval Regional Commander Wales & Western England
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navy personnel
and capability|

* Second Sea Lord, (2SL) and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff–
* Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)
* Director People & Training and Naval Secretary
* Director Navy Acquisition
* Director Develop
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* Commodore Maritime Reserves
* Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation, Amphibious Capability & Carriers)
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* Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines)/Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland
* Chaplain of the Fleet
* Chief of Staff Navy Command (HQ)

naval personnel|

* Director People & Training and Naval Secretary
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naval capability|

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aviation and carriers|

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submarines|

* Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines)/Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland–
* Assistant Chief of Staff, Submarines

surface ships|

* Commodore RFA and Deputy Director Royal Navy Afloat Support

support|

* Director Naval Support
* Assistant Chief of Staff Engineering Support
* Base Commander HM Naval Base Portsmouth
* Base Commander HM Naval Base Devonport
* Base Commander HM Naval Base Clyde

policy|

* Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)–
* Commodore, Naval Staff

finance
and resources|

* Finance Director (Navy)–
* Assistant Chief of Staff Resources and Plans
* Command Secretary (Command Secretariat)
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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 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|

* UK Commando Force
* 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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Special Forces|

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and
future|

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Operating
forces|

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Fleet|

* List of active Royal Navy ships
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Ships|

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* Submarines
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* Historic ships names

Administration|

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

Senior
officers|

* Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Aviation, Amphibious Capability & Carriers)
* Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability)
* Director People & Training
* Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy)
* Director Naval Support
* Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training
* Chaplain of the Fleet
* Director General Ships
* Commandant General Royal Marines
* Commander Operations
* Commander United Kingdom Strike Force
* Commander Littoral Strike Group
* Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group
* Commodore, Naval Staff
* Commodore RFA and Deputy Director Royal Navy Afloat Support
* 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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Department of Admiralty

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 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
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* Anti-U-boat Division
* Air Warfare Division
* Air Warfare and Fly Training Division
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* Combined Operations Division
* Communications Division
* Convoy Section
* Directorate of Defence Plans (Navy)
* Economic Warfare Division
* Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division
* Gunnery Division
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* Historical Section
* Local Defence Division Division
* Mercantile Movements Division
* Naval Air Division
* Naval Air Organisation and Training Division
* 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
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* Department of the Controller for Navy Pay
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* Department of the Surveyor of Buildings
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* Directorate-General, (Naval Manpower and Training)
* Directorate General Training
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* Dockyards Branch
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* Dockyard Schools
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* Fire Control Group
* Greenwich Hospital Department
* Inspector of Telegraphs
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* Joint Warfare Establishment
* Medical Consultative Board
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* 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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