Naval Secretary

Office of the Naval Secretary
Office of the Naval Secretary
	Ensign of the Royal Navy
	Incumbent; Rear-Admiral Philip Hally; since 2020
	Ministry of Defence
Member of	Navy Command
Nominator	Secretary of State for Defence
Appointer	Monarch of the United Kingdom
Term length	Not fixed (typically 1–3 years)
Inaugural holder	Captain John Harrison
Formation	1800-current
Website	royalnavy.mod.uk

The Naval Secretary is the Royal Navy officer who advises the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff on naval officer appointing (and General Officers).^[1] Their counterpart in the British Army is the Military Secretary. The Royal Air Force equivalent is the Air Secretary. The Director People and Training has taken over the role, combining the responsibilities of Flag Officer Sea Training.^[2]

History[]

The Office of the Naval Secretary was originally established in 1800 when the appointment was styled Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty^[3] and remained so styled until 1911. In 1912 it was re-titled Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty.^[4]

When the Admiralty department was abolished in 1964 the post was renamed Naval Secretary, colloquially known as "NAVSEC", and now advising the Royal Navy's military head and, consequently, the Navy Board on future appointments. In the case of tri-service appointments, the responsibility was to recommend candidates to the Defence Board. From 2010 to 2015, Sir David Steel, as Naval Secretary, simultaneously held the additional title of Chief Naval Logistics Officer (as head the Naval Logistics Branch).^[5] In 2015 further additional responsibilities were assumed for the Royal Naval Reserve and the title of Flag Officer, Maritime Reserves.^[6]

In this capacity he is currently responsible for advising the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff on all matters relating to Flag Officers’ appointing, with Officers with the rank of Commodore and/or Captain delegated to the Office of who currently holds the rank of Commodore.^[7] A March 2020 edition of Navy News noted that the Director People and Training took over the people-related policies and career management below this level from the Naval Secretary.^[8]

In May 2021, it was announced that Jude Terry would be the next Naval Secretary, being promoted to rear admiral and taking up the post in August 2022: she will be the first woman to serve as an admiral in the Royal Navy.^[9]

Secretaries[]

Post holders included:^[10]

Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty[]

1800 – 1801 Captain John Harrison
1801 – 1802 Captain Benjamin Tucker
1802 – 1804 Captain George Parker
1804 – 1805 Captain William Budge ^[11]
1805 – 1806 Captain John Deas Thomson^[12]
1806 – 1807 Captain Henry Grant ^[13]
1807 – 1808 Captain Edward Golding ^[14]
1808 – 1809 Captain Robert Moorsom^[15]
1809 – 1810 Captain Lord Edward O'Brien ^[16]
1810 – 1812 Captain Frederick Edgcumbe ^[17]
1812 – 1823 Captain Robert William Hay^[18]^[19]
1823 – 1827 Captain George Baillie Hamilton ^[20]
1827 – 1828 Captain Hon. Robert Cavendish Spencer
1828 – 1830 Captain Richard Saunders Dundas
1830 – Captain John Thomas Briggs
1830 – 1831 Captain Edward Stewart ^[21]
1831 – 1834 Major George Graham (RM) ^[22]
1834 Captain George Gipps^[23]
1834 – Captain John George Cole
1835 – Captain George Gipps^[24]
1835 – Captain Hon. Frederick William Grey
1835 – 1839 Captain Henry Tufnell
1839 – 1841 Viscount Melgund (acting) ^[25]
1841 – 1845 Captain William Baillie-Hamilton^[26]
1845 – 1846 Captain Richard Saunders Dundas
1846 – Captain Hon. Henry Spencer Law
1846 – 1848 Captain Henry Eden
1848 – 1852 Captain Charles Eden
1852 – 1853 Captain Frederick Thomas Pelham
1853 – 1855 Captain Henry Higgins Donatus O'Brien
1855 – 1857 Captain Thomas George Baring
1857 – 1858 Captain Hon. James Robert Drummond
1858 – 1859 Captain Herbert Harley Murray
1859 – 1862 Captain John Moore
1862 – 1863 Captain Alfred Phillips Ryder
1863 – 1866 Captain Robert Hall
1866 – Captain Frederick Archibald Campbell
1866 – 1867 Captain John Slaney Pakington
1867 – 1868 Captain Thomas Brandreth
1868 – 1870 Captain Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour
1870 – 1871 Captain Chandos S. Scudamore Stanhope
1871 – 1873 Captain George Tryon
1874 – 1876 Captain Michael Culme-Seymour
1876 – 1881 Captain William Codrington
1881 – 1883 Captain John O. Hopkins
1883 – 1885 Captain Lewis A. Beaumont
1885 – 1888 Rear-Admiral The Rt. Hon. Lord Walter Kerr
1889 – 1892 Rear-Admiral Alfred T. Dale
1892 – 1894 Captain Richard H. Hamond
1894 – 1897 Captain Hedworth Lambton
1897 – 1899 Captain Wilmot Fawkes
1899 – 1900 Captain Maurice Bourke
1900 – 1902 Captain Wilmot Fawkes
1902 – 1905 Captain Hugh Tyrwhitt
1905 – 1908 Captain Hugh Evan-Thomas
1908 – 1910 Captain Charles Madden

Naval Secretaries to the First Lord of the Admiralty[]

Post holders included ^[27]

1911 – 1912 Rear-Admiral Ernest Troubridge
1912 – 1913 Rear-Admiral David Beatty
1913 – 1914 Rear-Admiral Dudley de Chair
Aug – Oct 1914 Rear-Admiral Horace Hood
Oct – Nov 1914 Rear-Admiral Henry Oliver
1914 – 1916 Commodore Charles de Bartolomé
1916 – 1918 Rear-Admiral Allan Everett
1918 – 1921 Rear-Admiral Sir Rudolph Bentinck
1921 – 1923 Rear-Admiral Hugh Watson
1923 – 1925 Vice-Admiral Michael Hodges
Apr 1925 Vice-Admiral Sir Hubert Brand
1925 – 1927 Rear-Admiral Frank Larken
1927 – 1929 Rear-Admiral Eric Fullerton
1929 – 1932 Rear-Admiral George Chetwode
1932 – 1934 Rear-Admiral Sidney Meyrick
1934 – 1937 Rear-Admiral Guy Royle
1937 – 1939 Rear-Admiral William Whitworth
May – Nov 1939 Rear-Admiral Stuart Bonham Carter
1939 – 1941 Rear-Admiral Edward Syfret
1941 – 1942 Rear-Admiral Arthur Peters
1942 – 1944 Rear-Admiral Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton
1944 – 1945 Rear-Admiral Cecil Harcourt
1945 – 1946 Rear-Admiral Claud Barry
1948 – 1948 Rear-Admiral Maurice Mansergh
1948 – 1950 Rear-Admiral Peveril William-Powlett
1950 – 1952 Rear-Admiral William Davis
1952 – 1954 Rear-Admiral Richard Onslow
1954 – 1956 Rear-Admiral David Luce
1956 – 1958 Rear-Admiral Alastair Ewing
1958 – 1960 Rear-Admiral John Hamilton
1960 – 1962 Rear-Admiral Frank Twiss

Naval Secretaries[]

Post holders included

1962 – 1964 Rear-Admiral John Hayes
1964 – 1966 Rear-Admiral William O'Brien
Jan – Mar 1966 Rear-Admiral Anthony Griffin
1966 – 1967 Rear-Admiral Gervaise Cooke
1967 – 1970 Rear-Admiral David Dunbar-Nasmith
1970 – 1972 Rear-Admiral Iwan Raikes
1972 – 1974 Rear-Admiral Gordon Tait
1974 – 1976 Rear-Admiral John Forbes
1976 – 1978 Rear-Admiral Peter Buchanan
1978 – 1980 Rear-Admiral Paul Greening
1980 – 1983 Rear-Admiral Richard Fitch
1983 – 1985 Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas
1985 – 1987 Rear-Admiral Roger Dimmock
1987 – 1988 Rear-Admiral Norman King
1988 – 1990 Rear-Admiral David Dobson
1990 – 1992 Rear-Admiral Christopher Morgan
1992 – 1994 Rear-Admiral Malcolm Rutherford
1994 – 1996 Rear-Admiral Alan West
1996 – 1998 Rear-Admiral Fabian Malbon
1998 – 2002 Rear-Admiral Jeremy de Halpert
2002 – 2004 Rear-Admiral Mark Kerr
2004 – 2005 Rear-Admiral Peter Wilkinson
2005 – 2007 Rear-Admiral Richard Ibbotson
2007 – 2010 Rear-Admiral Charles Montgomery
2010 – 2012 Rear-Admiral David Steel
2012 – 2015 Vice-Admiral Jonathan Woodcock
2015 – 2018 Rear-Admiral Simon Williams
2018 – 2020 Rear-Admiral Michael Bath
2020 – Present Rear-Admiral Philip Hally
2022 Rear-Admiral Jude Terry (announced)^[28]

References[]

^ Office, Cabinet (2016–2017). Civil Service Year Book (53 ed.). London, England: The Stationery Office:Dandy Book Sellers Ltd. pp. 194–195. ISBN 9781787320345.
^ "Integrating the way we work". Navy News. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ Sainty, J. C. "Private Secretary to First Lord and Lord High Admiral 1800–70 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. University of London, London, 1975. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ Lambert, Andrew (2008). Admirals : the naval commanders who made Britain great. p. 345. ISBN 9780571265688.
^ Office, Cabinet (2012–2013). Civil service yearbook (49 ed.). London, England: The Stationery Office: Dandy Booksellers Ltd. p. 104. ISBN 9781905262878.
^ "Forward by Flag Officer Reserves" (PDF). The Maritime Reservist. Spring 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
^ Office, Cabinet (2016–2017). Civil Service Year Book (53 ed.). London, England: The Stationery Office:Dandy Book Sellers Ltd. pp. 194–195. ISBN 9781787320345.
^ "Integrating the way we work". Navy News. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^ "Royal Navy appoints Jersey woman as first female admiral". BBC News. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ Senior Royal Navy Appointments Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ MacDonald, Janet (2010). The British Navy's victualling board, 1793–1815 : management competence and incompetence (1. publ. ed.). Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. p. 228. ISBN 9781843835530.
^ Nelson, Horatio (10 November 2011). The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson. Cambridge University Press, pp. 28. ISBN 9781108035477. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "The Scots Magazine". Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, pp.317, 1805. 1 January 1806. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ Craig, Hardin (1 January 1970). "The First Lord Opens His Mail: Thomas Grenville and Personnel Problems at the Admiralty, 1806–1807". Huntington Library Quarterly. 33 (2): 175–186. doi:10.2307/3816720. JSTOR 3816720.
^ Nichols, John (1 January 1835). "The Gentleman's Magazine". E. Cave, pp. 322. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ "The Gentleman's Magazine". The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 109, pp. 183, 1811. 1 January 1811. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ MacDonald, Janet (1 January 2010). The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793–1815: Management Competence and Incompetence. Boydell & Brewer, pp. 229, 2010. ISBN 9781843835530. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ Wade, John (1 January 1823). "The Black Book: Or, Corruption Unmasked!". J. Fairburn, pp. 394. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ MacDonald, Janet (2010). The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793–1815: Management Competence and Incompetence. Boydell & Brewer. p. 230. ISBN 9781843835530.
^ Marshall, John (1 January 1832). "Royal Naval Biography; Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-officers, Superannuated Rear-admirals, Retired-captains, Post-captains, and commanders, Whose Names Appeared on the Admiralty List of Sea Officers at the Commencement of the Present Year, Or who Have Since Been Promoted; Illustrated by a Series of Historical and Explanatory Notes ... With Copious Addenda: Captains. Commanders". Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, pp.49. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ Campbell, Thomas; Hall, Samuel Carter; Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron; Hook, Theodore Edward; Hood, Thomas; Ainsworth, William Harrison (1 January 1831). "New Monthly Magazine". Henry Colburn, pp.90. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ Admiralty, Great Britain (1 January 1834). "The Navy List". H.M. Stationery Office, pp. 136. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ Authors, Various (28 February 2013). The Nautical Magazine for 1834. pp.442, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108053860. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ Admiralty, Great Britain (1 January 1834). "The Navy List". H.M. Stationery Office, pp. 136. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ Force, William Quereau (1 January 1840). "Army and Navy Chronicle, and Scientific Repository". Wm. Q. Force, pp.378. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ "Medical Times". J. Angerstein Carfrae, Volume 11, pp.18. 1 January 1845. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^ Hamilton, C. I. (Feb 3, 2011). The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805–1927. Cambridge University Press. p. 291. ISBN 9781139496544.
^ "Jude makes history as first woman admiral". royalnavy.mod.uk. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

Sources[]

'Private Secretary to First Lord and Lord High Admiral 1800–70', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4, Admiralty Officials 1660–1870, ed. J C Sainty (London, 1975), pp. 65–66. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol4/pp65-66 [accessed 29 January 2017].
Hamilton, C. I. (2003). "Expanding Naval Powers: Admiralty Private Secretaries and Private Offices, 1800–1945". War in History 10 (2): pp. 125–156.
Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1929). The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. Its Work and Development. B.R. 1845 (late C.B. 3013). Copy at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.
Sainty, J. C. (1975). Admiralty Officials, 1660–1870. London: The Athlone Press. ISBN 0-485-17144-9.

External links[]

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/office-holders

[1] Office, Cabinet (2016–2017). Civil Service Year Book (53 ed.). London, England: The Stationery Office:Dandy Book Sellers Ltd. pp. 194–195. ISBN 9781787320345.

[2] "Integrating the way we work". Navy News. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.

[3] Sainty, J. C. "Private Secretary to First Lord and Lord High Admiral 1800–70 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. University of London, London, 1975. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[4] Lambert, Andrew (2008). Admirals : the naval commanders who made Britain great. p. 345. ISBN 9780571265688.

[5] Office, Cabinet (2012–2013). Civil service yearbook (49 ed.). London, England: The Stationery Office: Dandy Booksellers Ltd. p. 104. ISBN 9781905262878.

[6] "Forward by Flag Officer Reserves" (PDF). The Maritime Reservist. Spring 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

[7] Office, Cabinet (2016–2017). Civil Service Year Book (53 ed.). London, England: The Stationery Office:Dandy Book Sellers Ltd. pp. 194–195. ISBN 9781787320345.

[8] "Integrating the way we work". Navy News. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

[9] "Royal Navy appoints Jersey woman as first female admiral". BBC News. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[10] Senior Royal Navy Appointments Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine

[11] MacDonald, Janet (2010). The British Navy's victualling board, 1793–1815 : management competence and incompetence (1. publ. ed.). Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. p. 228. ISBN 9781843835530.

[12] Nelson, Horatio (10 November 2011). The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson. Cambridge University Press, pp. 28. ISBN 9781108035477. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[13] "The Scots Magazine". Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, pp.317, 1805. 1 January 1806. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[14] Craig, Hardin (1 January 1970). "The First Lord Opens His Mail: Thomas Grenville and Personnel Problems at the Admiralty, 1806–1807". Huntington Library Quarterly. 33 (2): 175–186. doi:10.2307/3816720. JSTOR 3816720.

[15] Nichols, John (1 January 1835). "The Gentleman's Magazine". E. Cave, pp. 322. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[16] "The Gentleman's Magazine". The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 109, pp. 183, 1811. 1 January 1811. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[17] MacDonald, Janet (1 January 2010). The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793–1815: Management Competence and Incompetence. Boydell & Brewer, pp. 229, 2010. ISBN 9781843835530. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[18] Wade, John (1 January 1823). "The Black Book: Or, Corruption Unmasked!". J. Fairburn, pp. 394. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[19] MacDonald, Janet (2010). The British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793–1815: Management Competence and Incompetence. Boydell & Brewer. p. 230. ISBN 9781843835530.

[20] Marshall, John (1 January 1832). "Royal Naval Biography; Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-officers, Superannuated Rear-admirals, Retired-captains, Post-captains, and commanders, Whose Names Appeared on the Admiralty List of Sea Officers at the Commencement of the Present Year, Or who Have Since Been Promoted; Illustrated by a Series of Historical and Explanatory Notes ... With Copious Addenda: Captains. Commanders". Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, pp.49. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[21] Campbell, Thomas; Hall, Samuel Carter; Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron; Hook, Theodore Edward; Hood, Thomas; Ainsworth, William Harrison (1 January 1831). "New Monthly Magazine". Henry Colburn, pp.90. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[22] Admiralty, Great Britain (1 January 1834). "The Navy List". H.M. Stationery Office, pp. 136. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[23] Authors, Various (28 February 2013). The Nautical Magazine for 1834. pp.442, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108053860. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[24] Admiralty, Great Britain (1 January 1834). "The Navy List". H.M. Stationery Office, pp. 136. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[25] Force, William Quereau (1 January 1840). "Army and Navy Chronicle, and Scientific Repository". Wm. Q. Force, pp.378. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[26] "Medical Times". J. Angerstein Carfrae, Volume 11, pp.18. 1 January 1845. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

[27] Hamilton, C. I. (Feb 3, 2011). The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805–1927. Cambridge University Press. p. 291. ISBN 9781139496544.

[28] "Jude makes history as first woman admiral". royalnavy.mod.uk. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

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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– Commander United Kingdom Strike Force Commander Maritime Operations Director Force Generation Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training Commandant General Royal Marines
maritime forces	Commander United Kingdom Strike Force– Commander UK Carrier Strike Group Commander Littoral Strike Group Assistant Chief of Staff Land and Littoral Manoeuvre and Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines
amphibious forces	Commander Littoral Strike Group
maritime operations	Commander Maritime Operations– Deputy Commander Operations Commander 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines Commander Surface Fotilla Commander Submarine Flotilla
naval training	Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training– Deputy Director Future Training
regional forces	and Naval Regional Commander Wales & Western England Naval Regional Commander Northern England Naval Regional Commander Scotland & Northern Ireland
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 Director, Ships Support Transformation and Chief Naval Engineer Commodore Maritime Reserves Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation & Carriers) 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 Commodore Maritime Reserves – Assistant Chief of Staff Medical/Head of the Royal Naval Medical Service/Medical Director General (Navy) Naval Assistant, ACNS (Personnel) (Naval Secretary) Deputy Director People Delivery Commodore Naval Legal Services Commander Regional Forces Head of Strategic Engagement, Naval Staff
naval capability	Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability)– Assistant Chief of Staff Warfare Assistant Chief of Staff Maritime Capability Chief Technology Officer
aviation and carriers	Deputy Director Naval Aviation – Commanding Officer Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton
submarines	Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines)/Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland–
surface ships
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)– (Command Secretariat)

show v t 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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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 Communications Division Convoy Section Economic Warfare Division Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division Gunnery Division Gunnery and Torpedo Division 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) Plans Division Plans Division (Q) Press Division Signal Division Signal Section 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 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 Materials Laboratory Admiralty Mine Design Department Admiralty Mining Establishment Admiralty Naval Aircraft Materials Laboratory Admiralty Record Office Admiralty Research Laboratory Admiralty Signal Establishment Admiralty Signals and Radar Establishment Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment Admiralty Torpedo Experimental Establishment Admiralty Underwater Weapons Establishment Admiralty Underwater Weapons Launching Establishment Architectural and Engineering Works Department Air Department Armament Supply Department Board of Invention and Research Board of Longitude Britannia Royal Naval College Chemical Department Combined Operations Headquarters Compass Department Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Development Department of Naval Education Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services Department of the Director of Dockyards Department of the Director of Naval Construction Department of the Director of Naval Equipment 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 Flag Officer Sea Training 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 Experimental Department Fire Control Group Greenwich Hospital Department Joint Warfare Establishment Historical Section Hydrographic Department Marine Department Marine Pay Department Medical Consultative Board Medical Department Medical Examining Board Nautical Almanac Office Naval Historical Branch Naval Construction Department Naval Intelligence Department Naval Medical Service Naval Mobilisation Department Naval Ordnance Department Naval Ordnance Stores Department Naval Reserve Department Naval Stores Department Naval Training Department Naval Works Department Navy, Army and Air Force Institute Navy and Army Canteen Board Navigation Department Office of the Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and Reserves Office of the Admiral Commanding, Reserves Office of the Admiralty Chemist Packet Service 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 Air Service Royal Naval Air Stations Royal Naval Armaments Depot Royal Naval Auxiliary Service 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, Osborne Royal Naval Engineering College Royal Naval Hospital Royal Naval Minewatching Service Royal Naval Patrol Service Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Royal Naval War College Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth Royal Navy Dockyard Royal Navy Medical Service Royal Observatory, Greenwich Royal School of Naval Architecture School of Mathematics and Naval Construction Sea Transport Branch Sea Transport Department Sea Transport Division Sixpenny Office Torpedo Experimental Establishment Transport Department Victualling Department
Distribution 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
Military units distributed under the Admiralty	1st Fleet 2nd Fleet 3rd Fleet Africa Station Atlantic Fleet 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 Coastal Forces Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland Cork Station Coast of Scotland Commander-in-Chief, China Commander-in-Chief, Dover Downs Station East Africa Station East Indies Fleet East Indies Station East Indies and China Station Eastern Fleet Far Eastern 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 Lisbon Station Mediterranean Fleet Medway Newfoundland Station New Zealand Division New Zealand Naval Forces Narrow Seas 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 Portugal 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, Sheerness Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic South East Coast of America Station Commander-in-Chief, Thames Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway Thames, Medway and Nore West Africa Squadron Flag Officer, West Africa Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches West Indies Station Western Squadron
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 Record Office 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 Department of the Surveyor of Buildings Greenwich Hospital Department
Legal
Legal under 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 Admiralty Advocate 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 Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty and Navy Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty King's Bench Division (Admiralty) Queens's Bench Division (Admiralty) Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division Vice Admiralty courts

Office of the Naval Secretary
Ensign of the Royal Navy
Incumbent Rear-Admiral Philip Hally since 2020
Ministry of Defence
Member of	Navy Command
Nominator	Secretary of State for Defence
Appointer	Monarch of the United Kingdom
Term length	Not fixed (typically 1–3 years)
Inaugural holder	Captain John Harrison
Formation	1800-current
Website	royalnavy.mod.uk