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32-733: On May 1, 1912 the post of Admiral of Patrols was established responsible for five destroyer flotillas covering waters around the British Isles. In 1914, the Board of Admiralty sent an order the Admiralty War Staff to re-evaluate the functional role the patrol flotillas off the Eastern Coast of Britain the First Sea Lord indicated that the current function of patrolling would now be that of coastal defence. After

64-781: Is also Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces ). In 1385 Richard, Earl of Arundel, was appointed Admiral of England, reuniting the offices of Admiral of the North and Admiral of the West , separate from 1294. From 1388 the offices of Admiral of the North and of the West were again distinct, though often held by the same man, until "Admirals of England" were appointed continuously from 1406. The titles "High Admiral" and "Lord Admiral" were both used, eventually combining in "Lord High Admiral". The Lord High Admiral did not originally have command at sea, but had jurisdiction over maritime affairs and

96-709: The Admiralty buildings in London from where operations were in large part directed. It existed until 1964 when the office of First Lord of the Admiralty was finally abolished and the functions of the Lords Commissioners were transferred to the new Admiralty Board and the tri-service Defence Council of the United Kingdom . The office of Lord High Admiral was created in around 1400 to take charge of

128-475: The Board of Admiralty . From the early 17th century onwards, when an individual Lord High Admiral was appointed, there was also a Council of the Lord High Admiral which assisted him to perform some of the duties of the Admiralty . When this office was not occupied by an individual, it was "put into commission" and exercised by a Board of Admiralty headed by a First Lord of the Admiralty ; this

160-624: The Naval Staff Lords , and the politicians, Civil Lords , with the civil lords usually in a majority prior to 1830 and finally the Civil Secretaries . Between 1832 and 1869 following the abolition of Navy Board a number of Civilian Naval Officials were also appointed as members. During the First World War the number of Sea Lords was increased at one time to eight and the number of Civil Lords to three, but after

192-759: The Royal Navy of the Kingdom of England . It was one of the Great Officers of State . The office could be exercised by an individual (as was invariably the case until 1628), by the Crown directly (as was the case between 1684 and 1689), or by a Board of Admiralty. The office of the Lord High Admiral from creation was the titular head of the Royal Navy and its holders were primarily responsible for policy direction, operational control and maritime jurisdiction of

224-603: The Admiralty built three classes of larger trawlers as well as developing a new special class of minesweeper . By the Second World War, the Royal Navy had formed a specialist minesweeping capability, and the Royal Naval Patrol Service was formed, known to many as " Harry Tate 's Navy". In 1914 new patrol areas were designated "Auxiliary" that covered UK waters. The Mediterranean Sea was divided into patrol zones dividing responsibility between

256-613: The Admiralty ceased to exist, but the First, Second and Third Sea Lords retained their titles, despite ceasing to be Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. In 2011, Queen Elizabeth II bestowed the title of Lord High Admiral on her husband the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , which he held until his death in 2021. Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom The Lord High Admiral of

288-586: The Board was redesigned. It now consisted of the First Lord of the Admiralty , four Naval Lords (three between 1868 and 1886), known from 1904 as Sea Lords, and a Civil Lord, with a Parliamentary and a Permanent Secretary. The Lords Commissioners remained jointly responsible, subject to the controlling political authority of the First Lord, for all aspects of naval affairs, but in addition, especially after

320-456: The British, French and Italian navies. Board of Admiralty The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission . As that position was not always occupied, the purpose was to enable management of the day-to-day operational requirements of the Royal Navy ; at that point administrative control of the navy

352-583: The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom. – The Queen's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Naval Service (1879). The Lords Commissioners usually comprised a mixture of serving admirals , first called Naval Lord Commissioners , then Naval Lords then Professional Naval Lords then Sea Lords , later were added

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384-418: The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty", and were commonly referred to collectively as "Their Lordships" or "My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty", though individual members were not entitled to these styles. More informally, they were known in short as "The Lords of the Admiralty". That, for example, is the term invariably used throughout the well-known Horatio Hornblower series of historical novels. With

416-587: The Royal Navy during the Second World War, but he gave up a promising naval career to support Elizabeth as her consort. Upon Prince Philip's death in 2021, the identity of the holder of the office became obscure, i.e., there has been no official announcement about the office's holder since then. It is unknown whether the office of Lord High Admiral reverted back to the Crown, or if it is currently vacant, in which case it remains as such until His Majesty either assumes it, or grants it upon someone else. The Ministry of Defence had confirmed they did not hold information on

448-475: The United Kingdom (of England beginning in the 14th century, later of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800) is the ceremonial head of the Royal Navy . Most have been courtiers or members of the British royal family , and not professional naval officers. The Lord High Admiral is one of the nine English Great Officers of State and since 2021 is held personally by the reigning monarch (currently King Charles III , who

480-706: The abolition of the Board of Admiralty and its merger into the Ministry of Defence in 1964, formal control of the Navy was taken over by the Admiralty Board of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom , with the day-to-day running of the Navy taken over by the Navy Board . The office of Lord High Admiral was vested in the Crown (i.e. in the person of the current British monarch) and that of First Lord of

512-512: The authority to establish courts of Admiralty . During the reign of Henry VIII (1509–47) the English Navy had expanded to a point where it could not be managed by a single Lord High Admiral alone, therefore day-to-day management of the navy was handed over to a committee that later became known as the Navy Board . The navy board had Samuel Pepys as one of its members during the reign of Charles II (1660–85), and it ran side-by-side with

544-509: The century progressed they chose to do so less and less. Until the absorption of the High Court of Admiralty into the Court of Judicature they nominally retained, as executors of the office of Lord High Admiral, their centuries-old link with that court. When the Navy Board was abolished in 1832 and responsibility for the civil administration of the Navy passed to the Board of Admiralty,

576-524: The implementation took place Rear Admiral John de Robeck was then replaced as ADMOP by a new commander Commodore George A. Ballard . He assumed the duties of Admiral of Patrols on the 1 May 1914 the auxiliary patrol was then a component part of the Admiral of Patrols command until 1917. The majority of British trawlers were commandeered by the Admiralty, and those left were obliged to fish in groups of 20 with additional protection. The Auxiliary Patrol

608-483: The issue, but suggested it had been resumed by Queen Elizabeth II in right of the Crown. Upon Queen Elizabeth II's death in 2022, the office was reported to have been passed to King Charles III . The office is understood to be held by the Monarch (currently King Charles III) by default and can be granted to whomever is chosen by the Monarch. Before 1707 there was an office of Lord High Admiral of Scotland . Following

640-520: The naval members, and it was usual for some members and later the whole of the Board to change on a change of ministry. After 1806 the First Lord was always a civilian and a senior member of the ministry, while the separate post of First Sea Lord was evolved for the senior professional member. However, until late in the nineteenth century the First Sea Lord and his professional colleagues remained free to play an active part in politics, although as

672-555: The naval service lay with another authority known as the Navy Board , established earlier by King Henry VIII in 1546, which had evolved out of the Council of the Marine . There was an exception for the period from 1827 to 1828, when the office of Lord High Admiral was briefly revived for William, Duke of Clarence , later King William IV. With the exception of the years 1702 to 1709 and 1827 to 1828, when an individual Lord High Admiral

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704-403: The new Admiralty Board becoming a sub-committee (Navy) of the tri-service Defence Council of the United Kingdom . The ancient title of Lord High Admiral was resumed, by the sovereign personally. Elizabeth II held the title for the next 47 years, until in 2011 she conferred the office upon her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , to celebrate his 90th birthday. Philip had served in

736-514: The reforms of 1869, they had individual responsibility for the work of the several departments of the Admiralty. This responsibility did not always coincide with control of staff and the head of a department might be responsible to two or more Lords Commissioners for the different aspects of his department's work. ADMIRALTY—shall mean the Lord High Admiral for the time being of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and, when there shall be no such Lord High Admiral in office, any Two or more of

768-467: The service. On the death of the Duke of Buckingham in 1628 his office of Lord High Admiral was put into commission by King Charles I , six Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were appointed to execute the office jointly. In 1638 the office of Lord High Admiral was revived, but throughout the rest of the seventeenth century there were periods when the office was again in commission and even when there

800-707: The system on which the Admiralty was organised continued unchanged until 1 April 1964, when the Board became the Admiralty Board of the Defence Council of the Ministry of Defence, the office of Lord High Admiral itself being vested in HM the Queen. Duties were assigned to each Lord Commissioner by the First Lord and defined in a Minute of the Board, and amended from time to time. The Lords Commissioners were entitled collectively to be known as " The Right Honourable

832-573: The war most of these extra members left the Board. In 1938 the title of the Board member designated Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air) was altered to Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services. For fuller details of Board membership during this period see The Second World War: A Guide to Documents in the Public Record Office (PRO Handbooks No.15) pp13–24. The specialist departments of the Board of Admiralty changed their names and functions, and varied in number, from time to time, but

864-547: Was a Lord High Admiral, he was often advised by a separate council , which was virtually a Board of Admiralty under another name. After the serving Lord High Admiral, the Duke of York (future James II of England), had been disqualified from the office as a Roman Catholic following the Test Act 1673 , the Board of Commissioners consisted of between twelve and sixteen Privy Councillors , who served without salaries. In 1679 this

896-502: Was appointed who convened a Lord High Admirals Council to manage naval affairs, this remained the case (although the number of Commissioners varied) until the Admiralty became part of the Ministry of Defence in 1964. The eighteenth century Board of Admiralty usually contained a preponderance of civilians, although there was a naval element and often a sea officer was First Lord. The Lords Commissioners were all active politicians, even

928-465: Was changed, and the number of Commissioners was reduced to seven, who were to receive salaries and need not be members of the Privy Council. Finally in 1708, soon after the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain , the Board of Admiralty became the normal instrument for governing the navy operationally on a day to basis, however the responsibility for the day to day administrative affairs of

960-472: Was crewed by fishermen and led mainly by Merchant Navy men commissioned into the Royal Naval Reserve . They operated as trawlers do, in all weathers. Their trawlers were retrofitted with armaments, typically 3-pdr,6-pdr or 12-pounder guns as well as 7.5-inch Bomb Throwers (Anti Submarine howitzers ). Specialist crew such as signallers and gunners were also put on board. Later in the war

992-472: Was still the responsibility of the Navy Board , established in 1546. This system remained in place until 1832, when the Board of Admiralty became the sole authority charged with both administrative and operational control of the navy when the Navy Board was abolished. The term Admiralty has become synonymous with the command and control of the Royal Navy, partly personified in the Board of Admiralty and in

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1024-485: Was the usual arrangement from 1709 until it was merged with the Admiralty in 1832. However, the office of Lord High Admiral, which—except for brief periods during its long history—had remained extant, was not abolished as an official naval post until 1964. In 1964, the office of First Lord of the Admiralty was also abolished and the functions of the Lords Commissioners of Admiralty were transferred to

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