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Admiralty
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Admiralty
The
Admiralty
was the organisation responsible for the command of the
Royal Navy
in the
Kingdom of England
, and later in
Great Britain
, and until 1964 in the
United Kingdom
. Originally exercised by a single person, the
Lord High Admiral
, the Admiralty was, from the early 18th century onwards, almost invariably put "in commission" and exercised by the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
, who sat on the Board of Admiralty.
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