Board of Admiralty

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The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	c1708-1964
History:	From 1708 became the normal instrument for governing the Navy, except for 1827-1828 when office of Lord High Admiral was revived. In 1832 civil administration of the Navy passed to the Board. On 1 April 1964 it became the Admiralty Board of Defence Council of the unified Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central)
References:	PROCat; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C278971

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference
1	1849-1920: Treasury: Books of Out-letters to the Admiralty	The National Archives, Kew	T 5
2	1828-1865: Admiralty Solicitor: Journals of Proceedings	The National Archives, Kew	TS 4
3	1816-1868: Admiralty Solicitor: Admiralty Report Books	The National Archives, Kew	TS 6
4	1801-1858: HM Procurator General: Admiralty Reports	The National Archives, Kew	TS 10
5	1841-1978: Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General: Registered Files, Admiralty Series	The National Archives, Kew	TS 32
6	1866-1926: Admiralty Solicitor, Treasury Solicitor and HM Procurator General: Journals of Proceedings and Registers of Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	TS 38
7	1841-1959: Admiralty Solicitor: Miscellaneous Papers on Admiralty Causes	The National Archives, Kew	TS 45
8	1954-1975: Treasury Solicitor: Registered Files, Admiralty (A Yearly Series)	The National Archives, Kew	TS 57
9	1920-1963: Contracts Co-ordinating Committee and Sub-committees: Minutes, Papers and Reports	The National Archives, Kew	WO 221
10	1660-1976: Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 1
11	1660-1974: Admiralty: Digests and Indexes	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 12
12	1615-1850: Admiralty and Navy Board: Various Accounts	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 17
13	1830-1934: Admiralty: Registers of Pensions and Allowances	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 23
14	1660-1857: Navy Board and Admiralty: Yard Pay Books	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 42
15	1702-1916: Admiralty: Admirals' Journals	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 50
16	1799-2008: Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Ships' Logs	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 53
17	1824-1858: Board of Customs and Admiralty: Coastguard and Revenue Cruisers, Ships' Musters	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 119
18	1859-1878: Admiralty: Registers of Deceased Ratings	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 154
19	1856-1984: Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Reference Books (BR Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 234
20	1803-1953: Navy Board and Admiralty: Navy Pay Office, Prize Branch and successors: Records	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 238
21	1910-1985: Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Confidential Reference Books (CB Series)	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 239
22	1941-1976: Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Air Publications (Naval)	The National Archives, Kew	ADM 264
23	1205-1998: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies	The National Archives, Kew	ADM
24	1917-1990: Property Services Agency: Directorate of Defence Services I (Army): Graves and Cemeteries Files	The National Archives, Kew	CM 4
25	1669-1977: Records of HM Ships
26	1845-1998: Records of the Navy Department of the Ministry of Defence
27	1782-1840: Home Office: Admiralty Correspondence	The National Archives, Kew	HO 28
28	1779-1836: Home Office: Admiralty Entry Books	The National Archives, Kew	HO 29

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Ministry of Defence	Successor/Predecessor		See Also