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...history has ever had a tradition so long and glorious as that of the Royal Navy.''</div> ...le for personnel. The [[Third Sea Lord]] (also known as Controller of the Navy) was responsible for matériel. The [[Fourth Sea Lord]] (previously known

...he Admiralty]], the politician responsible to Crown and Parliament for the Navy. ...nistration of so much of the business as relates to the "Personnel" of the Navy, and for the movement and condition of your Majesty's Fleet.</blockquote>

...cision.<br>He superintends the Department of the Accountant General of the Navy under (M^r Briggs) as also that of the Director of Works (under C | Accountant General's Department.

...a Lord in 1918, once more becoming '''Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy'''. ==History of Controller of the Navy==

Instructions for the [[Director of Torpedoes and Mining (Royal Navy)|Director of Torpedoes and Mining]] at the [[Admiralty]]. ...esponsible to the Board for the efficient performance of the duties of his Department, which include the following:&mdash;

He is not to be confused with the Royal Navy Admiral [[William Henry Whyte]]. ...the Admiralty staff by Sir Edward James Reed, the chief constructor of the navy, White being engaged as a professional secretary to Sir Edward.

...Admiralty]] for the design and construction of the warships of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...UKOrdersinCouncilIII|pp. 369-370}} When a [[Council of Construction (Royal Navy)|Council of Construction]] was formed on 16 December the Chief Naval Archit

...r John Fisher]], descended into a bitter feud which threatened to tear the navy in half in the early years of the Twentieth Century. ...before being appointed to ''Victory'' until 17 July, before serving in the royal yacht proper. Whilst at Holyhead he hunted a great deal, both there, with

...throughout the [[First World War]]. Mr. Clausen served as a Lieutenant [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve|R.N.V.R.]] in that ship from 1915 to 1919: he and L ...survey very briefly a number of inventions intimately associated with the Navy, especially some of those which have come within my personal knowledge; to

...eration of the manifold and difficult problems it had to decide. In such a department as the Admiralty there must be distinct branches, which ought to work with ...miralty business is conducted, that the changes in the constitution of the department would have subverted its administrative powers, even had the branches been

...ire the most frequent overhaul and repair, greatly reduces the work of the dockyards, and therefore allows of a reorganisation of the labour conditions. That the general efficiency of the Navy would be much assisted by the removal of this distinction was to them beyon

...[Royal Navy]]'s [[Admiralty War Staff]] and successor [[Naval Staff (Royal Navy)|Naval Staff]]. ...nce in the [[Naval Intelligence Department (Royal Navy)|Naval Intelligence Department]] and Head of Foreign Division. The Assistant Director, Captain [[Maurice

...oyal Navy)|Torpedo Department]], formerly a branch of the [[Naval Ordnance Department]], was made an executive body in its own right in April 1917. The role wou ...ector of Dockyards, [[Director of Compass Department]], Director of Signal Department, and Director of Scientific Research under the control of the [[Third Sea L

'''Instructions''' for the office of [[Director of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance]]. 1. He is to act under the immediate direction of the [[Controller (Royal Navy)|Third Lord and Controller]], and to consult with him on all points connect

...d correspondence about books. Agreements and letters, "Drake and the Tudor Navy" and agreements, 1900 and 1916 relating to "Successors of Drake", with cons ...Review", 1901-4, by Corbett, "Colonel Wilks and Napoleon, Education in the Navy, I, II and III, Found wanting, The Little Englander, The One-Eyed Commissio

...(25 October, 1847 &ndash; 4 September, 1891) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...1869. Before he attended the school he had spent nearly five years in the Dockyards as an Engineer Student. During his three years at South Kensington he spen

...iner and Neilson, for example, refer to “the glaring incompetence of the navy”<ref>Ibid.</ref>&mdash;but has recently (2015) been re-examined by Morgan ...n. W. S. C<small>HURCHILL</small>]], M.P., Secretary of State for the Home Department.</p>

Instructions for the [[Naval Ordnance Department (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes]] at the [[Admiralty]]. ...charge of the Storekeeping and and Accounts Division of the Naval Ordnance Department.

...d a comprehensive system of retirement in the officer ranks of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...st and of the above-named Officers of the military ranks of Your Majesty's Navy generally;

Instructions for the [[Naval Ordnance Department (Royal Navy)|Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance]] at the [[Admiralty]]. ...strictly carried out. See also instructions for professional officers of Dockyards, Articles 58 to 68.