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The office of '''Fifth Sea Lord''' was created on 10 January, 1917 as '''Director of Naval Aviation''' with responsibility for the [[Royal Naval Air Service]].  However, with the merging of the RNAS with the Royal Flying Corps on 3 January, 1918 and control of the newly formed Royal Air Force devolving to a newly empowered Air Ministry the position was disbanded until being re-created in the 1930s with responsibility for the Fleet Air Arm.
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The ''Fifth Sea Lord''' was a member of the Board of Admiralty between 1917 and 1918.
  
There was only one Fifth Sea Lord pre-1918;
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The additional title has been seen given as "Director of Air Services",<ref>Roskill.  ed.  ''Documents Relating to the Naval Air Service''.  p. 455.</ref> "Chief of Naval Air Services",<ref>''Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 541.</ref> "Chief of Naval Air Service",<ref>''The Naval Staff of the Admiralty''.  p. 87.</ref><ref>''Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 531.</ref>
  
 
==Fifth Sea Lords==
 
==Fifth Sea Lords==

Revision as of 15:41, 20 November 2010

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Board of Admiralty
Political Lords Commissioners
 • First Lord of the Admiralty
 • Civil Lord of the Admiralty
 • Fourth Civil Lord (1918 – 1919)
Naval Lords Commissioners
 • First Naval Lord (– 1904) • First Sea Lord (1904 – 1917) • First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (1917 –)
 • Second Naval Lord (– 1869, 1872 – 1904) • Second Sea Lord (1904 – 1917) • Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel (1917 –)
 • Third Naval Lord (– 1869) • Third Lord and Controller (1869 – 1872) • Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy (1882 – 1904) • Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy (1904 – 1912) • Third Sea Lord (1912 – 1917) • Third Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Matériel (1917 – 1918) • Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy (1918 –)
 • Junior Naval Lord (– 1904) • Fourth Sea Lord (1907 – 1917) • Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport (1917 –)
 • Fifth Sea Lord (1917) • Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Service (1917 – 1918)
 • Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (1917 –)
 • Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (1917 –)
 • Deputy First Sea Lord (1917 – 1919)
Civil Lords Commissioners
 • Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty (1882 – 1885, 1912 – 1919)
 • Third Civil Lord (1918 – 1919)
 • Controller (1917 – 1918)
Secretaries to the Board
 • First Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (– 1869) • Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1869 – 1904) • Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1904 –)
 • Additional Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1917 – 1918)
 • Second Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (– 1869) • Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1869 – 1877, 1880 –)
 • Naval Secretary to the Board of Admiralty (1872 – 1882)

The Fifth Sea Lord' was a member of the Board of Admiralty between 1917 and 1918.

The additional title has been seen given as "Director of Air Services",[1] "Chief of Naval Air Services",[2] "Chief of Naval Air Service",[3][4]

Fifth Sea Lords

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Roskill. ed. Documents Relating to the Naval Air Service. p. 455.
  2. Navy List (November, 1917). p. 541.
  3. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 87.
  4. Navy List (November, 1917). p. 531.
  5. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 126.

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