The Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy was initially the Navy Office department responsible for the storing and supply of naval stores to the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

established in 1829. In 1832 the

Navy Board The Navy Board (formerly known as the Council of the Marine or Council of the Marine Causes) was the commission responsible for the day-to-day civil administration of the Royal Navy between 1546 and 1832. The board was headquartered within the ...

and subsequently Navy Office was abolished, and their duties were absorbed into the Department of Admiralty. The department was controlled and directed by the Storekeeper-General of the Navy.

History

The Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, was initially the Navy Office department responsible for the storing and supply of naval stores to the

British Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Fra ...

established in 1829. In 1832 the

and subsequently Navy Office was abolished, and its duties were absorbed into the

Department of Admiralty The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State. For much of it ...

. The department continued to exist until 1869 when it was renamed the Department of the Superintendent of Naval Stores.Collinge. pp. 18-25

Head of Department

Storekeeper-General of the Navy

Footnotes

Bibliography

# 'Alphabetical list of officials: K-Z', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 7, Navy Board Officials 1660-1832, ed. J M Collinge (London, 1978), pp. 116–152. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol7/pp. 116-152 ccessed 31 October 2019 # Government, HM (1851). The London Gazette. London, England.: T. Neuman. # 'Principal officers and commissioners', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 7, Navy Board Officials 1660-1832, ed. J M Collinge (London, 1978), British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol7/pp. 18-25 ccessed 31 October 2019 {{Admiralty Department Admiralty departments