Admiralty board
noun
the admiralty board, (formerly) a department of the british ministry of defence, responsible for the administration and planning of the royal navy
historical examples
no doubt the admiralty board determined that, but we were not present at the session.
heart’s desire emerson hough
the room in which our councils met was the same old admiralty board room that had been used for centuries.
the victory at sea william sowden sims
in his letter of the 14th was an extract from the statement or report sent him by the admiralty board.
a journal of a young man of m-ssachusetts, 2nd ed. benjamin waterhouse
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