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Admiralty Board

British  

noun

  1. (formerly) a department of the British Ministry of Defence, responsible for the administration and planning of the Royal Navy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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What Mr. Churchill really did fail in was underestimating the strength of the " red tape " which bound him so securely in his dealings with the Admiralty Board and the War Office.

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Sir Henry was called to the Admiralty to replace Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake as assistant chief of staff and a member of the controlling Admiralty Board.

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Business and Responsibility.—The manner in which the Admiralty Board conducts the great operations under its charge has been indicated.

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Go round yourself to General Hamilton, telephone to Aldershot for Lord Neville, and call round at the Admiralty Board for Sir John Harrison.

From Havoc by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

The room in which our councils met was the same old Admiralty Board room that had been used for centuries.

From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.

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