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Formed | 1869 |
Preceding agency | |
Dissolved | 1966 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Government of the United Kingdom |
Headquarters | Admiralty London |
Agency executives |
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Parent department | Department of Admiralty (1869-1964) Navy Department (1964-1966) |
The Naval Stores Department [1] also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Stores was initially a subsidiary department of the British Department of Admiralty, then later the Navy Department responsible for managing and maintaining naval stores and the issuing of materials at naval dockyards and establishments for the building, fitting and repairing of Royal Navy warships from 1869 to 1966.
The Naval Stores Department was first established in April 1869 initially and was initially placed under the control of a Superintendent of Stores as head of the department, He assumed the former store keeping and distribution duties previously administered by the Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy whose post was abolished following a reorganisation within the Admiralty. [2] In 1876 the title of superintendent of stores was renamed as to the Director of Stores.
The Naval Stores Department was responsible for the storing and provisioning of materiel stores for the Royal Navy, and for supplying all naval establishments and yards at both home and abroad including all foreign stations. It managed the stores for the Department of the Director of Dockyards, the Department of the Director of Naval Construction and the Naval Ordnance Department including all Royal Naval Colleges and Royal Naval Engineering Colleges. This department was overseen by the Third Sea Lord. [3]
In 1961 the Victualling Department was merged into the Naval Stores Department, but remained an autonomous department within it. [4] In 1964 the department survived unification of the Admiralty into the new Ministry of Defence until 1966 when it was integrated with three other departments for (Armament Supply, Movements and Victualling) to form the new Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service as part of the MOD Navy Department. [5]
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