The admiral-superintendent was the

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officer in command of a larger Naval Dockyard.

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, Devonport and Chatham all had admiral-superintendents, as did some other dockyards in the United Kingdom and abroad at certain times. The admiral-superintendent usually held the rank of

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. His deputy was the captain of the dockyard (or captain of the port from 1969). Some smaller dockyards, such as

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and Pembroke, had a captain-superintendent instead, whose deputy was styled

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of the dockyard. The appointment of a commodore-superintendent was also made from time to time in certain yards. The appointment of admiral-superintendents (or their junior equivalents) dates from 1832 when the Admiralty took charge of the Royal Dockyards. Prior to this larger dockyards were overseen by a

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who represented the

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. In the Royal Naval Dockyards, admiral-superintendents ceased to be appointed after 15 September 1971, and existing post-holders were renamed port admirals. This followed the appointment of a (civilian) Chief Executive of the Royal Dockyards in September 1969 and the creation of a centralised Royal Dockyards Management Board.

Admiral-superintendents

List of admiral-superintendents by first appointment date. Appointed by the

until 1832 and the Board of Admiralty thereafter. * Admiral-Superintendent, Plymouth, 1707–1712, 1832–1966 * Admiral-Superintendent, Chatham, 1879–1951 * Admiral-superintendent, Malta, 1832–1897 * Admiral-superintendent, Portsmouth, 1832–1996 * Admiral-Superintendent, Naval Reserves, 1875–1903 * Admiral-Superintendent, Devonport, 1846–1970 * Admiral-Superintendent, Gibraltar, 1898–1945 * Admiral-Superintendent,

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, 1915–1944 * Admiral-Superintendent of Esquimalt Dockyard (Victoria, British Columbia) * Admiral-Superintendent of Halifax Dockyard * Admirals-Superintendent on the Clyde

Commodore-superintendents

List of commodore-superintendents by first appointment date. All appointed by the Board of Admiralty. * Commodore-Superintendent, Halifax, 1759-1905? * Commodore-Superintendent, Bermuda, 1795-1834?

Captain-Superintendents

List of captain-superintendents by first appointment date. Appointed by the Navy Board until 1832 and the Board of Admiralty thereafter. * Captain-Superintendent, Sheerness, 1799-1934 * Captain-Superintendent, Pembroke, 1882-1926 * Captain-Superintendent, Haulbowline, 1869-1923 * Captain-Superintendent, Woolwich, 1512-1869

References

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