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The term "Action Stations" was a battle condition in which a Royal Navy vessel manned all of its guns with gun crews, stood up damage control and emergency medical teams, and called the ship's senior officers to the quarterdeck in order to direct the ship in battle. A sailor's action station was independent of their watch station or division ...
This is a list of senior officers of the Royal Navy (or more precisely a list of lists of the holders of certain senior positions in the Royal Navy). Lord Admirals of England 1385 –1628, 1638 –1708
The most senior Royal Navy WO1 is the Warrant Officer of the Naval Service (WONS) [15] The rating of WO2 in the Royal Navy was removed in 2014 but reinstated in 2021. [16] [17] The recent senior Warrant Officer of the British Army is the "Army Sergeant Major". [18]
In 1970 a new rank of Fleet chief petty officer was introduced, with insignia of the royal coat of arms on the lower arm (identical to a warrant officer class 1 in the army and RAF, to which the new rank was equivalent).
The Royal Navy uniform is the pattern on which many of the uniforms of the other national navies of the world are based (e.g. Ranks and insignia of NATO navies officers, Uniforms of the United States Navy, Uniforms of the Royal Canadian Navy, French Naval Uniforms).
Royal Navy epaulettes for senior and junior officers, 18th and 19th centuries Royal Navy epaulettes for flag officers, 18th and 19th centuries. Uniforms for naval officers were not authorised until 1748. At first the cut and style of the uniform differed considerably between ranks, and specific rank insignia were only sporadically used.
The Navy Pay Office [1] also known as the Navy Treasury was established in 1546. The office was administered by the Treasurer of the Navy , and was semi-autonomous of the Navy Office . It existed until 1835 when all offices and accounting departments of the Royal Navy were unified into the Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy .