Naval Stores Department (Royal Navy)

Naval Stores Department

Agency overview
Formed	1869
Preceding agency	Department of the Store-Keeper General of the Navy
Dissolved	1966
Superseding agency	Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters	Admiralty London
Agency executives	Director of Naval Stores Deputy Director of Naval Stores Assistant Director of Naval Stores
Parent department	Admiralty

The Naval Stores Department also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Stores was the British Admiralty 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 under the control of a Superintendent of Stores as chief of the department, he took over the store keeping and distribution duties previously administered by the Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy who post was abolished following restructuring within the Admiralty Department . In 1876 the Superintendent of Stores was renamed as the Director of Stores as its principle officer, 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 Dockyards, the Department of Naval Construction and the Department of Naval Ordnance including all Royal Naval and Engineering Colleges the department was superintended by the office of the Third Sea Lord . In 1961 the Victualling Department was amalgamated within the Naval Stores Department, though remained autonomous . In 1964 the department survived amalgamation of the Admiralty into the new Ministry of Defence until 1966 when it was integrated with three other departments (Armament Supply, Movements and Victualling) to form the new Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service.

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Superintendents of Naval Stores

Directors of Naval Stores

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