Admiralty (navy) - Misplaced Pages

This article is about military organization. For other uses, see Admiralty (disambiguation).

Typical units	Typical numbers	Typical commander
fireteam	2–4	lance corporal, corporal
squad, section	5–14	corporal, sergeant, staff sergeant
platoon, troop	15–45	second lieutenant, first lieutenant, lieutenant
company, battery, squadron	80–250	first lieutenant, captain, major
battalion, cohort	300–1000	major, lieutenant colonel
regiment, brigade, legion	1,000–5,500	colonel, brigadier general
division	10,000–25,000	major general
corps	30,000–50,000	lieutenant general
field army	100,000–300,000	colonel general, general
army group, front	2+ field armies	field marshal, general, admiral
region, theater	4+ army groups	marshal of the air force, general of the army, admiral of the fleet

An Admiralty is a governmental and/or naval body responsible for the administration of a navy.

List of Admiralties

Admiralty Board (Russian Empire), the authority responsible for the Imperial Russian Navy
- Admiralty Shipyard, a former Imperial admiralty, the Main Admiralty, today a shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Admiralty in the 16th century - the Admiralty and Marine Affairs Office (1546-1707)
Admiralty (United Kingdom), a former military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964
Admiralty Board (United Kingdom), the post-1964 board responsible for the Royal Navy
Board of Admiralty, the board responsible for the Royal Navy from 1628 to 1964
Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service, commonly referred to as the Admiralty
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, produces the Admiralty brand of charts

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