Admiralty (Disambiguation)

Admiralty can mean:

• Admiralty law, also called Maritime Law

In Russia

• Admiralty Board (Russia), the authority responsible for the Imperial Russian Navy
• Admiralty Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia

In the British Empire

• Admiralty, the authority responsible for HM Royal Navy before 1964
• HMS Admiralty, the name of two yachts of the Royal Navy
• Admiralty Board (United Kingdom), the post-1964 board responsible for the Royal Navy
• The term ''Admiralty'' was commonly used to refer to the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service
• USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99)

In the Netherlands

The navy of the Dutch Republic was made up of five "admiralties"-

• Admiralty of Amsterdam
• Admiralty of Rotterdam
• Admiralty of Friesland
• Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier, or Admiralty of West-Friesland
• Admiralty of Zeeland

In the medieval Netherlands there was also an "Admiraliteit van Veere" (Admiralty of Veere), set up as a result of the Ordinance on the Admiralty of 8 January 1488 in an attempt to create a central naval administration in the Burgundian Netherlands. To this was subordinated the Vice-Admiralty of Flanders in Dunkirk. In 1560, admiral Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn, this admiralty was relocated near Ghent and in 1561 the Habsburg naval forces were also moved to Veere.