Navy Department
British Government ministerial department responsible for the Royal Navy until 1997
The Navy Department was a former ministerial service department of the British Ministry of Defence responsible for the control and direction of His Majesty's Naval Service. It was established on 1 April 1964 when the Admiralty was absorbed into a unified Ministry of Defence, where it became the Navy Department. Political oversight of the department originally lay with the Minister of Defence for the Royal Navy (1964–1967) it then passed to the parliamentary under-secretary of state for defence for the Royal Navy (1967–1981), then later to the parliamentary under-secretary of state for the Armed Forces (1981–1990), and finally the parliamentary under-secretary of state for defence (1991–1997).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 324 films (1942–1972) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 60 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).