Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council
Term length
Not fixed (typically 1–3 years)
Inaugural holder
Rear Admiral Sir Godfrey Paine
Formation
1917-1965
The Fifth Sea Lord was formerly one of the Naval Lords and members of the Board of Admiralty that controlled the Royal Navy.[1] The post's incumbent had responsibility for naval aviation.
^Marder, Arthur J. (31 March 2014). From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume IV 1917, Year of Crisis. Seaforth Publishing, p.219, 31 Mar 2014. ISBN 9781848322011. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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February 1895 – 29 September 1949) was a Royal Navy officer who served as FifthSeaLord from 1945 to 1946. The son of Admiral Sir Ernest Troubridge and Edith...
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a successful convoy escort commander. He eventually rose to become FifthSeaLord and retired as a vice admiral before entering university life as a bursar...
western Pacific. Post-war, Vian served in the United Kingdom, as a FifthSeaLord and as Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet. He retired in 1952 with the rank...
putting it into execution in November 1940. In 1941 he was appointed as FifthSeaLord and Chief of Naval Air Services and Commander of the Aircraft Carriers...
Admiral" and "Lord Admiral" were both used, eventually combining in "Lord High Admiral". The Lord High Admiral did not originally have command at sea, but had...
March 1891 – 21 January 1965) was a Royal Navy officer who served as FifthSeaLord from 1943 to 1945, and as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet from 1946...
August 1979) was a senior Royal Navy officer and aviator who served as FifthSeaLord from 1951 to 1954. The second son of Major John Christian Appold Anstice...
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the thirteenth Earl, was an admiral in the Royal Navy and served as FifthSeaLord from 1938 to 1939. He was the husband of Princess Patricia of Connaught...
Director General (Naval); the MDG Naval currently reports to the Second SeaLord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. The medical branch today is made up...
possible, side by side with the cadets transferred from Osborne. — Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of the Admiralty, 26 February 1906 The college was originally...
leadership. The post was created in 2010, replacing the post of Second SeaLord's Command Warrant Officer. A command warrant officer badge is worn on the...
appointment as Second SeaLord. Commandant General Royal Marines The previous post of Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Training)/Flag Officer Sea Training was...
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