Emblem of the Victualling Board, as seen across its Yards and Depots.
Agency overview
Formed
(1683-1832)
Preceding agency
Office of the Surveyor of Marine Victuals
Superseding agency
Victualling Department
Jurisdiction
Kingdom of England Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom
Headquarters
London
Agency executive
Commissioners for the Victualling of the Navy
Parent agency
Admiralty
The Commissioners for the Victualling of the Navy, often called the Victualling Commissioners or Victualling Board, was the body responsible under the Navy Board for victualling ships of the British Royal Navy. It oversaw the vast operation of providing naval personnel (140,000 men in 1810) with enough food, drink and supplies to keep them fighting fit, sometimes for months at a time, in whatever part of the globe they might be stationed.[1]
It existed from 1683 until 1832 when its function was first replaced by the Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services until 1869 then that office was also abolished and replaced by the Victualling Department.[2][3][4]
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