Admiral-superintendent

Some smaller dockyards, such as Sheerness and Pembroke, had a captain-superintendent instead, whose deputy was styled commander of the dockyard. The appointment of a commodore-superintendent was also made from time to time in certain yards.

The appointment of admiral-superintendents (or their junior equivalents) dates from 1832 when the Admiralty took charge of the Royal Dockyards. Prior to this larger dockyards were overseen by a commissioner who represented the Navy Board.

In the Royal Naval Dockyards, admiral-superintendents ceased to be appointed after 15 September 1971, and existing post-holders were renamed port admirals. This followed the appointment of a (civilian) Chief Executive of the Royal Dockyards in September 1969 and the creation of a centralised Royal Dockyards Management Board.

Admiral-superintendents

List of admiral-superintendents by first appointment date. Appointed by the Navy Board until 1832 and the Board of Admiralty thereafter.

• Admiral-Superintendent, Plymouth, 1707–1712, 1832–1966
• Admiral-Superintendent, Chatham, 1879–1951
• Admiral-superintendent, Malta, 1832–1897
• Admiral-superintendent, Portsmouth, 1832–1996
• Admiral-Superintendent, Naval Reserves, 1875–1903
• Admiral-Superintendent, Devonport, 1846–1970
• Admiral-Superintendent, Gibraltar, 1898–1945
• Admiral-Superintendent, Rosyth Dockyard, 1915–1944
• Admiral-Superintendent of Esquimalt Dockyard (Victoria, British Columbia)
• Admiral-Superintendent of Halifax Dockyard
• Admirals-Superintendent on the Clyde