The Admiralty Board is a committee of the Defence Council of the United Kingdom responsible for the administration of the Royal Navy. It meets formally only twice a year, and the day-to-day running of the Royal Navy is conducted by the Navy Board, which does not include any ministers. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... For the international law of the sea, see Admiralty law. ...

The Admiralty Board was established with the abolition of the Board of Admiralty and the integration of the three service ministries into the Ministry of Defence. Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... The Ministry of Defence building, Whitehall, Westminster, London The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the UK military. ...

The board is chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence and includes the professional heads of the navy, as well as various ministers and civil servants of the Ministry of Defence. The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence. ...

The membership of the Board is as follows:

Ministers

• Secretary of State for Defence
• Minister of State for the Armed Forces
• Minister of State for Defence Procurement
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence

Officials

• Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord
• Commander-in-Chief Fleet
• Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command
• Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff

• Naval Member for Logistics
• Controller of the Navy

• Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of the Admiralty Board