A Navy List or Naval Register is an official list of naval officers, their ranks and seniority, the ships which they command or to which they are appointed, etc. , that is published by the government or naval authorities of a country.
The Navy List fulfils an important function in international law in that warships are required by article 29 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to be commanded by a commissioned officer whose name appears in the appropriate service list. International law is the term commonly used for referring to the system of implicit and explicit agreements that bind together nation-states in adherence to recognized values and standards The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS) also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty is the international agreement that resulted An officer is a member of an armed force who holds a position of authority
Past copies of the Navy List are also important sources of information for historians and genealogists.
The Royal Navy currently publishes annual lists of active and reserve officers, and biennial lists of retired officers. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service)
The current Editor of the UK Navy List is Mr Andrew Hiscutt.
Good sources of historical data on Navy Lists are:
- The Naval Historical Branch, Portsmouth Naval Base.
- The Central Library Portsmouth, Guildhall Square.
- The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU has an almost complete set including unpublished editions produced during the Second World War for internal use by the Admiralty. The National Archives (TNA is a British Governmental organisation created in April 2003 to maintain a National archive for " England, Wales
The equivalent in the United States Navy is the U. S. Naval Vessel Register, which is updated online on a continuous basis. The Naval Vessel Register ( NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy.
Bibliography
- The 1766 Navy List, Edited by E C Coleman, Published by Ancholme Publishing, ISBN 0-9541443-0-9
See also
- Army List
- Air Force List
External links
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