Admiralty in the 17th century
During the early 17th century, England's relative naval power deteriorated; in the course of the rest of the 17th century, the office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs steered the Navy's transition from a semi-amateur Navy Royal fighting in conjunction with private vessels into a fully professional institution, a Royal Navy. Its financial provisions were gradually regularised, it came to rely on dedicated warships only, and it developed a professional officer corps with a defined career structure, superseding an earlier mix of sailors and socially prominent former soldiers.
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| Formed | 1414 |
| Preceding Office |
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| Dissolved | 1707 |
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| Jurisdiction | Parliament of England |
| Headquarters | Admiralty Building Whitehall London Kingdom of England |
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| Parent Office | Privy Council of England |
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