The eighteenth-century BritishAdmiralty had few coercive powers over its officers.
18世纪英国海军部对其官员有很小的强制权力。
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During the first few months of the war in 1939, the BritishAdmiralty requested the ships of the Royal Australian Navy be despatched for war service in the European and Mediterranean waters.
The Hydrographic Office has taken over provision to the shipping community of nautical services which were provided by the BritishAdmiralty before the reversion of sovereignty on July 1, 1997.