Victualling Board
Other Business Names:
- Commissioners for the Victualling of the Navy
- Admiralty
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chatham, Medway, Kent, South East, England
- Deptford, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Dover, Kent, Kent, South East, England
- Finsbury, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Gibraltar
- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Plymouth, City of Plymouth, Devon, South West, England
- Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East, England
Sectors:
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Food & tobacco processing
Baking inc baking of cakes
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Beverage production
Brewing
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Food & tobacco processing
Food processing, general
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Government & government agency business related services
Government procurement services
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Food & tobacco processing
Grain milling inc flour, starch & glucose products
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Food & tobacco processing
Meat processing
Notes:
Established in 1683 as a department of the Admiralty to takeover responsibility for supplying the Royal Navy, at home and abroad, with victuals (mostly food and drink in bulk) in order to provide a more efficient service than that previously provided direct from private contractors. Otherwise known as Commissioners for the Victualling of the Navy. Sometimes built own breweries, grain mills, slaughterhouses, bakeries, etc, near naval bases to ensure better quality of provisions but most frequently contracted for supplies from merchant 'contractors'. Therefore a major manufacturer of food and beverage products. Also supplied, 1793-1813, the army overseas. A sister organisation to the Navy Board. Closed 1832 when responsibilities transferred to the Admiralty Board
Publications:
- A new myth of naval history? Confusing magnitude with significance in British naval victualling purchases, 1750-1815 by Macdonald, Janet
- 'Basil Cochrane and the victualling of the fleet in the East Indies, 1792-1806' in R J B Knight & M Wilcox, Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815. War, the British Navy and the contractor state by Knight, Roger J B, & Martin Wilcox
- British Navy, Economy and Society in the Seven Years War by Rodger, N A M
- British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793-1815. Management competence and incompetence by Macdonald, Janet
- Christopher Atkinson and the Victualling Board, 1775-1782 by Syrett, David
- Civil Administration of the British Navy during the American Revolution by Usher, R G
- Commission for Victualling the Navy, the Commission for Sick & Wounded Seamen & Prisoners of War and the Commission for Transport, 1702-1714 by Watson, Paula K
- Development of the Victualling Board bases in London, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham and Dover, 1701-1763 by Buchet, Christian
- Documentary sources relating to the work of the British Royal Navy's Victualling Board during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815 by Macdonald, Janet
- Feeding Nelson's Navy. The true story of food at sea in the Georgian era by Macdonald, Janet
- Foundations of British Maritime Ascendancy. Resources, logistics and the state, 1755-1815 by Morriss, Roger
- Guide to the Naval Records in the National Archives of the UK by Cock, Randolph, & N A M Rodger (eds)
- Jonas Hanway, 1712-1786. A commemorative symposium held in association with the Marine Society ... 1986 by Various authors or editors
- Narrative of the Transactions of the Honourable Basil Cochrane, Late Contractor and Agent for Victualling His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the East Indies with the Honourable Victualling Board by Cochrane, Basil
- Politics and trust in victualling the Navy, 1793-1815 by Knight, Roger J B
- Prices and Wages in England. From the twelfth to the nineteenth century. Vol 1. Price tables, mercantile era by Beveridge, William H
- Sinews of war. Manning and provisioning English fighting ships, c1550-1650 by Scammell, Geoffrey V
- Supply of casks and staves to the Royal Navy, 1770-1815 by Morriss, Roger
- Support for the Fleet. Architecture and engineering of the Royal Navy's bases, 1700-1914 by Coad, Jonathan G
- Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815. War, the British Navy and the contractor state by Knight, Roger J B, & Martin Wilcox
- 'The great complex concern'. Victualling the Royal Navy on the East Indies Station, 1780-1815 by Wilcox, Martin
- 'The lesser of two weevils'. British victualling organization in the long eighteenth century by Allen, Douglas W
- The Old Mills of Southampton by Pelham, R A
- The Victualling Board, 1793-1815. A study of management competence by Macdonald, Janet
- Victualling Board charters shipping, 1739-48 by Syrett, David
- Victualling Board charters shipping, 1775-82 by Syrett, David
- 'Victualling' in D A Baugh (ed), Naval Administration, 1715-1750 by Baugh, Daniel A (ed)
- Victualling of the British naval expeditions to the Baltic Sea between 1715 and 1727 by Aldridge, David D
- Victualling of the British Navy during the Seven Years War by Rodger, N A M
- Victualling of the Channel Fleet in 1800 by Laird, Emma
- 'Victualling the British fleet in the Mediterranean in the eighteenth century' in T Conti & T Gambin (eds), De Triremibus. Festscrift in honour of Joseph Muscat by Morriss, Roger
- Victualling the British Mediterranean Fleet, May 1803 to June 1804 by Macdonald, Janet
- Within hostile shores. Victualling the Royal Navy in European waters during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars by Davey, James
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Commissioners for the Victualling of the Navy
- Admiralty
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Chatham, Medway, Kent, South East, England
- Deptford, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Dover, Kent, Kent, South East, England
- Finsbury, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Gibraltar
- Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Norfolk, East of England, England
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Plymouth, City of Plymouth, Devon, South West, England
- Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East, England
Sectors:
- Food & tobacco processing Baking inc baking of cakes
- Beverage production Brewing
- Food & tobacco processing Food processing, general
- Government & government agency business related services Government procurement services
- Food & tobacco processing Grain milling inc flour, starch & glucose products
- Food & tobacco processing Meat processing
Notes:
Established in 1683 as a department of the Admiralty to takeover responsibility for supplying the Royal Navy, at home and abroad, with victuals (mostly food and drink in bulk) in order to provide a more efficient service than that previously provided direct from private contractors. Otherwise known as Commissioners for the Victualling of the Navy. Sometimes built own breweries, grain mills, slaughterhouses, bakeries, etc, near naval bases to ensure better quality of provisions but most frequently contracted for supplies from merchant 'contractors'. Therefore a major manufacturer of food and beverage products. Also supplied, 1793-1813, the army overseas. A sister organisation to the Navy Board. Closed 1832 when responsibilities transferred to the Admiralty BoardPublications:
- A new myth of naval history? Confusing magnitude with significance in British naval victualling purchases, 1750-1815 by Macdonald, Janet
- 'Basil Cochrane and the victualling of the fleet in the East Indies, 1792-1806' in R J B Knight & M Wilcox, Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815. War, the British Navy and the contractor state by Knight, Roger J B, & Martin Wilcox
- British Navy, Economy and Society in the Seven Years War by Rodger, N A M
- British Navy's Victualling Board, 1793-1815. Management competence and incompetence by Macdonald, Janet
- Christopher Atkinson and the Victualling Board, 1775-1782 by Syrett, David
- Civil Administration of the British Navy during the American Revolution by Usher, R G
- Commission for Victualling the Navy, the Commission for Sick & Wounded Seamen & Prisoners of War and the Commission for Transport, 1702-1714 by Watson, Paula K
- Development of the Victualling Board bases in London, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Chatham and Dover, 1701-1763 by Buchet, Christian
- Documentary sources relating to the work of the British Royal Navy's Victualling Board during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815 by Macdonald, Janet
- Feeding Nelson's Navy. The true story of food at sea in the Georgian era by Macdonald, Janet
- Foundations of British Maritime Ascendancy. Resources, logistics and the state, 1755-1815 by Morriss, Roger
- Guide to the Naval Records in the National Archives of the UK by Cock, Randolph, & N A M Rodger (eds)
- Jonas Hanway, 1712-1786. A commemorative symposium held in association with the Marine Society ... 1986 by Various authors or editors
- Narrative of the Transactions of the Honourable Basil Cochrane, Late Contractor and Agent for Victualling His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the East Indies with the Honourable Victualling Board by Cochrane, Basil
- Politics and trust in victualling the Navy, 1793-1815 by Knight, Roger J B
- Prices and Wages in England. From the twelfth to the nineteenth century. Vol 1. Price tables, mercantile era by Beveridge, William H
- Sinews of war. Manning and provisioning English fighting ships, c1550-1650 by Scammell, Geoffrey V
- Supply of casks and staves to the Royal Navy, 1770-1815 by Morriss, Roger
- Support for the Fleet. Architecture and engineering of the Royal Navy's bases, 1700-1914 by Coad, Jonathan G
- Sustaining the Fleet, 1793-1815. War, the British Navy and the contractor state by Knight, Roger J B, & Martin Wilcox
- 'The great complex concern'. Victualling the Royal Navy on the East Indies Station, 1780-1815 by Wilcox, Martin
- 'The lesser of two weevils'. British victualling organization in the long eighteenth century by Allen, Douglas W
- The Old Mills of Southampton by Pelham, R A
- The Victualling Board, 1793-1815. A study of management competence by Macdonald, Janet
- Victualling Board charters shipping, 1739-48 by Syrett, David
- Victualling Board charters shipping, 1775-82 by Syrett, David
- 'Victualling' in D A Baugh (ed), Naval Administration, 1715-1750 by Baugh, Daniel A (ed)
- Victualling of the British naval expeditions to the Baltic Sea between 1715 and 1727 by Aldridge, David D
- Victualling of the British Navy during the Seven Years War by Rodger, N A M
- Victualling of the Channel Fleet in 1800 by Laird, Emma
- 'Victualling the British fleet in the Mediterranean in the eighteenth century' in T Conti & T Gambin (eds), De Triremibus. Festscrift in honour of Joseph Muscat by Morriss, Roger
- Victualling the British Mediterranean Fleet, May 1803 to June 1804 by Macdonald, Janet
- Within hostile shores. Victualling the Royal Navy in European waters during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars by Davey, James