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| Department overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1949 |
| Dissolved | 1971 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Government of the United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Admiralty Building Whitehall London |
| Department executive |
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| Parent Department | Admiralty Navy Department (Ministry of Defence) |
The Admiralty Constabulary[1] was a police force in the United Kingdom formed under the Special Constables Act 1923. It was formed on 1 October 1949 by merging the Royal Marine Police and the Royal Marine Police Special Reserve (both policing dockyards since 1923) and the Admiralty Civil Police (previously policing naval hospitals).[2] That Admiralty Constabulary was in turn amalgamated with the Army Department Constabulary and the Air Force Department Constabulary in 1971 to form the Ministry of Defence Police.[3]
- ^ Hind, Bob (24 April 2016). "In days when the Admiralty ran its own police force". The News. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Portsmouth Royal Dockyard Historical Trust - Timeline". Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Button, Mark (2012). Private Policing. Oxford, England: Routledge. p. 47. ISBN 9781135997557.