Naval Intelligence Department (United Kingdom)

Naval Intelligence Department

Department overview
Formed	1887
Preceding Department	Foreign Intelligence Committee
Dissolved	1912
Superseding Department	Naval Intelligence Division
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters	Admiralty Building Whitehall London
Parent Department	Admiralty

The Naval Intelligence Department (NID)^[1] was the intelligence arm of the British Admiralty from 1887 until 1912 when most of its subsidiary divisions were absorbed during the creation of the Admiralty War Staff department that included a new Naval Intelligence Division that concentrated in that sphere solely. It dealt with intelligence matters concerning British naval plans, and with the collection of naval intelligence in regard to coastal defences, foreign powers, mobilisation, trade and war.