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In 1989 the Royal Navy was under the direction of the Navy Department in the UK Ministry of Defence. It had two main commands, CINCFLEET and Naval Home Command.
The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff was an Admiral who commanded Her Majesty's Naval Service. Admiral Sir Julian Oswald KCB had assumed the post in May 1989. Oswald was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on his retirement in March 1993.[1][2] The First Sea Lord/CNS was a member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, the Defence Council, the Admiralty Board and the Navy Board.
The strength of the Royal Navy in 1989 was 65,500 men.[3] Jane's Fighting Ships 1989–1990 gives the strength as at 1 January 1989 as 65,484 (RN male and female 57,778, Royal Marines 7,706).[4]
- ^ Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-408-11414-8
- ^ Oswald, Julian (1993). "Conventional Deterrence and Military Diplomacy". The RUSI Journal. 138 (2). RUSI: 29–30. doi:10.1080/03071849308445694. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ The Statesman's Year-Book 1989–90. London: Macmillan Press. 1989. p. 1314. ISBN 978-0-333-39153-2. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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