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I have removed the following, because it is highly dubious as a general statement, but placed it here pending provision of sources as there may be some information that can be refined from it.
The Navy list forms the legal document that entitles the country to have a Navy, attempts to remove this paper publication were stopped oin the 1980's as it would have rendered the serving officers to be no more than privateers.
I changed Naval Vessel Register to Naval Register in the following, since the former is a list of ships, whereas the latter is a list of officers (i.e. the subject of this article).
The equivalent in the United States Navy is the Naval Vessel Register, which is updated online on a continuous basis.