Victualling Department (Royal Navy)

Victualling Department
Agency overview
Formed1832
Preceding agency
Dissolved1964
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersAdmiralty
London
Agency executives
  • Director of Victualling
  • Deputy Director of Victualling
  • Assistant Director of Victualling
Parent departmentAdmiralty

The Victualling Department originally known as the Department of the Comptroller of Victualling and Transport Services or the Victualling Office,[1] also known as the Department of the Director of Victualling was the British Admiralty department responsible for civil administration of Victualling Yards and the storing and supply of Naval Victuals for the Royal Navy from 1832 to 1964.

  1. ^ Tanner, J. R. (2013). Samuel Pepys and the Royal Navy. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 9781107626430.