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PRONUNCIATION OF FIRST SEA LORD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FIRST SEA LORD

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First Sea Lord is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FIRST SEA LORD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

First Sea Lord

The First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff . is the professional head of the Royal Navy and the whole Naval Service; originally the title was the First Naval Lord. The concept of a professional "First Naval Lord" was introduced in 1805 and the title of the First Naval Lord was changed to "First Sea Lord" on the appointment of Sir Jackie Fisher in 1904. From 1923 onward, the First Sea Lord was a member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee; he now sits on the Defence Council and the Admiralty Board. The current First Sea Lord is Admiral Sir George Zambellas.

Definition of First Sea Lord in the English dictionary

The definition of First Sea Lord in the dictionary is the First Sea Lord the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence.

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Synonyms and antonyms of First Sea Lord in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «First Sea Lord» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

第一海务大臣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Primer Lord del Mar
570 millions of speakers

English

First Sea Lord
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सबसे पहले सागर प्रभु
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أولا البحر الرب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Первый морской лорд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Primeiro Lorde do Mar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রথম সমুদ্র পালনকর্তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

First Sea Lord
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tentera Laut Pertama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erste Sea Lord
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

まずシーロード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

첫 번째 해 주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pangeran Pisanan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Đầu tiên Sea Lord
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதல் கடல் இறைவன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पहिला समुद्र लॉर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birinci Deniz Lordu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Primo Lord del Mare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pierwszy Sea Lord
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Перший морський лорд
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Translator English - Romanian

Primul Lord Sea
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Πρώτη Sea Lord
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Eerste Sea Here
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

First Sea Lord
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

First Sea Lord
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIRST SEA LORD»

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Winston Churchill: A Biographical Companion
In his first eighteen months as first sea lord he spent 182 days at sea.He also visited all the major ships and the various naval dockyards and other naval establishments.In involving himself in policy issues and the efficient running of the navy ...
Chris Wrigley, 2002
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LIFE
Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord, are as strangely contrasting a pair of men as ever ran a war together. You will sometimes come upon them these days in the long dark corridors of the Admiralty  ...
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The Cunningham Papers: Selections from the Private and ...
Notes on a Meeting about Manpower held by the First Sea Lord 28 January 1946 3. The First Sea Lord said the fleet afloat was not to be reduced below the limits laid down for the post-war fleet, and that further reductions must come from ...
Andrew Browne Cunningham Cunningham of Hyndhope (Viscount), Michael A. Simpson, Navy Records Society (Great Britain), 2006
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Whitehall and the Suez Crisis
Mountbatten Papers, N106(3), 'First Sea Lord's Part in the Suez Crisis', Paper A, 1956, p.7. 6. P Ziegler, Mountbatten (London: Collins, 1985), p.537. 7. MountbattenPapers, 'FirstSea Lord'sPart...', pp.1–2. 8. Mountbatten Papers, N 106(5), ...
Anthony Gorst, Saul Kelly, 2013
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British and American Naval Power: Politics and Policy, 1900-1936
The first lord of the Admiralty was supposed to be the superior of the first sea lord. The first lord was a relatively senior post in any government. It tended to be filled by younger, ambitious politicians on the way up, such as McKenna and ...
Phillips Payson O'Brien, 1998
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The Law Times
INTERNATIONAL, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL LAW. The first Sea Lord. THE resignation by Prince Louis of Battenberg of the great oifice of First Sea Lord, because the fact of his being a German by birth gave rise to the most ill-founded ...
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Imponderable But Not Inevitable: Warfare in the 20th Century
... Ruddock F. Mackay, Fisher of Kilver- stone (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971), pp. 66, 300; Richard Hough, First Sea Lord: An Authorised Biography of Admiral Lord Fisher (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1969), p. 77; Arthur Marder ...
Malcolm H. Murfett, 2009
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The navy list
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence. ___-_- -. .__-_. Y__.4.._ _ —_....___д.._.__— .4 .- .-..ŕŕ. „...—_— BOARD OF ADMIRALTY. First Lori-_The Rt. Harz. Winston L. Spencer Churchill, C.H., MP. First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff-A ...
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
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British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War & After
On 6 January First Sea Lord asked Controller to arrange for the first formal sketch designs of the emergency destroyer. A would be similar to pre-'J' class destroyers but with a fourbarrel pompom and two smaller anti-aircraft guns. Alternatives ...
Norman Friedman, 2012
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The Royal Navy and the Mediterranean: November 1940-December ...
... the sea, was well-learned by the Allies at the time, and remains equally important today. Ministry of Defence INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW EDITION Volume n of the Naval. June 2001 Foreword by Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh, First Sea Lord.
David Brown, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FIRST SEA LORD»

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Latest Navy recruits warned of modern warfare by First Sea Lord
FRESH-FACED recruits at a naval base in Torpoint were told by the Head of the Royal Navy that they will be at the very forefront of modern ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
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Your guide to getting around Portsmouth during the America's Cup …
The Royal Navy's First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir George Zambellas, first confirmed the service would provide support. Commodore Jeremy Rigby ... «Portsmouth News, Jul 15»
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Daily Telegraph July 5 1915
Not that this was worth the banner headline on page 11, which was given over to the fact that erstwhile First Sea Lord Admiral Fisher has ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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UK defence secretary hints at keeping troops in Germany
Lord West, the former first sea lord and security minister under the last Labour government, urged the Conservatives to remove the ringfence on ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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UK Maritime Unites for Seafarers Awareness Week
Who would have thought that the Royal Navy's First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir George Zambellas, started as an apprentice?! Supporters were also ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jul 15»
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'It doesn't feel like a museum piece, it feels like a ship' says new …
Victory serves as the First Sea Lord's flagship and hosts events for the Royal Navy from dinners for junior ratings to meetings with heads of ... «Portsmouth News, Jun 15»
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UK faces calls for intelligence-sharing guidance over drone attacks
Admiral Lord West, a former first sea lord who served as a Home Office minister in the Gordon Brown Labour government, said intelligence ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Royal visitors celebrated our greatest Victory over the French
Standing next to her is the then First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Alan West. The Queen and other members of the royal family came and enjoyed the ... «Portsmouth News, Jun 15»
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Defence spending: Pay more for weapons research or face …
Lord West, a former security minister and First Sea Lord, warned that the cuts had meant the UK has “effectively stopped blue sky research”. «The Independent, Jun 15»
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Stop the 'downward trend' in defence spending, America warns …
Decline is not a choice we should make,” said Lord West, a former First Sea Lord. "If Ministers get defence wrong the nation will never forgive ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»

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