We need a Star Trek: Starfleet HQ series, where a plucky, recently-promoted admiral has to deal with the bureaucracy and stagnation of the workplace and help the ships "out there" get their job done.
#StarTrek #NewSeries #Admiralty

Watching a short video on a YouTube history channel I like, the presenter just (mis)prounounced "admiralty" as "add-marr-ah-le-eh-tee", just as the great Jon Pertwee's CPO Pertwee used to in the long-running Navy Lark show, and this makes me smile.

#JonPertwee #admiralty #mispronunciation #HMSTroutbridge

@SocOnePlaceStudies I’m transcribing the #1921Census for my #OnePlaceStudy in #Orkney. Finding it v interesting: lack of female employment; no. of males out of work; number employed by the #Admiralty; no. of names I recognise. #OnePlaceWednesday

"These charts cover the 50 years of Marine Surveying from the careers of George Thomas and his son FWL Thomas. I have included a few of those from Henry Otter as evidence of his continuing presence in the area and made some comments:"

http://direcleit.blogspot.com/2010/06/charting-coast-of-scotland.html

#hebrides #outerhebrides #fwlthomas # hydrography #chart #admiralty# admiralotter