In Britain, the Admiralty is the government department that is in charge of the navy. the Admiralty the government department that controls the British navy. Admiralty Islands High Court of Admiralty admiralty law
A group of volcanic islands of the southwest Pacific Ocean in the Bismarck Archipelago. Discovered by the Dutch in 1616, the islands are now part of Papua New Guinea. Island group (pop., 2000 est.: 41,748), Papua New Guinea. An extension of the Bismarck Archipelago comprising about 40 islands, the Admiralty Islands lie about 190 mi (300 km) north of the mainland of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. Most of the land area of the islands is contained in Manus Island, which is the site of Lorengau, the islands' principal settlement. First sighted by the Dutch explorer Willem Schouten in 1616, it was named by the British captain Philip Carteret in 1767. Subsequently ruled by the Germans, Australians, and Japanese, the islands were made part of the UN Trust Territory of New Guinea in 1946. When Papua New Guinea attained independence in 1975, the islands became part of that country
A mountain group of Antarctica on the northern coast of Victoria Land northwest of Ross Sea. The range was discovered by Sir James Ross on his 1841 expedition
In England, formerly the court presided over by the deputy of the admiral of the fleet. It was established 1360 to deal with matters of discipline and cases of piracy and prizes (ships and goods captured at sea), but it eventually had jurisdiction over mercantile and shipping matters. In 1875 it was merged with the other great courts of England into the High Court of Justice
admiralty
Silbentrennung
ad·mi·ral·ty
Türkische aussprache
ädmırılti
Aussprache
/ˈadmərəltē/ /ˈædmɜrəltiː/
Etymologie
() From French amirauté, for an older amiralté (“office of admiral”), from Late Latin admiralitas. See admiral