Plans Division Signal Division Tactical and Weapons Policy Division Trade and Operations Division Under-surface Warfare Division Post 1964 Following the merger within the Ministry of Defence until 1971 former naval staff divisions were renamed as directorates as well as new ones being established for specific purposes some other notable changes during this period included the commandant general, and the hydrographer of the navy now as part of the naval staff as follows: Defence Intelligence – (former naval intelligence division) Directorate of Naval Plans – (former plans division) Directorate of Defence Plans (Navy) – (new directorate as part of MOD) Directorate of Naval Administrative Planning – (former administrative planning division) Directorate of Naval Air Warfare – (former naval air division) Directorate of Naval Operations and Trade – (former operations and trade division) Directorate of Naval Signals – (former signals division) Directorate of Naval Tactical and Weapons Policy – (former tactical and weapons policy division) Directorate of Operational Analysis (RN) – (new directorate) Directorate of Surface Warfare (Naval) – (new directorate) Directorate of Under Sea Warfare (Naval) – (former under sea warfare division) Directorate of Navigation and Tactical Control (Naval) – (former navigation and direction division) See also Staff (military) References Attribution Primary source for this article is by Harley Simon, Lovell Tony, (2014), Naval Staff (Royal Navy), dreadnoughtproject.org, http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org. Sources Black, Nicholas (2009). The British Naval Staff in the First World War. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. . "Proposals by Director of Naval Intelligence for carrying out the Duties of a General Staff and Re-organisation of the Naval Intelligence Department." 15 May 1909. The National Archives. ADM 1/8047. Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1929). The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. Its Work and Development. B.R. 1845 (late C.B. 3013). Copy at The National Archives. ADM 234/434 Rodger. N.A.M., (1979) The Admiralty (offices of state), T. Dalton, Lavenham, . Smith, Gordon (2014), British Admiralty, Part 2 - Changes in Admiralty Departments 1913-1920, Naval-History.Net. Stationery Office, H.M. (1935). The Navy List. Sprink and Sons Ltd, London, England. pp. 414–415. Stationery Office, H.M. (1951). The Navy List. Spink and Son Ltd, London, England. pp. 326–327. Stationery Office, H.M. (1956). The Navy List. Spink and Son Ltd, London, England. pp. 1239–1241. Stationery Office, H.M. (1958). The Navy List. Spink and Son Ltd, London, England. pp. 1227–1229. Stationery Office, H.M. (1962). The Navy List. Spink and Son Ltd, London, England. pp. 906–908. External links Admiralty