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In 1916, as First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill led the Entente powers of the First World War in a crushing defeat on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula at the hands of the Ottoman Empire.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
In 1847, after two years had passed without word from the expedition, Jane and seasoned Arctic explorers like the Rosses urged the Admiralty to send out a search party.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
To prepare for the voyage, the Admiralty retrofitted Erebus and Terror, a pair of Royal Navy bomb vessels that had recently returned from an Antarctic expedition led by James Clark Ross, with support from his friend Crozier.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
Winston Churchill, who as Lord of the Admiralty switched the fuel for British warship from coal to oil, said that if oil was queen of the world, Baku was her throne.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
The location: The Upper House is part of the expansive Pacific Place complex in the Admiralty area of Hong Kong, where a number of hotels are clustered including the J.W. Marriott, Conrad Hotel and Shangri-La.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
Just nine days later, the British retook the Enterprize near Guernsey and arranged for the contents of the ship to be held at the Admiralty Court.
—Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
After the war, Thomas, who was nicknamed the Commander for his time at the Admiralty, became Risdon Beazley’s shipwreck researcher.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
After arriving in Sydney on the night of Friday, Oct. 18, and spending Saturday, Oct. 19 as a rest day at the Admiralty House, the royal couple kicked off their official engagements in the city on Sunday, Oct. 20.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
In 1847, after two years had passed without word from the expedition, Jane and seasoned Arctic explorers like the Rosses urged the Admiralty to send out a search party.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
To prepare for the voyage, the Admiralty retrofitted Erebus and Terror, a pair of Royal Navy bomb vessels that had recently returned from an Antarctic expedition led by James Clark Ross, with support from his friend Crozier.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
Winston Churchill, who as Lord of the Admiralty switched the fuel for British warship from coal to oil, said that if oil was queen of the world, Baku was her throne.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
The location: The Upper House is part of the expansive Pacific Place complex in the Admiralty area of Hong Kong, where a number of hotels are clustered including the J.W. Marriott, Conrad Hotel and Shangri-La.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
Just nine days later, the British retook the Enterprize near Guernsey and arranged for the contents of the ship to be held at the Admiralty Court.
—Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
After the war, Thomas, who was nicknamed the Commander for his time at the Admiralty, became Risdon Beazley’s shipwreck researcher.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
After arriving in Sydney on the night of Friday, Oct. 18, and spending Saturday, Oct. 19 as a rest day at the Admiralty House, the royal couple kicked off their official engagements in the city on Sunday, Oct. 20.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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