Editing Navy Directory

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A '''Navy Directory''', '''Navy List'''  or '''Naval Register''' is an official list of [[navy|naval]] officers, their ranks and seniority, the ships which they command or to which they are appointed, etc., that is published by the government or naval authorities of a country.

==Background==
A Navy List fulfills an important function in [[international law]] in that warships are required by article 29 of the [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]] to be commanded by a [[commissioned officer]] whose name appears in the appropriate service list.  Past copies of the Navy List are also important sources of information for historians and genealogists.  When a ship is removed from the navy list of any country, the ship is said to be "[[:wikt:stricken|stricken]]" (from the list).<ref>Edwards. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=OydzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 Small United States and United Nations Warships in the Korean War]''. 37.</ref>

The British [[Royal Navy]] publishes annual lists of active and reserve officers, and biennial lists of retired officers. In 2016 ''The Navy List'', which had been officially published under that name since 1814,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Perrin |title=The Navy List |journal=The Mariner's Mirror |page=263}}</ref> was renamed ''The Navy Directory''.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Navy Directory 2015 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 22 December 2016 |publisher=Royal Navy |id={{ASIN|0117731315|country=uk}} |quote=Previously known as Navy List. Containing lists of ships, establishments and Officers of the Fleet. On cover and title page: Compiled on the 1st January 2016}}</ref>  The equivalent in the [[United States Navy]] is the ''[[Naval Vessel Register]]'', which is updated online on a continuous basis.

==See also==
* [[Army List]]
* ''[[Naval Vessel Register]]''

== Citations ==
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== References ==
*{{cite book |last1=Edwards |first1=Paul M. |title=Small United States and United Nations Warships in the Korean War |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |location=Jefferson, NC |isbn=978-0-7864-2930-1}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Perrin |first1=W. G. |author1-link=William Gordon Perrin |title=The Navy List |journal=The Mariner's Mirror |date=October 1911 |volume=I |issue=10 |pages=257–264 |doi=10.1080/00253359.1911.1065453|doi-broken-date=5 February 2025 }}

== External links ==
* {{cite web |title=Naval Vessel Register |url=https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Resources/Naval-Vessel-Register/ |website=Naval Sea Systems Command |access-date=3 January 2025}}
* {{cite web |title=Resources and Information |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/resources-and-information |website=Royal Navy |access-date=3 January 2025}}

[[Category:Directories]]
[[Category:Royal Navy]]
[[Category:Ship registration]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]