Storekeeper of the Navy

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Royal Navy appointment administrative position naval office

The Storekeeper of the Navy was a principal administrative officer of the Royal Navy responsible for managing naval stores, supplies, and dockyard inventories.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Director of Stores (Royal Navy)	1
Storekeeper of the Navy canonical	1
Surveyor of the Navy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2094206 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Storekeeper of the Navy
Context triple: [Navy Board, hasMember, Storekeeper of the Navy]

A. Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board
The Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing the records, correspondence, and day-to-day bureaucratic operations of the English Royal Navy’s governing body in the 17th century.
B. Treasurer of the Navy
The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
C. Lieutenant of the Admiralty
The Lieutenant of the Admiralty was a senior naval administrative and judicial officer in England who acted as the principal deputy to the Lord High Admiral, overseeing maritime legal and operational matters.
D. Storekeeper of the Ordnance
The Storekeeper of the Ordnance was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing and overseeing the storage, maintenance, and issue of military supplies and equipment for the British Board of Ordnance.
E. Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation was a former senior U.S. Navy administrative position responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Chief of Naval Personnel.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Storekeeper of the Navy
Target entity description: The Storekeeper of the Navy was a principal administrative officer of the Royal Navy responsible for managing naval stores, supplies, and dockyard inventories.

A. Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board
The Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing the records, correspondence, and day-to-day bureaucratic operations of the English Royal Navy’s governing body in the 17th century.
B. Treasurer of the Navy
The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
C. Lieutenant of the Admiralty
The Lieutenant of the Admiralty was a senior naval administrative and judicial officer in England who acted as the principal deputy to the Lord High Admiral, overseeing maritime legal and operational matters.
D. Storekeeper of the Ordnance
The Storekeeper of the Ordnance was a senior administrative officer responsible for managing and overseeing the storage, maintenance, and issue of military supplies and equipment for the British Board of Ordnance.
E. Chief of the Bureau of Navigation
The Chief of the Bureau of Navigation was a former senior U.S. Navy administrative position responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Chief of Naval Personnel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy appointment ⓘ administrative position ⓘ naval office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Royal Navy dockyards ⓘ Royal Navy ordnance stores ⓘ linked to: Royal Navy shore establishments Royal Navy victualling yards ⓘ linked to: Royal Navy shore establishments
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	19th century (approximate) ⓘ
fieldOfWork	dockyard administration ⓘ military supply chain management ⓘ naval logistics ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	dockyard storehouses ⓘ naval stores depots ⓘ
hasCategory	Defunct United Kingdom military appointments ⓘ Royal Navy logistics ⓘ
hasDuty	custody of government naval property ⓘ issue of stores to ships and dockyards ⓘ management of dockyard inventories ⓘ management of naval stores ⓘ management of naval supplies ⓘ prevention of waste and embezzlement of naval stores ⓘ procurement support for naval materiel ⓘ record‑keeping of stores and materials ⓘ reporting to the Navy Board on stores ⓘ stocktaking and auditing of naval stores ⓘ supervision of subordinate storekeepers ⓘ
inception	17th century (approximate) ⓘ
isHistoricVersionOf	Director of Stores (Royal Navy) ⓘ linked to: Storekeeper of the Navy modern naval logistics officer roles ⓘ
isPartOf	Navy Board ⓘ
location	Admiralty ⓘ linked to: The Admiralty London ⓘ linked to: London, England
partOf	Royal Navy ⓘ
reportsTo	Navy Board ⓘ
responsibleFor	accuracy of naval store ledgers ⓘ distribution of equipment to ships ⓘ inventory control of general naval stores ⓘ inventory control of masts, spars, and rigging ⓘ inventory control of sails and canvas ⓘ inventory control of tools and dockyard equipment ⓘ safe keeping of naval materials ⓘ storage conditions of naval supplies ⓘ
supervises	clerks of the stores ⓘ storekeepers at Royal Navy dockyards ⓘ
usedInPeriod	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Navy Board → hasMember → Surveyor of the Navy ⓘ

linked to: Storekeeper of the Navy

Navy Board → hasMember → Storekeeper of the Navy ⓘ

Storekeeper of the Navy → isHistoricVersionOf → Director of Stores (Royal Navy) ⓘ