&sq=Jeanne Shaheen&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_the_Transport_Board_and_Transport_Branch_Royal_Navy_(1794-1832).png) The Flag of the Transport Board and later Transport Branch in 1832 | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1690-1724, 1794-1817 |
| Jurisdiction |  Kingdom of England  Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Headquarters | Dorset Square, Canon Row, Westminster, London |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | HM Treasury |
The Transport Board was a British government organisation responsible periodically (between the late 17th and early 19th centuries) for the overseas transport of troops and horses, arms and ammunition, naval and military supplies, provisions and other items. It is also referred to as the Board of Transport and the Transport Office.[1] [2]
The Board existed between 1690 and 1724, and again between 1794 and 1817. In both these periods it was constituted and functioned as a subsidiary board of HM Treasury, but at the same time it had a necessarily close working relationship with the Admiralty, being staffed by naval officers and funded through the Naval Estimate.[3]
Latterly the Board took on additional responsibilities: for the transportation of convicts, for the care and custody of prisoners of war and for the care of sick and wounded seamen.
- ^ Roger Morriss (2004). Naval power and British culture, 1760-1850: public trust and government ideology. pp. 60, 195, 222. ISBN 0-7546-3031-5.
- ^ Philip J. Haythornthwaite (2001). Nelson's Navy. p. 14. ISBN 1-85532-334-6.
- ^ Sutcliffe, Robert Keith (2013). Bringing Forward Shipping for Government Service: The Indispensable Role of the Transport Service 1793-1815 (PDF). pp. 1–18. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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