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1916 02 29 Whereas by the Naval Prize Act, 1864, it is enacted that if Your Majesty is pleased in relation to any War to declare by Proclamation or Order in Council Your intention to grant Prize Bounty to the Officers and Crews of Your Majesty's Ships of War, then such of the Officers and Crews of Your Majesty's Ships of War as are actually present at the taking or destroying of any armed Ship of any of Your Majesty's enemies shall be entitled to have distributed among them as Prize Bounty a sum calculated at the rate of Five Pounds (�5) for each person on board the enemy's Ship at the beginning of the engagement, and that the amount of the Prize Bounty decreed as in the Act provided shall be paid by the Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury, out of money provided by Parliament, in such manner as any Order in Council may from time to time direct And whereas Your Majesty, by Order in Council dated the 2nd day of March, 1915, declared Your intention in relation to the present War to grant Prize Bounty to the Officers and Crews of Your Majesty's Ships of War, and directed that Prize Bounty as ascertained should be paid by the said Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury into the account of Your Majesty's Paymaster-General at the Bank of England for distribution under our direction among the Officers and Crews of Your Majesty's Ships of War entitled thereto in the shares in that behalf to be specified thereafter by Your Order in Council And whereas by the Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 1864, it is provided that money distributable among the Officers and Crews of any of Your Majesty's Ships of War in respect of (inter alia) any capture, recapture, or destruction of any ship, goods, or thing in time of War or Hostilities, so far as full provision respecting the distribution thereof is not made by or under any Act of Parliament other than that Act, shall be distributed under our direction in the shares in that behalf specified in any Royal Proclamation or Order in Council: We now therefore beg leave humbly to submit that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council, to authorize the distribution under our direction of all money decreed as Prize Bounty among the Officers and Crews of Your Majesty's Ships of War entitled thereto in the shares below mentioned: 1. The Flag Officer or Officers to have one-thirtieth part of the net amount distributable according to the following conditions and modifications: When there is but one Flag Officer he shall have the entire one-thirtieth part; when two Flag Officers shall be sharing together the Chief shall have two-thirds and the other Flag Officer shall have the remaining one-third of the one-thirtieth part; and when there shall be more than two Flag Officers the Chief shall have half of the said one-thirtieth part and the remaining half shall be equally divided among the Junior Flag Officers. Commodores of the First Class including Captains of the Fleet to share as Flag Officers. Every Commodore having a Captain. under him may be esteemed a Flag Officer whether he is Commanding-in-Chief or serving, under Command. No Flag Officer shall share in the distribution unless he was in fact on board one of Your Majesty's Ships or Vessels of War actually present at the taking or destroying of the armed enemy Ship in question. 2. Any Officer on board any of Your Majesty's Ships or Vessels of War actually present at the taking or destroying of any armed Ship of Your Majesty's enemies who shall have more Commissions than one share be entitled only to share according to the share allotted to him by the above-mentioned distribution in respect to his superior Commission or Office. 3. Every Chief of the Staff not of Flag Rank shall share as Captain in Command or Captain not in Command as the case may be 4. The Officer or Officers actually in Command of Your Majesty's Ships and Commanders serving as Executive Officers in Ships commanded by Captains may divide one-tenth part of the remainder, or, if there is no Flag Officer to share, one-tenth part of the whole amount distributable in the following proportions: Where the Officer is in Command of a Ship singly entitled to an award, and has not a Commander as Executive Officer under him,. he shall take the whole one-tenth part. Where Commanding Officers of various Ranks, and Commanders serving as Executive Officers as aforesaid share jointly, the one-tenth part shall be so divided into parts as to provide for each Captain Commanding receiving six parts, each Commander Commanding or Commander serving as Executive Officer under a Captain, three parts, and each Lieutenant-Commander, Lieutenant, or other Officer, actually commanding, two parts. 5. After provision shall thus have been made for the Flag share (if any), and for the, Commanding Officer or Officers and others as above specified, the remainder of the net amount distributable shall be distributed in Classes, so that each Officer man and boy composing the rest of the complements of Your Majesty's Ships and Vessels of War, and actually present on board at such taking or destroying, and every person present and assisting shall receive shares or a share according to his Class, as set forth in the following scale, the relative ranks mentioned being those laid down in the Regulations and Instructions for the Government of Your Majesty's Naval Service, the Instructions for the Government of the Coast-guard Service, and the Regulations for the Government of the various classes of the Reserves, or, if not so laid down, as determined by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
6. Supernumerary Officers and men doing duty in Your Majesty's Ships and Vessels of War shall share according to the Ranks which they hold in the Service. 7. No Interpreter unless holding some Rank or Rating in the Service or otherwise forming part of the Officers and Crews of Your Majesty's Ships of War shall share in any award. 8. Officers and others holding Acting Appointments superior to their Substantive Ranks or Ratings, and who are in receipt of the pay of such Acting Appointments, shall share according to such Acting Rank. 9. All persons temporarily employed in Your Majesty's Naval Forces shall share in the Classes to which the Ranks or Ratings to which they are temporarily appointed may belong or be deemed equivalent. 10. In the event of any difficulty arising with respect to any of these Rules, or if any case should occur not herein provided for, or not sufficiently provided for, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty shall be competent to issue such directions thereon as may appear just and expedient. 1916 10 24 Present, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by the Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 1864, it is provided that money distributable among the Officers and Crews of any of His Majesty's Ships of War in respect of Awards made in the several cases therein mentioned, so far as full provision respecting the distribution thereof is not made by or under any Act of Parliament other than that Act, shall be distributed under the direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in the shares in that behalf specified in any Royal Proclamation or Order in Council And whereas Her late Majesty Queen Victoria was graciously pleased, by Her Royal Proclamation of the 17th September, 1900, to regulate, according to the Scheme set forth therein or recognised thereby, the distribution of the net proceeds of prizes captured from the enemy, of captures and seizures under the several Acts of Parliament passed relating to the Revenues of Customs, and to Trade and Navigation, for the abolition of the Slave Trade, for the capture and destruction of Pirates and Piratical Vessels, and of the rewards conferred for the same, as also of the awards for all salvage granted to the Crews of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels of War, when not otherwise specially apportioned by the terms of the respective awards and allowances And whereas by an Order in Council dated the 28th August, 1914, His Majesty was pleased to cancel that part of the above-mentioned Proclamation which related to the distribution of the net proceeds of Prizes captured from the Enemy And whereas by an Order in Council dated the 29th February, 1916, His Majesty was pleased to declare that money distributable as Prize Bounty for the taking or destroying of any armed Ship of any of His Majesty's enemies should be distributed in the shares mentioned in the said Order And whereas it is expedient that certain modifications should be made with respect to the manner in which Commanders serving under Captains in His Majesty's Ships should share, and further that there should be one scale for the distribution of all net proceeds and awards distributable in the nature of Prize Money, arising from all Services as aforesaid, other than the distribution of the proceeds of the capture of Prize of War Now, therefore, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to cancel the above-mentioned Proclamation of the 17th September, 1900, and the Order in Council of the 29th February, 1916, and to authorize the distribution under the direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty of all Prize Bounty, also the net proceeds of Captures and Seizures under the several Acts of Parliament passed relating to the Revenues of Customs, and to Trade and Navigation, for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, for the Capture and Destruction of Pirates and Piratical Vessels, and of the Rewards conferred for the same, and also of the Awards for all Salvage granted to the Crews of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels of War, when not otherwise specially apportioned by the Terms of the respective Awards and Allowances, and all other Monies whatsoever granted to be shared among the Officers and Chews of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the manner of Prize Money, except those arising from Prize of War, in the shares and under the Regulations set forth below. 1. The Flag Officer or Officers to have one thirtieth part of the net amount distributable according to the following conditions and modifications: When there is but one Flag Officer he shall have the entire one-thirtieth part; when two Flag Officers shall be sharing together the Chief shall have two-thirds and the other Flag Officer shall have the remaining one-third of the one-thirtieth part; and when there shall be more than two Flag Officers the Chief shall have half of the said one-thirtieth part and the remaining half shall be equally divided among the Junior Flag Officers. Commodores of the First Class, including Captains of the Fleet, to share as Flag Officers. Every Commodore having a Captain under him may be esteemed a Flag Officer whether he is Commanding-in-Chief or serving under Command. No Flag Officer shall share in any distribution of Prize Bounty unless he was in fact on board one of His Majesty's Ships or Vessels of War actually present at the taking or destroying of the armed enemy Ship in question. No Flag Officer, unless actually present at the capture or destruction of any Pirates or Piratical Ship, Vessel, or Boat, shall share in any distribution of the proceeds or bounty in respect of such Pirates, or of the Crews of such Piratical Ship, Vessel, or Boat. No Flag Officer shall share in any remuneration or award conferred or awarded to the Crew of any of His Majesty's Ships or Vessels as salvage, unless he shall have been actually on board the Ship or Vessel to which the award shall be made, or have personally aided and assisted in the transaction at the time the service was rendered. 2. Any Officer on board any of His Majesty's Ships or Vessels of War actually present at the taking or destroying of any armed Ship of His Majesty's enemies or otherwise entitled to share in any award who shall have more Commissions than one shall be entitled only to share according to the share allotted to him by the above-mentioned distribution in respect to his superior Commission or Office. 3. Every Chief of the Staff not of Flag Rank shall share as Captain in Command or Captain not in Command as the case may be. 4. The Officer or Officers actually in Command of His Majesty's Ships and the. Commander next in command in Ships commanded by Captains may divide one-tenth part of the remainder, or, if there is no Flag Officer to share, one-tenth part of the whole amount distributable, in the following proportions: Where the Officer is in command of a Ship singly entitled to an award, and has not a Commander as Second in Command under him, he shall take the whole one-tenth part. Where Commanding Officers of various Ranks; and Commanders serving under Captains as aforesaid share jointly, the one-tenth part shall be so divided into parts as to provide for each Captain Commanding receiving six parts, each Commander Commanding or Commander serving as Second in Command, under a Captain, three parts, and each Lieutenant-Commander, Lieutenant, or other Officer, actually commanding, two parts. 5. After provision shall thus have been made for the Flag share (if any), and for the Commanding Officer or Officers, and others as above specified, the remainder of the net amount distributable shall be distributed in Classes, so that each Officer, Man, and Boy, composing the rest of the complements of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels of War, and actually present on board at the time of such Service, and every person present and assisting shall receive shares or a share according to his Class, as set forth in the following scale, the relative Ranks mentioned being those laid down in the Regulations and Instructions for the Government of His Majesty's Naval Service, the Instructions for the Government of the Coast-guard Service, and the Regulations for the Government of the various classes of the Reserves, or, if not so laid down, as determined by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
6. Supernumerary Officers and Men doing duty in His Majesty's Ships and Vessels of War shall share according to the Ranks which they hold in the Service. 7. No Interpreter unless holding some Rank or Rating in the Service or otherwise forming part of the Officers and Crews of His Majesty's Ships of War shall share in any award. 8. Officers and others holding Acting Appointments superior to their Substantive Ranks or Ratings and who are in receipt of the pay of such Acting Appointments, shall share according to such Acting Rank. 9. All persons temporarily employed in His Majesty's Naval Forces shall share in the Glasses to which the Ranks or Ratings to which they are temporarily appointed may belong or be deemed equivalent. 10. In the event of any difficulty arising with respect to any of these Rules, or if any case should occur not herein provided for, or not sufficiently provided for, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty shall be competent to issue such directions thereon as may appear just and expedient. 11. The distribution herein ordered shall take effect forthwith as regards money decreed as Prize Bounty, but the proceeds arising from all captures, seizures, salvage, and other services as aforesaid, made or performed prior to the date of this Order shall be distributed in accordance with the Proclamation in force at the time of such captures, seizures, or services respectively, and applicable thereto. 1926 11 09 Present, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas. there was this day read at the Board a Memorial from the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 11th day of August, 1926, (N.P. (2) 2165/26), in the words following, viz. : Whereas by the Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 1864, it is enacted, inter alia, that the several shares of any money distributable among the Officers and Crew of any of Your Majesty's Ships of War in the several cases enumerated in the said Act shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto in such manner, and subject and according to such restrictions, conditions and provisions, as may from time to time be directed by Order in Council: And whereas it is by the said Act also enacted that Your Majesty in Council may, from time to time, make such Orders as may seem meet for the better execution of the said Act: And whereas, in pursuance: of the said Act, certain Regulations as to the manner and incidence of payment of such shares as aforesaid were made by Order in Council, dated the 6th February, 1917 And whereas we consider it no longer necessary to keep Prize Money accounts open so long as forty years from the date of distribution as provided by Clause 9 of the aforesaid Order in Council: We beg humbly to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased by Your Order in Council to sanction the reduction of the period to ten years from the date of distribution, awards still open at this date, which will have been over 10 years in distribution on 31st December, 1926, being finally closed as from that date. The Lords. Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in this proposal. His Majesty, having taken the said Memorial into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to approve of what is therein proposed. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. ^ back to top ^ |