By 1546 there was a permanent committee, the Navy Board, for the management of naval administration.

With the outbreak of civil war in 1642, he moved into both military and naval administration.

As a Vice-Admiral, the post holder was the chief of naval administration for his district.

Several trials called public attention to the abuses and disorder within the naval administration.

He was a secretary and chief auditor in the naval administration in the 1740s.

Though individual ships were well-maintained and controlled, naval administration was lacking.

Accusations of corruption in his naval administration, and especially during the Dutch war, were brought against him, but there is no real evidence for this.

Not surprisingly, secretaries were often members of families already prominent in the Navy or naval administration.

The university operated under the supervision of the German naval administration, but was recognized and supported financially by the Chinese government.

He was succeeded as head of the naval administration by Friedrich von Pöck.