Royal Navy Pay 1950 to 1985

How much did you earn during your time in the Service?

Written by Godfrey Dykes

© RN Communications Branch Museum/Library

The matrix below shows the many titles and subjects of Royal Naval pay which HMS CENTURION developed at the end of the 1960's, at a time when pay was computerised for the first time.

If you can remember your RANK or RATING, your dates of service, branch and speciality, and if married, your family details for MA/ BSA/ FAMILY LOA etc, you can work out your Naval earnings and have fun comparing them with your pre and post Naval Service earnings. (The hieroglyphics in each box is HMS Centurion's computer recognition key).


Attaches Allowance AALL	Accompanist Pay ACP	Lodging & Ratio Allowance LODG/AMA	Responsibility Pay Command Money AR	Extra Pay Porton/Cambridge CDEE	ROYAL NAVY PAY AND ALLOWANCES USED AT VARIOUS STAGES DURING THE PERIOD 1950 TO 1985. Look below to the CLICKABLE MATRIX to look at each separate PAY AWARD Remember the BACK button for navigation!	Child Education Allowance CEA	Cost of Living Safeguard CLS	Child Maintenance Allowances CMA	Committal Bonus COMM	Consultant Pay CONP
Convertible Travel Refunds CONV	Disturbance Allowance DA	Diploma Pay DIP	Dip Money DP	Entertaining Allowance EA		Flying Extra Pay FEP	Free Fuel Allowance FFA	Family Maintenance Grant FMG	Hard Lying Money HLM	Home to Duty Travel Allowance HTD
Instructor Pay INST	Instructor Officers Assistants Pay IOAP	Kit Upkeep Allowance KUA	Language Awards LANG	Local Overseas Allowance LOA		Ration Allowance RA	London Allowance LOND	Loan Service Pay LOSP	Long Service Advance of Pay - House Purchase LSAP	Length of Service Pay LSP
Master-at-Arms Pay MAP	Missed Meals Payment MMP	Meals Out Allowance MOA	Northern Ireland Additional Pay NIAP	Overseas Family Allowance OFA		Outfit Gratuities OG	Overseas Rental Allowance ORA	Basic Pay PAY	Part Time Service Instructor Pay PTSI	Pay for Work Under Unpleasant Conditions PWUC
Removal Expenses RE	Re-Engaging Grants and Gratuities RENG	Salvage Awards SALV	Service Gratuity SGAT	Shorthand Typist Pay SHP		Settling In Advance SIA	Special Messing Allowance SMA	Senior Specialist Pay SNSP	Separation Pay SP	Specialist Pay General SPEC
Specialist Pay - Diving SSD	Specialist Pay - Submarine Escape SSES	Specialist Pay - Flying SSF	Specialist Pay - Flying Training SSFT	Specialist Pay - Hydrographic SSHY		Specialist Pay - Parachute SSPP	Specialist Pay - Parachute Training SSPT	Specialist Pay - Submarine SSSM	Shorthand Writers Pay SWP	Service Travelling Expenses or Subsistence allowance TE
Table Money TM	Uniform Grant UG	Uniform Upkeep Allowance UUA	Supplemental Pay 332	Interpreter Pay 389		Permanent Commission Grant 452	Special Bounties - SL Officers 456	DNEdS Examination Fees 490	Fees for Setting and Marking Examination Papers 502	Pilotage Fees 516
Tuition Allowance 688	LS & GC Gratuity 842	Marriage Allowance (Last used in the 1960's) before computerisation	Table 1 (Excel) - if you have Excel on your machine and you are au fait with its use, use it to do your pay calculations on. Otherwise use Table 2 opposite			Table (Word) - this method gives you a TABLE covering 2 years which you can print and then complete.		Badge Money (Last used in the 1960's) before computerisation	Service Gratuities 846	Short Service Gratuity 848

Rates of Pay, Conditions of Retirement, Uniform Regulations, Entry Regulations etc


1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
June and December	Jun and December	June and December	June and December	June and December	June and December	June and December	June	June	June

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1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
April	NO PAY RISE!	April	See 1962	April	No Pay Rise	February	No Pay Rise	April	April

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1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
April	August	AFPRB Report and April	AFPRB Report and April	April and Allowances and Supplement	April and Allowances and Supplement	May and Supplement	April	April an Supplement	AFPRB and Allowances and Supplement

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		1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
		May and AFPRB	May and AFPRB and Supplement	May and AFPRB and Supplement	May and AFPRB and Supplement	AFPRB and Supplement	AFPRB and Supplement

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Other Pay Issues	Kit Upkeep Allowances	Takes some believing