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Commander UK Task Group
The Commander United Kingdom Task Group (COMUKTG ) was a senior Royal Navy operational appointment from April 1992 to March 2015. In March 2015 the post was renamed Commander Amphibious Task Group. History In April 1992, the Royal Navy re-designated the First Flotilla the Surface Flotilla, would now be responsible for operational readiness and training. Flag Officer, Second Flotilla, Rear-Admiral John Brigstocke, became Commander UK Task Group - who would command any deployed task group. The Third Flotilla was abolished. Between 1992 and 2001 Commander UK Task Group reported to the Commander-in-Chief Fleet. In April 2001 COMUKTG was re-named Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces (COMUKMARFOR) at the rank of Rear-Admiral (2 star). The title COMUKTG remained in use but as a subordinate 1 star role under COMUKMARFOR. Following the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review and implemented in January 2011 the Commander UK Task Group became Deputy Commander United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Franklyn
Rear Admiral Peter Michael Franklyn, (born 10 September 1946) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training from 1996 to 1997. Naval career Educated at King's College, Taunton, Franklyn joined the Royal Navy in 1963.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, He became commanding officer of the frigate in 1980, Training Commander at Britannia Royal Naval College in 1982 and Staff Officer, Operations to the Flag Officer, 3rd Flotilla in 1982. He went on to be Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in August 1986, commanding officer of the destroyer in August 1988 and Captain of the School of Maritime Operations in January 1992. After that he became Director of Naval Officers' Appointments (seamen) in 1993, Commander United Kingdom Task Group in December 1994 and Flag Officer Sea Training in April 1996. He finally became Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla in July 1997, before retiring in April 2000. Franklyn was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commanders Of The Royal Navy
Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. Commander is also a generic term for an officer commanding any armed forces unit, for example "platoon commander", "brigade commander" and "squadron commander". In the police, terms such as "borough commander" and "incident commander" are used. Commander as a naval and air force rank Commander is a rank used in navies but is very rarely used as a rank in armies. The title, originally "master and commander", originated in the 18th century to describe naval officers who commanded ships of war too large to be commanded by a lieutenant but too small to warrant the assignment of a post-captain and (before about 1770) a sailing master; the commanding officer served as his own master. In practice, these were usually unrated sloops-of-war of no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMNB Portsmouth
His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport). Portsmouth Naval Base is part of the city of Portsmouth; it is located on the eastern shore of Portsmouth Harbour, north of the Solent and the Isle of Wight. Until the early 1970s, it was officially known as Portsmouth Royal Dockyard (or HM Dockyard, Portsmouth); thereafter the term 'Naval Base' gained currency, acknowledging a greater focus on personnel and support elements alongside the traditional emphasis on building, repairing and maintaining ships. In 1984 Portsmouth's Royal Dockyard function was downgraded and it was formally renamed the 'Fleet Maintenance and Repair Organisation' (FMRO). The FMRO was privatized in 1998, and for a time (from 2002 to 2014), shipbuilding, in the form of Shipbuilding#Modern shipbuilding manufacturing techniques, block construction, returned. Around 2000, the designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flotilla
A flotilla (from Spanish, meaning a small ''flota'' (fleet) of ships), or naval flotilla, is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet. Composition A flotilla is usually composed of a homogeneous group of the same class of warship, such as frigates, destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines, gunboats, or minesweepers. Groups of larger warships are usually called squadrons, but similar units of non-capital ships may be called squadrons in some instances, and flotillas in others. Formations including more than one capital ship, e.g. men-of-war, battleships, and aircraft carriers, typically alongside smaller ships and support craft, are typically called fleets, each portion led by a capital ship being a squadron or task force (see reference below). A flotilla is usually commanded by a rear admiral, a commodore or a captain, depending on the importance of the command (a vice admiral would normally command a squadron). A flotilla is often divided into two or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Kyd
Vice Admiral Jeremy Paul Kyd, (born 14 August 1967) is a former senior Royal Navy officer. He has served as the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey since October 2022. He formerly served as Fleet Commander from March 2019 to September 2021. Early life and education Kyd was born in August 1967. He was educated at King's School, Macclesfield, and the University of Southampton. Naval career Kyd was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 20 October 1990. He was given command of the frigate in 2004. Promoted to captain on 2 November 2009, he became the last commanding officer of in September 2010, commanding officer of in 2011 and commanding officer of the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in September 2012. In February 2014, Kyd was named as the first future seagoing captain of the British aircraft carrier as well as Commander United Kingdom Task Group. Kyd became commanding officer of HMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' in May 2016, replacing Captain Simon Petitt, the Senior Naval O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kingwell
Rear Admiral John Matthew Leonard Kingwell (born 26 August 1966) is a senior Royal Navy officer. He was Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2019 to 2020. Naval career Kingwell joined the Royal Navy in 1984. He served as commanding officer successively of the patrol boat HMS ''Pursuer'', the frigate HMS ''Argyll'' and the amphibious transport dock HMS ''Albion''. He went on to be Commander United Kingdom Task Group in January 2011 and in that role commanded the task group off Libya. After that he became Head of Naval Resources and Plans in November 2011, Director of the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre in October 2013 and Deputy Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in May 2016 before becoming Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in July 2019. He handed over the post to George Norton on 21 July 2020. Kingwell was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Morse
Rear Admiral James Anthony Morse, , is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability) and Controller of the Navy. Early life and education Morse was educated at the University of Bristol (BSc, 1985) and King's College London (MA International Relations, 2007). Naval career Morse joined the Royal Navy in 1982. He was given command of the Bristol University Royal Naval Unit and then the patrol craft in 1991. After promotion to lieutenant-commander on 1 January 1993, he attended the principal warfare officer's course in 1993, and became operations officer in the frigate . Having attended the specialist navigating officer's course, he became squadron navigator of the Fourth Frigate Squadron and was then given command of the frigate in 1997. He joined the Permanent Joint Headquarters in 1999 and was then made commanding officer of the frigate before becoming executive officer of the aircraft carrier in November 2001. He went on to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Potts
Vice Admiral Duncan Laurence Potts, (born 10 March 1961) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer. He served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability) and Controller of the Navy from 2013 to 2014, and as Director General of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom from September 2014 to 2018. Early life Potts was born on 10 March 1961 in Malta. He was educated at Wellington School in Somerset. Military career Potts joined the Royal Navy in 1979. He became commanding officer of the frigate in 1996, commanding officer of the destroyer in 1997 and a member of the policy and programmes cell at the Permanent Joint Headquarters in 1998 before becoming Commander Sea Training to the Flag Officer Sea Training in 1999. He was appointed commanding officer of the frigate as well as captain of the 4th Frigate Squadron in 2000 and deployed to the Middle East. Potts went on to be Captain Navy Plans and then military assistant to the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff at the Ministry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Williams (Royal Navy Officer)
Rear Admiral Bruce Nicholas Bromley Williams CBE is a retired Royal Navy officer. Naval career Williams joined the Royal Navy in 1980. He became commanding officer of the frigate HMS ''Norfolk'' in 1998 and commanding officer of the frigate in 2003. He went on to be commander of Combined Task Force 58 (Northern Gulf / Southern Iraq) in 2005 and then Commander United Kingdom Task Group and Deputy Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces in 2006. In late 2006 he was assigned to the command of Combined Task Force 150, a multinational squadron of ships serving under the US Fifth Fleet assigned to maritime security operations in the Indian Ocean. During this command, which coincided with the war in Somalia between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), backed by the forces of Ethiopia against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), Williams led the task force performing naval interdiction off the Somali coast of during the Battle of Ras Kamboni in January 2007 to prevent the escap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Rix
Rear Admiral Anthony John Rix CB (born 12 August 1956) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training. Naval career Educated at Sherborne School and Britannia Royal Naval College, Rix joined the Royal Navy in 1975.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, He became commanding officer of the destroyer HMS ''Glasgow'' in 1995, commanding officer of the frigate HMS ''Marlborough'' and commander of the 4th Frigate Squadron in June 1999 and Commodore, Devonport Flotilla in March 2002. He went on to be Director of Corporate Communications for the Royal Navy in January 2003, Commander United Kingdom Task Group in November 2003 and Flag Officer Sea Training in June 2006, with promotion to rear admiral on 4 July 2006. After that he became Chief of Staff to the Commander of Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe (NAVSOUTH) was a Component Command in NATO's Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH). Between 1951 and 1953, afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Forbes
Admiral Sir Ian Andrew Forbes, (born 24 October 1946) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. Naval career Educated at Eastbourne College, Forbes joined the Royal Navy in 1965. Forbes was given command of the patrol craft HMS ''Kingfisher'', the frigate HMS ''Diomede'', the frigate HMS ''Chatham'', and the aircraft carrier HMS ''Invincible''. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994 for his work in the Ministry of Defence on the Bosnian War. During his time in HMS ''Invincible'', he was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in 1996 following the ship's contribution to NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombing campaign against the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina. After promotion to rear admiral in 1996, Forbes was appointed Military Advisor to Carl Bildt at the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo charged with reconstructing Bosnia and Herz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
