The Flag Officer, Third Flotilla was the senior

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appointment in command of the Third Flotilla from 1979 to 1992. The Western Fleet and

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were merged into the single

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in 1971. He had three new seagoing subordinates:

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and

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(FOCAS) each commanded by a rear admiral. In December 1979 the post of FOCAS was re-named ''Flag Officer, Third Flotilla'' (FOF3). From 1981-1992 the Flag Officer Third Flotilla commanded the aircraft carriers; amphibious Ships; the Fleet Training Ship; and destroyers not allocated to First or Second Flotillas. In April 1992, the Third Flotilla was abolished, and the remaining two flotilla commanders became

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- responsible for operational readiness and training and

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(COMUKTG), who would command any deployed task group.

Flag Officers commanding

Included: * Rear-Admiral Peter G.M. Herbert: November 1979-December 1979 * Vice-Admiral Sir John M.H. Cox: December 1979 – 1981 * Vice-Admiral Sir John M.H. Cox: December 1981-March 1982 * Rear-Admiral Derek R. Reffell: March 1982-August 1983 * Vice-Admiral Sir Richard G.A. Fitch: August 1983-October 1985 * Vice-Admiral Sir J.Julian R. Oswald: October 1985-April 1987 * Rear-Admiral Hugo M. White: April 1987-October 1988 * Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Grose: October 1988-March 1990 * Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Nicholas J. Hill-Norton: March 1990-April 1992

Notes

References

* Mackie, Colin (2018). "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Scotland, UK. * Roberts, John (2009). Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing. . * Smith, Gordon (2015)
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