The Fleet Commander is a senior

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post, responsible for the operation, resourcing and training of the ships, submarines and aircraft, and personnel, of the

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. The Vice-Admiral incumbent is required to provide ships, submarines and aircraft ready for operations, and is based at

Navy Command Headquarters Navy Command is the current headquarters body of the Royal Navy, and as of 2012 its major organisational grouping. It is a hybrid, neither a command, nor simply an installation. Royal Navy official writings describe Navy Command Headquarters both ...

. The post was created in April 2012 following a reorganisation of the Royal Navy and a re-designation of the former role of

Commander-in-Chief Fleet The Commander-in-Chief Fleet (CINCFLEET) was the admiral responsible for the operations of the ships, submarines and aircraft of the British Royal Navy from 1971 until April 2012. The post was subordinate to the First Sea Lord, the professional he ...

Responsibilities

The Fleet Commander's purpose is to provide ships, submarines and aircraft ready for any operations that the Government requires. The Fleet Commander's major subordinates included as of September 2020: * Commander Operations *

Commander United Kingdom Strike Force Commander United Kingdom Strike Force (COMUKSTRKFOR or CSF) and Rear Admiral Surface Ships (RASS) is a senior post in the Royal Navy. The post is the highest seagoing command in the Royal Navy. Its role is to direct UK, Allied or Coalition mar ...

* Director Force Generation - Commodore

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was promoted to Rear Admiral and became Director 14 January 2022 on the promotion of Martin Connell to Vice Admiral and Connell's appointment as Second Sea Lord. *

Commandant General Royal Marines The Commandant General Royal Marines is the professional head of the Royal Marines. The title has existed since 1943. The role is held by a General who is assisted by a Deputy Commandant General, with the rank of brigadier. This position is not t ...

The previous post of Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Training)/Flag Officer Sea Training was disestablished in May-June 2020. It was superseded by

Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training Fleet Operational Sea Training (FOST) is a Royal Navy training organisation. Up until May 2020, the Flag Officer Sea Training led a training organisation responsible for ensuring that Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels were fit to join ...

, and in the process the senior Sea Training officer was regraded downwards from a Rear Admiral to a Commodore. The

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equivalent is

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. The RAF's Deputy Commander (Operations) is the close equivalent of the two positions.

Responsibilities

List of Fleet Commanders

Fleet Commander

Deputy Fleet Commander

See also

References

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