The professional head of the

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 Fr ...

is known as the

First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is the military head of the Royal Navy and Naval Service of the United Kingdom. The First Sea Lord is usually the highest ranking and most senior admiral to serve in the British Armed Fo ...

(1SL/CNS). There are presently two senior subordinates to the 1SL: the

Second Sea Lord The Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (formerly Second Sea Lord) is deputy to the First Sea Lord and the second highest-ranking officer to currently serve in the Royal Navy and is responsible for personnel and naval shore establish ...

, who is also the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff; and the

Fleet Commander The Fleet Commander is a senior Royal Navy post, responsible for the operation, resourcing and training of the ships, submarines and aircraft, and personnel, of the Naval Service. The Vice-Admiral incumbent is required to provide ships, submarine ...

Fleets up until 2012

* Atlantic Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet (1909–1914, 1919–1932) *

Battle Cruiser Fleet The Battle Cruiser Fleet, (BCF), later known as Battle Cruiser Force, a naval formation of fast battlecruisers of the Royal Navy, operated from 1915 to 1919. History The Fleet was formed on 11 February 1915 when the Admiralty ordered the deployme ...

(1915–19) *

British Pacific Fleet The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a Royal Navy formation that saw action against Japan during the Second World War. The fleet was composed of empire naval vessels. The BPF formally came into being on 22 November 1944 from the remaining ships o ...

- Commander-in-Chief British Pacific Fleet (1944–1945) *

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 ...

(1971-2012, succeeded by post of

) *

Channel Fleet The Channel Fleet and originally known as the Channel Squadron was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel from 1854 to 1909 and 1914 to 1915. History Throughout the course of Royal Navy's history the ...

- Commander-in-Chief Channel Fleet (1904-1909, 1914-1915) * Channel Squadron - Vice-Admiral, Commanding Channel Squadron (1859-1904) - designated Fleet *

Eastern Fleet Eastern may refer to: Transportation *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai *Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways * Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air L ...

- Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet (formerly only C-in-Cs East Indies, Australia and China Stations), 1941-1971. *

First Fleet The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships that brought the first European and African settlers to Australia. It was made up of two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports. On 13 May 1787 the fleet under the command o ...

- Commander-in-Chief First Fleet, (1912–14) *

Far East Fleet The Far East Fleet (also called the Far East Station) was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1952 and 1971. During the Second World War, the Eastern Fleet included many ships and personnel from other navies, including those of the ...

- Commander, Far East Fleet c.1952-1971 *

Grand Fleet The Grand Fleet was the main battlefleet of the Royal Navy during the First World War. It was established in August 1914 and disbanded in April 1919. Its main base was Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. History Formed in August 1914 from the F ...

- Commander-in-Chief Grand Fleet (1914-1918) *

Home Fleet The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated from the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967. In 1967, it was merged with the Mediterranean Fleet creating the new Western Fleet. Before the Firs ...

- Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet (1902–1904 and 1932–1967) *

Mediterranean Fleet The British Mediterranean Fleet, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was a formation of the Royal Navy. The Fleet was one of the most prestigious commands in the navy for the majority of its history, defending the vital sea link between t ...

- Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean (1690–1967) *

North Sea Fleet The Northern Theater Command Navy (), or the North Sea Fleet (NSF; ) is one of the three fleets of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, under the Northern Theater Command. In September 1950 the Qingdao Army Base was redesignated as a naval ...

, Commander-in-Chief, North Sea Fleet, (1781-1815) *

Reserve Fleet A reserve fleet is a collection of naval vessels of all types that are fully equipped for service but are not currently needed; they are partially or fully decommissioned. A reserve fleet is informally said to be "in mothballs" or "mothballed"; ...

- Vice Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet (interwar, at least since 1928 (1700 - 1960) * Second Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Second Fleet, (1912–14) *

Third Fleet The United States Third Fleet is one of the numbered fleets in the United States Navy. Third Fleet's area of responsibility includes approximately fifty million square miles of the eastern and northern Pacific Ocean areas including the Bering ...

- Commander-in-Chief Third Fleet, (1912–14) *

Western Fleet The Red Sea Fleet Command or officially Western Fleet (WF), also called ''" West Coast Fleet ",'' is a regional naval fleet and one of the two main formations of the Saudi Arabian Navy, with headquarters at Royal Naval Base at Jeddah, Western Pr ...

- Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet (1967–1971)

Historic commands

Included:

Commanders-in-Chief

* Commander-in-Chief, Africa, HQ Simonstown (1920–1939) (succeeded by South Atlantic from 1939). * Commander-in-Chief, Australia, HQ

Admiralty House, Sydney Admiralty House is the Sydney official residence of the governor-general of Australia. It is located in the suburb of Kirribilli, on the northern foreshore of Sydney Harbour (adjacent to Kirribilli House, which is the Sydney official residence ...

(1859–1913) *

Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland The Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland was both an admiral's post and a naval formation of the Royal Navy. It was based at Queenstown, now Cobh, in Ireland from 1797 to 1919. The admiral's headquarters was at Admiralty House, Cobh. History T ...

, HQ Queenstown, now called

Cobh Cobh ( ,), known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. With a population of around 13,000 inhabitants, Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour and home to Ireland's ...

, (1915-1919) * Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland (1919 to 1939, replaced Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth in 1919, and reverted to Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth in 1939) *

Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station The Commander-in-Chief, Africa was the last title of a Royal Navy's formation commander located in South Africa from 1795 to 1939. Under varying titles, it was one of the longest-lived formations of the Royal Navy. It was also often known as the C ...

, (1795–1939) *

Commander-in-Chief, China The Commander-in-Chief, China was the admiral in command of what was usually known as the China Station, at once both a British Royal Navy naval formation and its admiral in command. It was created in 1865 and deactivated in 1941. From 1831 to 18 ...

, HQ

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

and Wei Hai Wei (1865–1941) * Commander-in-Chief, Cork (1797-1848) * Commander-in-Chief, Devonport, (1845-1896) * Commander-in-Chief, The Downs - (1717–1834) * Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, HQ Colombo Sri Lanka (Ceylon) (1865–1941) * Commander-in-Chief, Dover - (1914–1945) * Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China, HQ

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

(1831–1865) * Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica (1655-1823) merged with North America and West Indies Station. *

Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands The Leeward Islands Station originally known as the Commander-in-Chief at Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands was a formation or command of the Kingdom of Great Britain and then the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed at English Harbour, Antigua ...

(1743–1821), * Commander-in-Chief, Medway, (1698-1699) * Commander-in-Chief, Medway and at the Nore, (1747-1797) * Commander-in-Chief

Naval Home Command Naval Home Command administered training and garrison functions for the Royal Navy from 1969-2012. Its commander was Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (CINCNAVHOME). History As the Royal Navy's size decreased during the Cold War, commands wer ...

(CINCNAVHOME) (1969-2012) * Commander-in-Chief, Newfoundland / Commodore-Governor (1729-1825) * Commander in Chief, North Atlantic (1939–1945) *

Commander-in-Chief, The Nore The Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally known as the Nore Station or Nore Command. The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the T ...

(1745-1747), (1797-1834), (1899-1961) * Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies, HQ Bermuda (from southern Brazil to Greenland) (1745–1956) *

Commander-in-Chief, Pacific The Pacific Station was created in 1837 as one of the geographical military formations into which the Royal Navy divided its worldwide responsibilities. The South America Station was split into the Pacific Station and the South East Coast of A ...

HQ Valparaíso (1837–1865) Esquimalt (1865–1905) *

Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth The Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. The commanders-in-chief were based at premises in High Street, Portsmouth from the 1790s until the end of Sir Thomas Williams's tenure, his succes ...

(1667-1969) - (merged with CinC Plymouth into CinCNAVHOME) *

Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth The Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Plymouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the admiral's command. Between 1845 and 1896, this offic ...

(1743-1845), (1896-1969) (merged with CinC Portsmouth into CinCNAVHOME) * Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown (1848-1876) *

Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Navy The Royal Indian Navy (RIN) was the naval force of British India and the Dominion of India. Along with the Presidency armies, later the Indian Army, and from 1932 the Royal Indian Air Force, it was one of the Armed Forces of British India. Fr ...

(1947-1950) * Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth, (1913-1919 and 1939-1946; was renamed Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland from 1919 to 1939) * Commander-in-Chief, Sheerness, (1834-1899) * Commander-in-Chief, South America HQ Valparaíso (circa 1826–1837) * Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and Pacific. Vice-Admiral

Doveton Sturdee Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet (9 June 18597 May 1925) was a Royal Navy officer. After training as a torpedo officer, he commanded two different cruisers and then three different battleships before becomi ...

's title when sent south in 1914 to destroy the German East Asia Squadron after the

Battle of Coronel The Battle of Coronel was a First World War Imperial German Navy victory over the Royal Navy on 1 November 1914, off the coast of central Chile near the city of Coronel. The East Asia Squadron (''Ostasiengeschwader'' or ''Kreuzergeschwader'') ...

. Resulted in the

Battle of the Falkland Islands The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after their defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, s ...

. Title never reused. *

Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic The Commander-in-Chief South Atlantic was an operational commander of the Royal Navy from 1939. The South American area was added to his responsibilities in 1960, and the post disestablished in 1967. Immediately before the outbreak of the Se ...

Freetown Freetown is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educ ...

(1939–1958) * Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America, (1958-1967) * Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America HQ Falkland Islands (1838–1905) *

Commander-in-Chief, Thames The Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally known as the Nore Station or Nore Command. The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the Th ...

, (1695-1696) *

Commander-in-Chief, Thames and Medway The Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally known as the Nore Station or Nore Command. Nore, The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of t ...

, (1707-1711) * Commander-in-Chief, Thames, Medway and Nore, (1711-1745) *

Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches was the commander of a major operational command of the Royal Navy during World War II. The admiral commanding, and his forces, sometimes informally known as 'Western Approaches Command,' were responsib ...

- the area from west of Portland to Clyde, HQ Liverpool (1939–1945) *

Commander-in-Chief on the Lisbon Station The Lisbon station also known as Lisbon Station and Coast of Spain was a formation of the British Navy operating off the coast of Portugal from 1779 to 1782 before being disbanded and then again from 1783 until 1841. History The Lisbon station c ...

- (1779-1841)

Admirals Commanding

Admiral Commanding, Coastguard and Reserves C, or c, is the third letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''cee'' (pronounced ), plural ''cees''. History "C" ...

, (1903-1923). *

Admiral Commanding, Reserves The Admiral Commanding, Reserves, was a senior Royal Navy post that existed from 1875 to 1976. History Before 1857 the HM Coast Guard was attached to the Customs Service for revenue duties, and was a Controller-General of the Coastguard. In Jan ...

, (1923-1976) * Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands,(1914–1945), Admiral commanding was in charge of the Northern Patrol Force. *

Admiral Commanding Western Squadron W, or w, is the 23rd letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. It represents a consonant, but in some languages it represents a vowel. Its n ...

(1650-1849) * Admiral of Patrols, (1912-1916) *

Admiral Superintendent, Contract-Built Ships Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navy, navies. In the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general officer, general in the army or the air force, and is above ...

* Admirals-Superintendent on the Clyde * Admiral Superintendent, Chatham, (1832-1951) * Admiral-Superintendent, Devonport, (1885-1930) * Admiral-Superintendent of Esquimalt Dockyard, (1842 to 1905) * Admiral-Superintendent, Gibraltar, (1898-1945) * Admiral-Superintendent, Halifax Dockyard * Admiral Superintendent, Malta, (1832-1934) *

Admiral Superintendent, Naval Reserves N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''. History ...

, (1875-1903) * Admiral Superintendent, Plymouth, (1846-1970) *

Admiral-Superintendent, Portsmouth The Admiral-superintendent, Portsmouth was the Royal Navy officer in command of the Naval Dockyard. Portsmouth from 1832 to 1971; prior to this date a resident Commissioner of the Navy Board had had oversight of the yard, since 1649. In May 1971 co ...

, (1832-1971) * Admiral-Superintendent, Naval Reserves, (1874-1903) * Admiral-Superintendent, Pembroke (1906-1915) * Admiral-Superintendent, Rosyth, (1915-1971) * Admiral, British Joint Services Mission, U.S.A, (1942-1997) * Deputy Admiral Commanding Reserves, (1942-1946)

Vice-Admirals Commanding

Vice-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships (FOCAS) was a senior Royal Navy post that existed from 1970 to 1979. However, its antecedents date to 1931. A Flag Officer with specific responsibilities for command of aircraft carriers within the Roy ...

. World War II. Became Flag Officer Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers. * Vice-Admiral Commanding, Light Forces, and Second-in-Command Mediterranean Fleet * Vice-Admiral Commanding Second Division (1909-1912) * Vice-Admiral Commanding, 3rd and 4th Divisions *

Vice-Admiral Commanding Western Squadron The Western Squadron was a squadron or formation of the Royal Navy based at Plymouth Dockyard. It operated in waters of the English Channel, the Western Approaches, and the North Atlantic. It defended British trade sea lanes from 1650 to 1814 and ...

(1650-1849) *

Vice-Admiral Reserve Fleet Destroyers The Reserve Fleet was a Royal Navy formation of decommissioned vessels which could be brought to a state of readiness at time of war. In the early years of the 18th century ships were "laid up in ordinary" at various British naval bases forming a ...

, (1939-1945) The Vice-Naval Deputy to the

Supreme Allied Commander Europe The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) is the commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO) and head of ACO's headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). The commander is ...

was not technically a Vice-Admiral Commanding.

Rear-Admirals Commanding

Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships (FOCAS) was a senior Royal Navy post that existed from 1970 to 1979. However, its antecedents date to 1931. A Flag Officer with specific responsibilities for command of aircraft carriers within the Roy ...

, Pre World War II. Became Flag Officer, Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers. *

Rear-Admiral and Senior Officer, Dover The Commander in Chief, Dover was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally known as the Dover Command. History First World War Dover Patrol In late July 1914, with ...

(1917-1918) * Rear-Admiral Commanding Destroyer Flotillas, Mediterranean Fleet * Rear-Admiral, Scapa (responsible to the Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands, during the Second World War) * Rear-Admiral Commanding Dover Patrol (1914-1915) *

Rear-Admiral Commanding, Nore Reserve The Reserve Fleet was a Royal Navy formation of decommissioned vessels which could be brought to a state of readiness at time of war. In the early years of the 18th century ships were "laid up in ordinary" at various British naval bases forming a ...

(1919-1922) * Rear-Admiral Commanding Portsmouth Reserve (1919-1921) *

Rear-Admiral Commanding, Rosyth Reserve The Reserve Fleet was a Royal Navy formation of decommissioned vessels which could be brought to a state of readiness at time of war. In the early years of the 18th century ships were "laid up in ordinary" at various British naval bases forming a ...

(1919-1938) * Rear-Admiral Commanding,

Harwich Force The Harwich Force originally called Harwich Striking Force was a squadron of the Royal Navy, formed during the First World War and based in Harwich. It played a significant role in the war. History After the outbreak of the First World War, a ...

(1914-1919) * Rear-Admiral Destroyers British Pacific Fleet * Rear-Admiral in the 1st Division, Home Fleet, (1909-1912) * Rear-Admiral in the 2nd Division, Home Fleet, (1909-1912) * Rear-Admiral in the 3rd and 4th Divisions, Home Fleet (1909-1912) * Rear Admiral, Naval Air Stations (1939-1945) * Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Atlantic Fleet (1904-1912)

Senior Officers, commanding

* Senior British Naval Officer, Suez Canal Area (1939-1942) *

Senior British Naval Officer, Western Atlantic W, or w, is the twenty-third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. It represents a consonant, but in some languages it represents a vowe ...

(1942-1945) *

Senior Naval Officer, Mudros M, or m, is the thirteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''em'' (pronounced ), plural ''ems''. History T ...

(1914–1919) *

Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, was a Royal Navy command appointment who was responsible for administering the Persian Gulf Station military formation including its establishments and naval forces known as the Persian Gulf Squadron later c ...

(1818-1972) *

Senior Naval Officer, Red Sea Force R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ar'' (pronounced ), plural ''ars'', or in Irela ...

(1939-1941) * Senior Naval Officer, West Indies (1956-1976) *

Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ...

(1876-1915) *

Senior Officer, West Indies The Jamaica Division of the North America and West Indies Station was a Command (military formation), sub-command of the British Royal Navy, Royal Navy's North America and West Indies Station head-quartered at Port Royal dockyard in Jamaica from ...

, (1854-1859)

Flag Officers

Former Flag Officers

Included: * Flag Officer Sea Training (1958 - 2020) * Flag Officer, Administration * Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers – with variously up to 6–8 carriers in the 1950s/60s, was responsible for providing worked up carriers to the operational commands. Amalgamated with Flag Officer Amphibious Ships to become FOCAS towards the end of the 1960s, after the cancellation of

CVA-01 CVA-01 was a proposed United Kingdom aircraft carrier, designed during the 1960s. The ship was intended to be the first of a class that would replace all of the Royal Navy's carriers, most of which had been designed before or during the Second ...

. H. R. B. Janvrin, DSC, ADC, was promoted to rear admiral and succeeded Rear Admiral D. C. E. F. Gibson, DSC, as FOAC. * Flag Officer, Air, Far East – existing until 1945–47. In late 1946, sailed out from the UK to Singapore as the flagship of Flag Officer Air, Far East. After her arrival, she became flagship of the 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron. * Flag Officer, Air, Home – Flew flag from

RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS ''Daedalus'') was one of the primary shore airfields of the Fleet Air Arm. First established as a seaplane base in 1917 during the First World War, it later became the main training establishment and adm ...

in the 1930s, post extant until 1963. Responsible for shore-based air command working up squadrons to operational effectiveness, and after an Operational Readiness Inspection, delivering them to the Fleet. RA Sir Cloudesley Robinson KCB (1 Jan 1945 – June 1945), VA Sir Dennis Boyd KCB CBE DSC (1 June 1945 – April 1946). Admiral

Walter Couchman Admiral Sir Walter Thomas Couchman, (19 March 1905 – 2 May 1981) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff from February to November 1960, when he retired from service. Early life The son of Malcolm Edward Couchman ...

1957–60. *

Flag Officer, Air and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet The Flag Officer, Air and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet was a senior command appointment of the British Royal Navy from January 1947 to 1958 who also administered the 2nd Aircraft Carrier Squadron from 1947 to 1951. The appointment was a c ...

(1947-1958) – Admiral

Ralph Edwards Ralph Livingstone Edwards (June 13, 1913DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . Pp. 86-87. – November 16, 2005) was an American radio ...

in the late 1940s. Vice Admiral William Davis, 1952–54. Flag Officer Second-in-Command Mediterranean – F.O.2 i/c MED. In 1951 Rear Admiral G. Grantham, CB, CBE, DSO. Responsible for Mediterranean Fleet aircraft carriers, and, under Captain, Air, Mediterranean, the naval air stations in

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

. Vice-Admiral R A B Edwards (Flag Officer, Second-in-Command Mediterranean), May 1952. *

Flag Officer, Air, Pacific Fleet A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design emplo ...

Flag Officer, Air, Mediterranean Fleet A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design emplo ...

Flag Officer Admiralty Interview Board A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design empl ...

– FOAIB * Flag Officer Attached Middle East – FOAM – Rear Admiral H T Baillie-Grohman, 1941 * Flag Officer, Ceylon - FOCEY - (1942-1945) * Flag Officer Commanding HM's Australian Fleet – FOCAF – 1911–88 * Flag Officer Commanding, British Naval Forces Germany * Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy, (1928-1950) *

Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships (FOCAS) was a senior Royal Navy post that existed from 1970 to 1979. However, its antecedents date to 1931. A Flag Officer with specific responsibilities for command of aircraft carriers within the Ro ...

– FOCAS, succeeded by Flag Officer Third Flotilla - (1971-1979) * Flag Officer, Carrier Training and Administration - Vice Admiral

Lumley Lyster Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Lumley St George Lyster, (27 April 1888 – 4 August 1957) was a Royal Navy officer during the Second World War. Naval career After leaving Berkhamsted School, in 1902 Lyster joined HMS ''Britannia'' to train for a nav ...

1943-1945 *

Flag Officer Dover A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design emplo ...

Flag Officer, Flying Training The Flag Officer, Flying Training, later called Flag Officer Naval Flying Training, was a senior Royal Navy appointment responsible for all naval aviation flying training from 1945 to 1970. History Vice-Admiral Lumley Lyster held the post of Flag ...

, *

Flag Officer First Flotilla The First Flotilla was a naval formation of the British Royal Navy commanded by the Flag Officer, First Flotilla from 1971 to 1990. The Western Fleet and Far East Fleet were merged into the single Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1971. Within this n ...

– FOF1 – Cold War – (1971-1990). Rear Admiral David Halifax 1980–82. Rear Admiral

Sandy Woodward Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward, (1 May 1932 – 4 August 2013) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Task Force of the Falklands War. Early life Woodward was born on 1 May 1932 at Penzance, Cornwall, to a bank clerk. He ...

, FOF 1, commanded the Carrier Group (CTG 317.8) of the Falklands War task force. * Flag Officer Flotillas,

– deployed on the Spring cruise, 1955, under Rear Admiral J.W. Cuthbert. Vice Admiral Richard Onslow in 1955-56. Flew flag in , July 1960–March 1961. * Flag Officer Flotillas,

– May 1952 Vice-Admiral F R Parham. * Flag Officer Flotillas,

1967-71 * Flag Officer

Force A In physics, a force is an influence that can change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (e.g. moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. Force can also be described intuitively as a pu ...

* Flag Officer

Force B Force B was the name of several British Royal Navy task forces during the Second World War. Mediterranean Force B was first formed by the Mediterranean Fleet in July 1940. Comprising the battleship and five destroyers, it saw action at the ...

* Flag Officer

Force C In physics, a force is an influence that can change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (e.g. moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. Force can also be described intuitively as a pu ...

* Flag Officer Force D * Flag Officer Force E * Flag Officer Force F * Flag Officer

Force G In physics, a force is an influence that can change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (e.g. moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. Force can also be described intuitively as ...

* Flag Officer

Force H Force H was a British naval formation during the Second World War. It was formed in 1940, to replace French naval power in the western Mediterranean removed by the French armistice with Nazi Germany. The force occupied an odd place within the ...

* Flag Officer Force I * Flag Officer Force J * Flag Officer

Force K Force K was the name given to three British Royal Navy groups of ships during the Second World War. The first Force K operated from West Africa in 1939, to intercept commerce raiders. The second Force K was formed in October 1941 at Malta, to op ...

* Flag Officer

Force L In physics, a force is an influence that can change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (e.g. moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. Force can also be described intuitively as a pu ...

* Flag Officer

Force M In physics, a force is an influence that can change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (e.g. moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. Force can also be described intuitively as a p ...

* Flag Officer

Force N In physics, a force is an influence that can change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (e.g. moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. Force can also be described intuitively as a pu ...

* Flag Officer Force Q * Flag Officer

Force R In physics, a force is an influence that can change the motion of an object. A force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (e.g. moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. Force can also be described intuitively as a pu ...

* Flag Officer

Force X The Force X was a squadron of the French Navy, assembled on 29 April 1940, after the outbreak of the Second World War, to deter Italy from striking in the Levantine Sea. It was constituted of the old battleship ''Lorraine'', of the three modern hea ...

* Flag Officer Force Y * Flag Officer

Force Z Force Z was a British naval squadron during the Second World War, consisting of the battleship , the battlecruiser and accompanying destroyers. Assembled in 1941, the purpose of the group was to reinforce the British colonial garrisons in the ...

Flag Officer Gibraltar British Forces Gibraltar is the British Armed Forces stationed in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Gibraltar is used primarily as a training area, thanks to its good climate and rocky terrain, and as a stopover for aircraft and ships ...

(FOGIB) (1902–39, 1946–92) * Flag Officer, Gibraltar and North Atlantic (1939–43). Also reported as FOC North Atlantic; (northern Portugal – northern Morocco – Atlantic). Admiral

Dudley North Dudley North may refer to: *Dudley North, 3rd Baron North (1581–1666), English nobleman and politician *Dudley North, 4th Baron North (1602–1677), English nobleman and politician, son of the above *Sir Dudley North (economist) (1641&ndas ...

commanded the station during the

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on neutral French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, near Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. The atta ...

, the destruction of the French fleet in 1940. *

Flag Officer, Gibraltar and Mediterranean Approaches British Forces Gibraltar is the British Armed Forces stationed in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Gibraltar is used primarily as a training area, thanks to its good climate and rocky terrain, and as a stopover for aircraft and ships ...

(1943-1946) * Flag Officer, Ground Training * Flag Officer Malaya - (1939-1941) *

Flag Officer, Malaya and Forward Areas His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, also Her Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore (HMNB Singapore), alternatively known as the Singapore Naval Base, Sembawang Naval Base and HMS Sembawang, was situated in Sembawang at the northern tip of Singapore ...

- (1945-1955) *

Flag Officer, Malayan Area His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, also Her Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore (HMNB Singapore), alternatively known as the Singapore Naval Base, Sembawang Naval Base and HMS Sembawang, was situated in Sembawang at the northern tip of Singapore ...

, by 1956 occupied by Rear Admiral George Thring. * Flag Officer Maritime Aviation/AOC

No. 3 Group RAF No. 3 Group (3 Gp) of the Royal Air Force was an RAF group first active in 1918, again in 1923–26, part of RAF Bomber Command from 1936 to 1967, and part of RAF Strike Command from 2000 until it disbanded on 1 April 2006. No. 3 Group was first ...

, 2000–2003. Superseded by Rear Admiral

Fleet Air Arm The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy and is responsible for the delivery of naval air power both from land and at sea. The Fleet Air Arm operates the F-35 Lightning II for maritime strike, the AW159 Wi ...

who is not a Flag Officer. *

Flag Officer, Malta Malta Dockyard was an important naval base in the Grand Harbour in Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. The infrastructure which is still in operation is now operated by Palumbo Shipyards. History Pre-1800 The Knights of Malta established dockyard ...

– FO Malta (1934–43, 1946–79). *

Flag Officer, Malta and Central Mediterranean Malta Dockyard was an important naval base in the Grand Harbour in Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. The infrastructure which is still in operation is now operated by Palumbo Shipyards. History Pre-1800 The Knights of Malta established dockyard ...

(1943–46) * Flag Officer, Medway – FOMDY (1961-1984) * Flag Officer, Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers (1940 to 1943) *

Flag Officer, Middle East The Flag Officer, Middle East was a command appointment of the Royal Navy, established for two distinct periods from 194658 and then from . From the appointment was located in the Suez Canal Zone or, after the Suez Crisis, in the Cyprus area; when ...

– Rear Admiral Patrick Brock 1954–56, responsible for Ismailia and Cyprus. Brock was appointed Flag Officer, Middle East in April 1954, initially with his headquarters at Fayid, in the Suez Canal Zone. However, after Britain agreed to remove its forces from the Canal Zone, his staff moved to Episkopi, in southern Cyprus, in December 1954. Hauled down flag March 1956. Rear Admiral Peter Howes 1964–66. Directed the

Beira Patrol The Beira Patrol was a blockade of oil shipments to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) through Beira, Mozambique, resulting from United Nations trade sanctions on Rhodesia. Background Rhodesia's government unilaterally declared the former colony's ind ...

. 1968 withdrew from in

Aden Aden ( ar, عدن ' Yemeni: ) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of Yemen, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of the strait Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 peopl ...

. *

Flag Officer Naval Air Command N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''. History ...

(FONAC) (1963-1993)- superseded by FONA. *

Flag Officer Naval Aviation N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''. History ...

– FONA (1993 - 2000) Fleet Air Arm (superseded by Flag Officer Maritime Aviation (FOMA)) * Flag Officer, Naval Flying Training – FONFT. Created 30 September 1963 as renaming of Flag Officer Flying Training. *

Flag Officer Plymouth The Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Plymouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the admiral's command. Between 1845 and 1896, this offic ...

- (1969-1996) *

Flag Officer Portsmouth A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design empl ...

– FOP, 1975-1993 * Flag Officer, Portsmouth Area, 1969-1975 * Flag Officer, Red Sea *

Flag Officer, Maritime Reserves The Naval Secretary is the Royal Navy officer who advises the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff on naval officer appointing (and General Officers). Their counterpart in the British Army is the Military Secretary. The Royal Air Force equi ...

- FORes (2005-2015) * Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland - FOSNNI. Changed title to FOSNI when (briefly) combined with FOST in 2011-12 and new title (without Northern England) remained extant when re-established as separate post. *

Flag Officer Rosyth A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design empl ...

– FOR *

Flag Officer, Royal Yachts The Flag Officer, Royal Yachts, (FORY) also styled Flag Officer Commanding Royal Yachts was a senior Royal Navy post that existed from 1884 to 1997. History Royal yachts have been a feature of the monarchy since at least 1660, during this perio ...

– FORY, (1864-1997) * Flag Officer Scotland & Northern Ireland - FOSNI, unfilled *

Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History ...

- FOSNNI * Flag Officer Sea Training (Submarines) - (1958-1999) *

Flag Officer, Second Flotilla The Flag Officer, Second Flotilla was a senior British Royal Navy appointment from 1971 to 1992. History After the creation of the single Commander-in-Chief Fleet post in 1971, its subordinate commands were reorganised. Three major sub-commands w ...

– FOF2 (1971-1992) Admiral

William Staveley Lieutenant-General William Staveley (29 July 1784 – 4 April 1854) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War and later became Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong. Military career Staveley was born in York, th ...

had this command in the 1970s. * Flag Officer Second in Command Far East Fleet – FO2FEF, to 1971 * Flag Officer, Spithead and Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth, 1969-1971 * Flag Officer, Spithead and Port Admiral, Portsmouth, 1971-1975 * Flag Officer Submarines (FOSM). Succeeded by Rear-Admiral, Submarines. * Flag Officer Surface Flotilla – FOSF – 1992–2000s *

Flag Officer, Third Flotilla The Flag Officer, Third Flotilla was the senior Royal Navy appointment in command of the Third Flotilla from 1979 to 1992. The Western Fleet and Far East Fleet were merged into the single Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1971. He had three new seago ...

– (FOF3), 1979-1992. Vice Admiral

Derek Reffell Admiral Sir Derek Roy Reffell, (born 6 October 1928) is a former Royal Navy officer and Governor of Gibraltar. Naval career Educated at Culford School, Reffell entered the Royal Navy, qualified as a Navigating Officer in 1954 and progressed thr ...

in 1982. Vice Admiral

Richard Fitch Admiral Sir Richard George Alison Fitch, (2 June 1929 – 15 February 1994) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1986 to 1988. Naval career Educated at Royal Naval College Dartmouth, F ...

was Flag Officer, Third Flotilla and Commander, Anti-Submarine Group Two (

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two N ...

SACLANT Striking Fleet Atlantic) 1983-85; Vice Admiral

Julian Oswald Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Julian Robertson Oswald (11 August 1933 – 19 July 2011) was a senior Royal Navy officer. After training as a gunnery specialist, Oswald commanded a frigate and then a destroyer before achieving higher command in t ...

held this position from 1987. *

Flag Officer, Training and Recruitment A flag is a piece of textile, fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic desi ...

- FOTR. Merged with FOST in 2005. * Flag Officer, Training Squadron, *

Flag Officer, Yangtse Flotilla A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design empl ...

- (1937-1941)

Commodores in command appointments

Included:
Current Commodores, flying Broad Pennants in Command *

Commander Amphibious Task Group The Commander Littoral Strike Group (COMLSG) is a senior British Royal Navy Amphibious warfare appointment. COMLSG, who is based in Stonehouse Barracks, Stonehouse, Plymouth, reports to Commander United Kingdom Strike Force. It was first establishe ...

- COMATG * Commander British Forces, Gibraltar * Commander UK Carrier Strike Group -COMCSG * Commander Surface Flotilla * Commander Submarine Flotilla * Commander UK Maritime Component Command, Bahrain (UKMCC) * Naval Base Commander,

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 lo ...

* Naval Base Commander,

HMNB Devonport His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the R ...

* Naval Base Commander,

HMNB Clyde His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS ''Neptune''), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). It ...

* Commanding Officer,

RNAS Yeovilton Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, or RNAS Yeovilton, (HMS ''Heron'') is an airfield of the Royal Navy and British Army, sited a few miles north of Yeovil, Somerset. It is one of two active Fleet Air Arm bases (the other being RNAS Culdrose) ...

Commander Maritime Reserves The Maritime Reserve is a term used to group together the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) and Royal Marines Reserve (RMR).

- COMMARRES (flies blue broad pennant of an RNR Officer) * Commodore of the

Royal Fleet Auxiliary The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a naval auxiliary fleet owned by the UK's Ministry of Defence. It provides logistical and operational support to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The RFA ensures the Royal Navy is supplied and supported by ...

- COMRFA (flies blue RFA broad pennant) Selection of current Commodores, not entitled to fly a Broad Pennant * Commodore, Head Defence Maritime Regulator, Defence Safety Agency * Commodore, Operational Training * Commodore, Assistant Chief of Staff Carrier Strike and Aviation

Former Commodore command appointments

Included: * Commodore Air Train,

(COMAT/BPF) - 1945 * Commodore, Amphibious Warfare - COMAW or COM(AW) * Commodore, Commander Naval Forces Gulf * Commander UK Task Group (COMUKTG) - 2001-2011 * Commander, Devonport Flotilla COMDEVFLOT - (2002-2020) * Commander, Faslane Flotilla COMFASFLOT - (2011-2020) * Commodore Commanding 12th Cruiser Squadron * Commodore Commanding

Cruiser Squadron The Cruiser Squadron was a naval formation of the British Home Fleet consisting of Armored cruisers of the Royal Navy from 1899 to 1905. History In October 1899 the Royal Navy's Training Squadron consisting mainly of sailing ships was abolished. ...

, (1899-1902) * Commodore Commanding Landing Craft Bases * Commodore Commanding Mine-Countermeasures Flotilla - (1971-1999) * Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron, March 1921 - October 1940. HQ Auckland, commanding naval forces in New Zealand. Commodore's appointment abolished and forces brought directly under CNS from October 1940. The operational authority was the Commodore, Auckland, from 1961 which changed to the Maritime Commander in March 1993. Alternately rendered as Commodore Commanding, New Zealand Station, HQ Auckland, (1919–1941). * Commodore Commanding Pakistan Flotilla * Commodore Commanding South American Division * Commodore Commanding South American Division of the America and West Indies Squadron * Commodore Commanding South East Coast of America, * Commodore Eastern Fleet Destroyer Flotilla * Commodore

Fleet Train Fleet may refer to: Vehicles * Fishing fleet * Naval fleet *Fleet vehicles, a pool of motor vehicles *Fleet Aircraft, the aircraft manufacturing company Places Canada * Fleet, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet England * The Fleet Lagoon, at Chesil Bea ...

(COFT/BPF) - 1945 * Commodore for Flotilla Duties, Gibraltar * Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham - (1904-1969) * Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport - (1902-1969) * Commodore-in-Charge and Commodore Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Simonstown * Commodore-in-Charge, Naval Air Stations, Eastern Stations * Commodore-in-Charge, Hamburg * Commodore in Charge, HM Australian Naval Establishments, Sydney * Commodore in Charge, Hong Kong * Commodore in Charge, Jamaica * Commodore-in-Charge, Naval Air Stations, Ceylon * Commodore, Malaya * Commodore, Naval Air Stations, East Africa * Commodore, Naval Air Stations, North * Commodore, Naval Aviation * Commodore of Convoys * Commodore

Royal Naval Reserve The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original R ...

- Cdre RNR * Commodore

Royal Yacht A royal yacht is a ship used by a monarch or a royal family. If the monarch is an emperor the proper term is imperial yacht. Most of them are financed by the government of the country of which the monarch is head. The royal yacht is most often c ...

s * Commodore Superintendent, Taranto RN Base (1945) *

Senior Naval Officer West Indies Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to: * Senior (name), a surname ...

- SNOWI

Senior Royal Marines appointments

''The Royal Marines are part of the Naval Service'' *

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 ...

(and Commander UK Amphibious Forces) - CGRM * Commander 3 Commando Brigade

Former Royal Marines appointments

Major General Royal Marines Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

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- MGRM Cdo Forces *

Training - MGRM Trng

Squadrons and flotillas

* Commander, Flying Squadron (1869-1870) * Commander, Detached Squadron (1870-1882) * Commander,

Particular Service Squadron In metaphysics, particulars or individuals are usually contrasted with universals. Universals concern features that can be exemplified by various different particulars. Particulars are often seen as concrete, spatiotemporal entities as opposed to a ...

(1882-1896) * Commander, Home Fleet Destroyers (1908-1967) *

Commander Mediterranean Fleet Destroyers 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. ...

(1922-1965) *

New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy The New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy also known as the New Zealand Station was formed in 1921 and remained in existence until 1941. It was the precursor to the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally, the Royal Navy was solely responsible for ...

(1921-1940) * Commander, Pacific Fleet Destroyers (1945-1946) * Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Squadron *

3rd and 4th Divisions (Royal Navy) The 3rd and 4th Divisions was a naval formation of the Home Fleet, Royal Navy. It was created before the First World War from March 1909 until May 1912. In March 1909, following a Royal Navy re-organisation, the Channel Fleet was absorbed by the ...

(1909-1912) * Rear-Admiral, 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron * 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron (1948-1954) * 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron *

1st Battle Squadron The 1st Battle Squadron was a naval squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of battleships. The 1st Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet. After World War I the Grand Fleet was reverted to its original name, ...

(1912-1914, 1916-1924, 1926-1938, 1939, 1940, 1941-1945) *

2nd Battle Squadron The 2nd Battle Squadron was a naval squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of battleships. The 2nd Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet. After World War I the Grand Fleet was reverted to its original name, ...

(1912-1921, 1937-1939, 1941-1944) *

3rd Battle Squadron The 3rd Battle Squadron was a naval squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of battleships and other vessels, active from at least 1914 to 1945. The 3rd Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet. During the First ...

(1912-1918, 1925-1926, 1927-1928, 1942-1945 (also as North Atlantic Escort Force)) *

4th Battle Squadron The 4th Battle Squadron was a squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of battleships. The 4th Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet (1912–14) and then the Grand Fleet after the outbreak of the First World War ...

(1912-1915, 1918, 1919-1924) *

5th Battle Squadron The 5th Battle Squadron was a squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of battleships. The 5th Battle Squadron was initially part of the Royal Navy's Second Fleet. During the First World War, the Home Fleet was renamed the Grand Fleet. His ...

(Vice Admiral commanding 1913-1914, 1914-1915; also 1914-1919) *

6th Battle Squadron The 6th Battle Squadron was a squadron of the British Royal Navy consisting of Battleships serving in the Grand Fleet and existed from 1913 to 1917. History First World War August 1914 In August 1914, the 6th Battle Squadron was based at Portlan ...

(1913-1917) *

7th Battle Squadron The 7th Battle Squadron was a squadron of the British Royal Navy assembled prior to World War I it was assigned to the Third Fleet and consisted of pre-dreadnought type battleships the oldest ships in fleet it existed from 1912 to 1914. His ...

(1912-1914) *

8th Battle Squadron The 8th Battle Squadron was a squadron of the British Royal Navy assembled prior to the beginning of World War I; it was later assigned to the Third Fleet. The squadron consisted of pre-dreadnought type battleships. It existed from 1912 to ...

(1912-1914) * 9th Battle Squadron (1914) *

1st Battlecruiser Squadron The First Battlecruiser Squadron was a Royal Navy squadron of battlecruisers that saw service as part of the Grand Fleet during the First World War. It was created in 1909 as the First Cruiser Squadron and was renamed in 1913 to First Battle Cr ...

(1915-1919) * 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron (1915-1919) *

3rd Battlecruiser Squadron The 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron was a short-lived Royal Navy squadron of battlecruisers that saw service as part of the Grand Fleet during the First World War. Creation The 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron was created in 1915, with the return to home ...

(1915-1916) * Battlecruiser Squadron (1919-1923, 1938-1941)) *

Training Squadron Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge or Physical fitness, fitness that relate to specific practicality, useful Competence (human resources), competencies. Training has specific goals of improving on ...

(1885-1899) *

(1900-1905) *

1st Cruiser Squadron The First Cruiser Squadron was a Royal Navy squadron of cruisers that saw service as part of the Grand Fleet during the World War I then later as part of the Mediterranean during the Interwar period and World War II it first established in 190 ...

(1905-1918, 1924–33, 1940–43, 1946–48, 1950–51) *

2nd Cruiser Squadron The 2nd Cruiser Squadron was a formation of cruisers of the British Royal Navy from 1904 to 1919 and from 1921 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1952. History First formation The 2nd Cruiser Squadron was first formed in December, 1904 then placed ...

(1905–14, 1916–17, 1918–19, 1921–31, 1932–34, 1936–38, 1940–41, 1946–48, 1949–50)) *

3rd Cruiser Squadron The 3rd Cruiser Squadron was a formation of cruisers of the British Royal Navy from 1902 to 1909 and 1911 to 1916 and then again from 1922 to 1941. History First formation The squadron was first formed in June 1902 and disbanded in March 1909 ...

(1902-1916, 1922–31, 1932–41) *

4th Cruiser Squadron The 4th Cruiser Squadron and (also known as Cruiser Force H) was a formation of cruisers of the British Royal Navy from 1907 to 1914 and then again from 1919 to 1946. The squadron was first established in 1907, replacing the North America and ...

(1905-1918) *

5th Cruiser Squadron The 5th Cruiser Squadron and also known as Cruiser Force D was a formation of cruisers of the British Royal Navy from 1907 to 1915 and then again from 1939 to 1946. History First formation The squadron was first established in 1907, it was att ...

(1907-1915) *

6th Cruiser Squadron The 6th Cruiser Squadron was a formation of cruisers of the British Royal Navy from 1909 to 1915 and again from 1925 to 1945. The Royal Navy's cruiser squadrons usually contained a maximum of five to six ships but down but sometimes as low as two ...

(1909-1915) *

7th Cruiser Squadron The 7th Cruiser Squadron (also known as Cruiser Force C) was a blockading force of the Royal Navy during the First World War used to close the English Channel to German traffic. It was employed patrolling an area of the North Sea known as the ...

(1914-1916)(1913-1941) *

9th Cruiser Squadron The 9th Cruiser Squadron was a formation of cruisers of the Royal Navy from 1912 to 1919 and again from 1939 to 1940. Cruiser squadrons consisted of five to six ships in wartime and in peacetime as low as two to three ships. From 1914 until 1924/2 ...

(1914-1919) * 10th Cruiser Squadron (1914-1917) *

11th Cruiser Squadron The 11th Cruiser Squadron and also known as Cruiser Force E was a formation of cruisers of the British Royal Navy from 1914 to 1917 and again from 1939 to 1940. First World War The squadron was first formed in July 1914 and was attached to the ...

(1914-1915) *

12th Cruiser Squadron The 12th Cruiser Squadron also known as Cruiser Force G was a formation of cruisers of the British Royal Navy from 1914 to 1915 and then again from 1939 to 1943. History First formation The squadron was first formed 1 August 1914 and was initia ...

(1914-1915) *

18th Cruiser Squadron The 18th Cruiser Squadron was a formation of cruisers of the Royal Navy from 1939 to 1942. The squadron was formed in September 1939 and was assigned to the Home Fleet The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated from the Unit ...

* Rear-Admiral Commanding, 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, (1917-1924) * Rear-Admiral Commanding, 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, (1914–15, 1918–31, 1932–34, 1936–38, 1940–41 * Rear-Admiral Commanding, 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron, (1915-1919, 1921-1931, 1932-1938) * Rear-Admiral Commanding, 4th Light Cruiser Squadron, (1918-1919)

Footnotes

References

* Drucker, G. (2005). "Fleet Air Arm Service Records: Flag Officer Index". Fleet Air Arm Archive. * Government, H.M. (18 April 1902). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. * Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen. (2016) "World War II unit histories & officers, Royal Navy". www.unithistories.com. Houterman and Koppes. * * * Niehorster, Leo Dr. (2013) World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations - British, Colonial, and Dominion Armed Forces - British, Colonial, and Dominion Navies . http://niehorster.org/index.htm * Roskill, S.W., Captn., DSC., RN, ''The war at sea, 1939-1945'', Vol.I, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1954 (maps of operational Commands of the Royal Navy during the Second World War taken from Roskill, but not attributed, together with Fleet appendixes also taken from his work can be found at http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4201-40RNShips4Overseas.htm. Note from Naval-History.Net. The map was assembled from a variety of sources. The Fleet Appendices are not from Roskill's work, which does not include them. They were compiled from Admiralty Pink and Red lists. * Stationery Office, H. M. (May 1951). The Navy List. Spink and Son Ltd, London, England. * Stewart, William . (2009). Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. .

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