The Flag Officer Plymouth was a senior Royal Navy appointment first established in July 1969. The office holder was responsible for the administration of the facilities of the two major Royal Navy at Plymouth and Portsmouth. The appointment continued until 1996 when it was abolished.
From July 1970 all new appointees holding this title jointly held the title of
Port Admiral, Devonport.
History
The appointment was established in July 1969 when the two major home commanders-in-chief,
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth and
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 Thomas Williams (Royal Navy officer), Si ...
were amalgamated into the new centralised
Naval Home Command. As a result of these organisational changes Flag Officer Plymouth became one of the new area commanders subordinate to the
Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command.
On 30 December 1970, Vice-Admiral J R McKaig CBE was appointed as
Port Admiral, Devonport of
HM Naval Base, Devonport, and Flag Officer, Plymouth. On 5 September 1971, all
Royal Navy
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Flag Officer
A flag officer is a commissioned officer in a nation's armed forces senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to mark the position from which that officer exercises command.
Different countries use the term "flag officer" in different ways:
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s holding positions of
Admiral Superintendents at
Royal Naval Dockyards were restyled as Port Admirals.
Office Holders
Included:
*Jul 1969 – Sept 1969 Vice-Admiral
John Roxburgh
*1969 – 1970 Vice-Admiral Sir
Anthony Griffin
*1970 – 1973 Vice-Admiral Sir
Rae McKaig
*1973 – 1975 Vice-Admiral Sir
Arthur Power
*1975 – 1977 Vice-Admiral Sir
Gordon Tait
*1977 – 1979 Vice-Admiral Sir
John Forbes
*1979 – 1981 Vice-Admiral Sir
Peter Berger
*1981 – 1982 Vice-Admiral Sir
Simon Cassels
*1982 – 1985 Vice-Admiral Sir
David Brown
*1985 – 1987 Vice-Admiral Sir
Robert Gerken
*1987 – 1990 Vice-Admiral Sir
John Webster
*1990 – 1992 Vice-Admiral Sir
Alan Grose
*1992 – 1996 Vice-Admiral Sir
Roy Newman.
Footnotes
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Royal Navy appointments