List of fleets and major commands of the Royal Navy

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The professional head of the Royal Navy is known as the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1SL/CNS).

There are presently two senior subordinates to the 1SL: the Second Sea Lord, who is also the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff; and the Fleet Commander.

Fleets up until 2012[]

  • Atlantic Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet (1909–1914, 1919–1932)
  • Battle Cruiser Fleet (1915–19)
  • British Pacific Fleet - Commander-in-Chief British Pacific Fleet (1944–1945)
  • Commander-in-Chief Fleet (1971-2012, succeeded by post of Fleet Commander)
  • Channel Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Channel Fleet (1904-1909, 1914-1915)
  • Channel Squadron - Vice-Admiral, Commanding Channel Squadron (1859-1904) - designated Fleet
  • Eastern Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet (formerly only C-in-Cs East Indies, Australia and China Stations), 1941-1971.
  • First Fleet - Commander-in-Chief First Fleet, (1912–14)
  • Far East Fleet - Commander, Far East Fleet c.1952-1971
  • Grand Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Grand Fleet (1914-1918)
  • Home Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet (1902–1904 and 1932–1967)
  • Mediterranean Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean (1690–1967)
  • North Sea Fleet, Commander-in-Chief, North Sea Fleet, (1781-1815)
  • Reserve Fleet - Vice Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet (interwar, at least since 1928[citation needed] (1700 - 1960)
  • Second Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Second Fleet, (1912–14)
  • Third Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Third Fleet, (1912–14)
  • Western Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet (1967–1971)

Historic commands[]

Included:[1]

Commanders-in-Chief[]

Admirals Commanding[]

  • Admiral Commanding, Coastguard and Reserves, (1903-1923).[6]
  • Admiral Commanding, Reserves, (1923-1976)
  • Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands,(1914–1945), Admiral commanding was in charge of the Northern Patrol Force.[7]
  • Admiral Commanding Western Squadron (1650-1849)
  • Admiral of Patrols, (1912-1916)
  • 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, (1875-1903)
  • Admiral Superintendent, Plymouth, (1846-1970)
  • Admiral-Superintendent, Portsmouth, (1832-1971)
  • Admiral-Superintendent, Naval Reserves, (1874-1903)[8]
  • Admiral-Superintendent, Pembroke (1906-1915)
  • Admiral-Superintendent, Rosyth, (1915-1971)
  • , (1942-1997)
  • , (1942-1946)

Vice-Admirals Commanding[]

  • Vice-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers. World War II. Became Flag Officer Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers.[9]
  • 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 (1650-1849)
  • Vice-Admiral Reserve Fleet Destroyers, (1939-1945)

The Vice-Naval Deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe was not technically a Vice-Admiral Commanding.

Rear-Admirals Commanding[]

  • Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers, Pre World War II. Became Flag Officer, Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers.[9]
  • Rear-Admiral and Senior Officer, Dover (1917-1918)
  • Rear-Admiral, Scapa
  • Rear-Admiral Commanding Dover Patrol (1914-1915)
  • Rear-Admiral Commanding, Nore Reserve (1919-1922)
  • Rear-Admiral Commanding Portsmouth Reserve (1919-1921)
  • Rear-Admiral Commanding, Rosyth Reserve (1919-1938)
  • Rear-Admiral Commanding Harwich Force (1914-1919)
  • Rear-Admiral in the 1st Division, Home Fleet, (1909-1912)[10]
  • Rear-Admiral in the 2nd Division, Home Fleet, (1909-1912)[11]
  • 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 (1942-1945)
  • Senior Naval Officer, Mudros (1914–1919)
  • Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf (1818-1972)
  • Senior Naval Officer, Red Sea Force (1939-1941)
  • Senior Naval Officer, West Indies (1956-1976)
  • Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland (1876-1915)
  • Senior Officer, West Indies, (1854-1859)

Flag Officers[]

Current flag officers[]

Former Flag Officers[]

Included:[13]

  • Flag Officer Sea Training (1958 - 2020)[14]
  • 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.[15] Amalgamated with Flag Officer Amphibious Ships to become FOCAS towards the end of the 1960s, after the cancellation of CVA-01. H. R. B. Janvrin, DSC, ADC, was promoted to rear admiral and succeeded Rear Admiral D. C. E. F. Gibson, DSC, as FOAC.
  • – existing until 1945–47.[16] In late 1946, HMS Theseus sailed out from the UK to Singapore as the flagship of Flag Officer Air, Far East.[17] 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) 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.[15] RA Sir Cloudesley Robinson KCB (1 Jan 1945 – June 1945), VA Sir KCB CBE DSC (1 June 1945 – April 1946).[18] Admiral Walter Couchman 1957–60.
  • Flag Officer, Air and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet (1947-1958) – Admiral Ralph Edwards 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.[19] Responsible for Mediterranean Fleet aircraft carriers, and, under Captain, Air, Mediterranean, the naval air stations in Malta. Vice-Admiral R A B Edwards (Flag Officer, Second-in-Command Mediterranean), May 1952.[20]
  • – 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 – FOCAS, succeeded by Flag Officer Third Flotilla - (1971-1979)
  • Flag Officer, Carrier Training and Administration - Vice Admiral Lumley Lyster 1943-1945
  • Flag Officer, Flying Training,[21]
  • Flag Officer First Flotilla – FOF1 – Cold War – (1971-1990). Rear Admiral David Halifax 1980–82. Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward, FOF 1, commanded the Carrier Group (CTG 317.8) of the Falklands War task force.
  • , Home Fleet – deployed on the Spring cruise, 1955, under Rear Admiral J.W. Cuthbert.[22] Vice Admiral Richard Onslow in 1955-56. Flew flag in , July 1960–March 1961.[23]
  • Flag Officer Flotillas, Mediterranean Fleet – May 1952 Vice-Admiral F R Parham.[20]
  • Flag Officer Flotillas, Western Fleet 1967-71
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer Force B
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer Force H
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer Force K
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer Force X
  • Flag Officer
  • Flag Officer Force Z
  • Flag Officer Gibraltar (FOGIB) (1902–39, 1946–92)
  • Flag Officer, Gibraltar and North Atlantic (1939–43). Also reported as FOC North Atlantic;[5] (northern Portugal – northern Morocco – Atlantic). Admiral Dudley North commanded the station during the Attack on Mers-el-Kébir, the destruction of the French fleet in 1940.
  • Flag Officer, Gibraltar and Mediterranean Approaches (1943-1946)
  • Flag Officer, Ground Training[21]
  • - (1939-1941)
  • Flag Officer, Malaya and Forward Areas- (1945-1955)
  • Flag Officer, Malayan Area, by 1956 occupied by Rear Admiral George Thring.[24]
  • Flag Officer Maritime Aviation/AOC No. 3 Group RAF, 2000–2003. Superseded by Rear Admiral Fleet Air Arm who is not a Flag Officer.
  • Flag Officer, Malta – FO Malta (1934–43, 1946–79).[25]
  • Flag Officer, Malta and Central Mediterranean (1943–46)
  • Flag Officer, Medway – FOMDY (1961-1984)
  • Flag Officer, Mediterranean Aircraft Carriers (1940 to 1943)
  • Flag Officer, Middle East – Rear Admiral Patrick Brock 1954–56, responsible for Ismailia and Cyprus. Brock was appointed Flag Officer, Middle East in April 1954, initially with his HQ at Fayid, in the Suez Canal Zone. However, after Britain agreed to remove its forces from the Canal Zone, his HQ moved to Episcopi, in southern Cyprus, in December 1954. Hauled down flag March 1956.[26] Rear Admiral Peter Howes 1964–66.[27] Directed the Beira Patrol. 1968 withdrew from HMS Sheba in Aden.
  • Flag Officer Naval Air Command (FONAC) (1963-1993)- superseded by FONA.[28]
  • Flag Officer Naval Aviation – 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.[28]
  • Flag Officer Plymouth - (1969-1996)
  • – FOP, 1975-1993
  • Flag Officer, Portsmouth Area, 1969-1975
  • Flag Officer, Red Sea
  • Flag Officer, Maritime Reserves - 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.
  • – FOR
  • Flag Officer, Royal Yachts – FORY, (1864-1997)
  • Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland - FOSNNI
  • Flag Officer Sea Training (Submarines) - (1958-1999)[citation needed]
  • Flag Officer, Second Flotilla – FOF2 (1971-1992)[29][30] Admiral William Staveley 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.
  • – FOSF – 1992–2000s
  • Flag Officer, Third Flotilla – (FOF3), 1979-1992. Vice Admiral Derek Reffell in 1982. Vice Admiral Richard Fitch was Flag Officer, Third Flotilla and Commander, Anti-Submarine Group Two (NATO SACLANT Striking Fleet Atlantic) 1983-85; Vice Admiral Julian Oswald held this position from 1987.
  • Flag Officer, Training and Recruitment - FOTR. Merged with FOST in 2005.
  • ,[31]
  • - (1937-1941)

Commodores in command appointments[]

Included:[32]
Current Commodores, flying Broad Pennants in Command

  • Commander Amphibious Task Group - COMATG
  • Commander British Forces, Gibraltar
  • Commander UK Carrier Strike Group -COMCSG
  • Commander Surface Flotilla [33]
  • Commander Submarine Flotilla [34]
  • Commander UK Maritime Component Command, Bahrain (UKMCC)
  • Naval Base Commander, HMNB Portsmouth
  • Naval Base Commander, HMNB Devonport
  • Naval Base Commander, HMNB Clyde
  • Commanding Officer, RNAS Yeovilton
  • Commander Maritime Reserves - COMMARRES (flies blue broad pennant of an RNR Officer)
  • Commodore of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary - 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, Asstiant Chief of Staff Carrier Strike and Aviation

Former Commodore command appointments[]

Included:[13]

  • Commodore Air Train, British Pacific Fleet (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, (1899-1902) [35]
  • Commodore Commanding Landing Craft Bases
  • Commodore Commanding Mine-Countermeasures Flotilla - (1971-1999)
  • Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron, March 1921 - October 1940.[36] 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[37] which changed to the Maritime Commander in March 1993.[38] 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,[35]
  • Commodore Eastern Fleet Destroyer Flotilla
  • Commodore , British Pacific Fleet (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[39]
  • Commodore-in-Charge, Hamburg
  • Commodore in Charge, HM Australian Naval Establishments, Sydney[40]
  • Commodore in Charge, Hong Kong
  • Commodore in Charge, Jamaica[41]
  • Commodore-in-Charge, Naval Air Stations, Ceylon[39]
  • Commodore, Malaya
  • Commodore, Naval Air Stations, East Africa[39]
  • Commodore, Naval Air Stations, North
  • Commodore, Naval Aviation
  • Commodore of Convoys
  • Commodore Royal Naval Reserve - Cdre RNR
  • Commodore Royal Yachts
  • Commodore Superintendent, Taranto RN Base (1945)
  • - SNOWI

Senior Royal Marines appointments[]

The Royal Marines are part of the Naval Service

  • Commandant General Royal Marines (and Commander UK Amphibious Forces) - CGRM
  • Commander 3 Commando Brigade

Former Royal Marines appointments[]

  • - MGRM Cdo Forces
  • Training - MGRM Trng

Squadrons and flotillas[]

See also[]

  • Bibliography of 18th-19th century Royal Naval history

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Mackie, Colin. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin. Colin Mackie, January 2017, pp.2-239. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ Waters, S. D. (1956). "The Search for the Admiral Graf Spee". Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45: The Royal New Zealand Navy. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  3. ^ Stewart, William (2009). Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 110. ISBN 9780786438099.
  4. ^ Axelrod, Alan (2007). Encyclopedia of World War II 2-Volume Set. New York: Infobase Pub. p. 402. ISBN 978-0816060221.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Kindell, Don (2012). "North Atlantic Command, Force H, South Atlantic Command, America & West Indies Command, Eastern Fleet, January 1942". Naval History.net. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves - The Dreadnought Project". dreadnoughtproject.org. The Dreadnought Project, 7 June 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. ^ Haarr, Geirr (24 September 2013). The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 - April 1940. Seaforth Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 9781473832732. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. ^ Archives, The National. "Records of the Coastguard". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives, 1816-1947. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Drucker, G. (2005). "Fleet Air Arm Service Records: Flag Officer Index". Fleet Air Arm Archive. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  10. ^ Mackie, Gordon. "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Gordon Mackie, p.199. December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  11. ^ Mackie, Gordon. "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Gordon Mackie, p.200. December 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  12. ^ "No. 63039". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 June 2020. p. 11075.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b Houterman, Hans; Koppes, Jeroen. "World War II unit histories & officers, Royal Navy". www.unithistories.com. Houterman and Koppes, 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  14. ^ Mackie, Colin (1 July 2020). "Royal Navy Senior Appointments, 1865 - present July 2020" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 8 October 2020. Flag Officer Sea Training
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b Mervik, Captain C. F. "The Integrated Fleet HQ and aviation's place within". Flight Deck (Winter 2001).
  16. ^ "ADM 199/1804: Flag Officer (Air) Far East". The National Archives. 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  17. ^ "HMS Theseus, British light fleet aircraft carrier". Naval-History.net. 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  18. ^ "Fleet Air Arm Service Records: Flag Officer Index". Fleet Air Arm Archive.net. 2005. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  19. ^ "Naval Aviation Organization". Flight. LIX (2204): 483. 20 April 1951. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b "Change of Command in the Mediterranean". Colonial Film. May 1952. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  21. ^ Jump up to: a b Stationery Office, H. M. (May 1951). The Navy List. Spink and Son Ltd, London, England. p. 385.
  22. ^ "Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm News: Carriers in the Spring Cruise". Flight. 65 (2347): 83. 15 January 1954. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  23. ^ "HMS Tyne, history". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 11 August 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  24. ^ "Obituaries: Rear Admiral George Thring". The Daily Telegraph. London: TMG. 31 December 2001. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  25. ^ "Malta". godfreydykes.info. 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  26. ^ Brock, P.W. (2009). "The Pyecroft stories". The Kipling Society. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  27. ^ "Rear Admiral Peter Howes". King's College London. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.
  28. ^ Jump up to: a b "Air Force, Naval and Army Flying News: Naval Air Command". Flight. 84 (2847): 592. 3 October 1963. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  29. ^ http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Borneo/SukarnoNavy.html Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  30. ^ http://www.tenix.com/Main.asp?ID=861 Archived 10 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  31. ^ Stationery Office, H. M. (May 1951). The Navy List. Spink and Son Ltd, London, England. p. 386.
  32. ^ Mackie, Colin. "COMMODORES (WARFARE)". Gulabin. Colin Mackie, pp. 4-5, February 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  33. ^ Mackie, Colin (1 September 2020). "Admirals September 2020" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 7 October 2020. Commodore Craig Wood: Commander, Surface Flotilla, April 2020
  34. ^ Mackie, Colin (1 September 2020). "Admirals September 2020" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 7 October 2020. Commodore James Le S. Perks: Commander, Submarine Flotilla, April 2020
  35. ^ Jump up to: a b Government, H.M. (18 April 1902). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 217.
  36. ^ Waters, S. D. (1956). "Appendix VI: Members of the New Zealand Naval Board". Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45: The Royal New Zealand Navy. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. p. 539. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  37. ^ Ross, J. O'C. (1967). The White Ensign in New Zealand. AH & AW Reed. p. 115.
  38. ^ East, Paul (2 September 1996). "New Chief of Naval Staff announced". New Zealand Government Press Release. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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  40. ^ "GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE SERIES, 1883–1957, 1926–38 Captain Superintendent, Sydney, and Captain-in-Charge, New South Wales (CA 4338); 1938–42 Captain-in-Charge (from 1939, Commodore in Charge, HM Naval Establishments. (CA 4339)". National Archives of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. This series contains correspondence records about the activities of both the British Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy. The series began in 1883 (from Sydney Station, Port of Sydney) and extended to Command Eastern Australia Area in 1957. These records deal with the management of civilian and service establishments, and include material about ships, dockyards, depots, staff management, discipline, navigation, and the establishment and erection of various depots.
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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.
  • Kindell, Don. (2012). "North Atlantic Command, Force H, South Atlantic Command, America & West Indies Command, Eastern Fleet, January 1942". Naval History.net.
  • Mackie, Colin. (2017) Senior Royal Navy Appointments from 1865. Gulabin, http://www.gulabin.com/
  • Nierhorster, 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
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  • Stewart, William . (2009). Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. ISBN 9780786438099.

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