List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy
This is a list of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy. It includes currently serving admirals, vice-admirals, rear-admirals, and commodores.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Admirals[]
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Sir Timothy Peter Fraser | Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff | Warfare | KCB, ADC | May 2019 | [11] | |
Sir Antony David Radakin | Chief of the Defence Staff | Warfare | KCB, ADC | 19 June 2019 | [12] | |
Sir Benjamin John Key | First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff | Warfare | KCB, CBE, ADC | 8 November 2021 | [13] |
Vice-Admirals[]
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Martin Bennett | to retire | Warfare | CB, OBE | 16 July 2018 | [14] | |
Jeremy Paul Kyd | to retire | Warfare | CBE | 5 March 2019 | [15] | |
Nicholas William Hine | to retire | Warfare | CB, ADC | 26 April 2019 | [16] | |
Sir Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner | Director-General (Ships), Defence Equipment and Support | Logistics | KBE | 9 April 2019 | [15][17] | |
Keith Edward Blount | Commander, Allied Maritime Command | Fleet Air Arm | CB, OBE | 20 May 2019 | [16] | |
Richard Charles Thompson | Director-General (Air), Defence Equipment and Support Air Member for Materiel, Air Force Board |
Fleet Air Arm | CBE | 1 September 2020 | [18] | |
Guy A. Robinson | Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation | Warfare | OBE | 5 July 2021 | [19] | |
Andrew Paul Burns | Fleet Commander | Warfare | CB, OBE | 24 September 2021 | [20] | |
Martin John Connell | Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | Fleet Air Arm | CBE | January 2022 |
Rear-Admirals[]
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Keith Andrew Beckett | Director of Submarines Support, Submarine Delivery Agency Chief of Strategic Systems Executive, Submarine Delivery Agency |
Engineering | CBE | 4 November 2014 | [21][22] | |
Timothy Charles Hodgson | Engineering | CB, MBE | 1 July 2016 | [23] | ||
Paul Vincent Halton | Director of Submarine Readiness, Submarine Delivery Agency | Warfare | OBE | 24 October 2017 | [24] | |
James David Morley | Deputy Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO | Warfare | 9 April 2018 | [25] | ||
Malcolm J. Toy | Director of Operations and Assurance, Defence Safety Authority Chief Operating Officer, Defence Safety Authority Director (Technical), Military Aviation Authority Chief Technical Officer, Military Aviation Authority |
Engineering | 3 July 2018 | [26] | ||
Andrew M. Kyte | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Logistics Operations) Chief Naval Logistics Officer |
Logistics | CB | 19 November 2018 | [27] | |
Hugh Dominic Beard | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability & Force Design) | Warfare | CB | 26 November 2018 | [28] | |
James G. Higham | Director of Ship Support, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 26 February 2019 | [15] | |
Paul Marshall | Director of Ship Acquisition Senior Responsible Owner for Type 26, Type 31e and Future Solid Support Ships |
Engineering | CBE | 25 February 2019 | [29] | |
James Norman Macleod | Defence Services Secretary Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel Capability) |
Engineering | CB | 27 March 2019 | [15] | |
Philip John Hally | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel Capability) | Logistics | CB, MBE | 20 May 2019 | [30] | |
Andrew Betton | Director of Joint Warfare, Strategic Command | Warfare | OBE | 2 September 2019 | [31] | |
Simon Phillip Asquith | Commander Maritime Operations | Warfare | OBE | 14 October 2019 | [32] | |
Michael Keith Utley | Commander United Kingdom Strike Force Rear Admiral Surface Ships |
Warfare | CB, OBE | 16 December 2019 | [33] | |
Rhett S. Hatcher | United Kingdom National Hydrographer Deputy Chief Executive, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |
Fleet Air Arm | 8 September 2020 | [18] | ||
Iain S. Lower | Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) | Warfare | November 2020 | [34] | ||
Nicholas B. J. Washer | Director of Operations, Defence Digital | Warfare | 1 March 2021 | [35] | ||
Donald J. M. Doull | Director of Submarine Capability, Defence Nuclear Organisation | Engineering | CBE | 22 June 2021 | [36] | |
Paul S. Beattie | Director of the Naval Staff | Warfare | 26 May 2021 | [19] | ||
Richard A. Murrison | Senior Military Mentor, Royal College of Defence Studies | Logistics | 11 July 2021 | [19] | ||
Rex J. Cox | Chief Executive, National Shipbuilding Office | Warfare | 26 July 2021 | [37] | ||
Paul C. R. Carroll | Director of Innovation and Future Capability, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 2 August 2021 | [37] | |
James M. B. Parkin | Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) Controller of the Navy Director of Development, Navy Command |
Warfare | CBE | 16 August 2021 | [37] | |
Timothy M. Henry | Deputy Commander, Joint Force Command Norfolk | Warfare | OBE | 18 October 2021 | [38] | |
Thomas E. Manson | Deputy Director General, Defence Safety Authority | Engineering | OBE | 1 November 2021 | [38] | |
Stephen M. R. Moorhouse | Director of Force Generation, Navy Command | Warfare | OBE | 10 January 2022 | [39] | |
Judith Helen Terry | Director of People and Training, Navy Command Naval Secretary |
Logistics | OBE | 17 January 2022 | [40] |
Commodores[]
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jonathan M. S. Fry | Head of Youth and Cadets, Ministry of Defence | Engineering | 21 January 2014 | [41] | ||
Steven Dainton | Commander, British Forces Gibraltar | Warfare | CBE | 2 June 2015 | [42] | |
Peter Coulson | Commander, Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport | Engineering | ADC | 7 December 2015 | [43] | |
Martin E. Quinn | Head of Reserves, Ministry of Defence | 19 April 2016 | [44] | |||
Paul G. J. Dailey | Head of Capability and Programmes, Defence Nuclear Organisation | Engineering | 1 August 2016 | [45] | ||
David G. Childs | to retire | Engineering | 11 October 2016 | [46] | ||
Andrew M. Cree | Assistant Chief of Staff (Training), Navy Command Deputy Director of Future Training |
Engineering | CBE | 14 November 2016 | [47] | |
Simon P. Huntington | Naval Assistant to the Naval Secretary | Warfare | OBE | 20 February 2017 | [48] | |
Robert James Astley Bellfield | to retire | Warfare | CBE | 25 August 2017 | [49] | |
Martyn Jon Williams | to retire | Engineering | CBE | 5 December 2017 | ||
Craig Wood | Warfare | CBE | 12 December 2017 | [50] | ||
Andrew S. Jackson | Head of Capability and Programmes, Defence Nuclear Organisation | Engineering | 9 January 2018 | [50] | ||
Robert J. Anstey | Commander, Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde | Warfare | OBE | 17 April 2018 | [51] | |
Richard J. Winter | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Defence Digital | Engineering | 30 April 2018 | [51] | ||
Raymond A. Lovegrove | Engineering | 30 April 2018 | [52] | |||
Timothy C. Woods | UK Defence Attaché to Ukraine Head of British Defence Staff, Eastern Europe |
Engineering | 1 May 2018 | [53] | ||
Robert Wood | Commodore, Naval Legal Services | Logistics | OBE | 29 May 2018 | [54] | |
James Le S. Perks | Commander, Submarine Flotilla | Warfare | OBE | 1 July 2018 | [55] | |
Thomas J. Guy | Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence | Warfare | 1 July 2018 | [55] | ||
Eleanor L. Ablett | to retire, February 2022 | Logistics | MBE | 28 August 2018 | [56][57] | |
Jeremy J. Bailey | Commander, Her Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth | Engineering | 26 March 2019 | [58] | ||
Stuart P. Henderson | Navy Safety Director | Engineering | 28 January 2019 | [15] | ||
Andrew A. Jordan | Warfare | 25 February 2019 | [58] | |||
Stephen D. Roberts | Programme Director, Type 26 Frigates | Engineering | 20 March 2019 | [58] | ||
Dean Anthony Bassett | Assistant Chief of Staff (Crisis and Deliberate Planning), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Warfare | CBE | 14 June 2019 | [59] | |
Robert C. Vitali | Assistant Chief of Staff (Warfare), Navy Command | Warfare | 28 May 2019 | [60] | ||
Edwin L. Tritschler | Head of Airworthiness, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | MBE | 15 July 2019 | [61] | |
Mark E. Prince | Director of Nuclear Propulsion, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 29 July 2019 | [62] | ||
Philip D. Nash | UK Naval Attaché to the USA | Warfare | 26 August 2019 | [63] | ||
Peter N. Olive | Head of Futures and Strategy, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre | Warfare | 2019 | |||
Paul E. Dunn | Head of Operations, Defence Nuclear Organisation | Warfare | OBE | 12 August 2019 | [64] | |
Nicholas J. Wheeler | Deputy Director of Military Support, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | 21 October 2019 | [64] | ||
Stuart H. Wright | Head of People Strategy, Ministry of Defence | Logistics | 21 October 2019 | [65] | ||
Philip G. Game | Head of Weapons Portfolio Delivery, Defence Equipment and Support Deputy Director of Weapons, Defence Equipment and Support |
Engineering | 4 November 2019 | [66] | ||
Nicholas J. Hibberd | Assistant Chief of Staff (Maritime Warfare), Navy Command | Warfare | 17 December 2019 | [67] | ||
Ivan R. Finn | Head of Helicopters 1, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 9 December 2019 | [67] | ||
Edward G. Ahlgren | Warfare | OBE | 20 January 2020 | [68] | ||
Melanie S. Robinson | Commander, Maritime Reserves | Warfare | ADC | 4 February 2020 | [69][70] | |
Andrew M. Stacey | Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training | Warfare | 10 March 2020 | [71] | ||
Christopher D. Goodsell | Head of Warfare Development, Strategic Command | Warfare | 23 March 2020 | [72] | ||
Alison J. Hofman | Head, Defence Medical Services Regulator | Medical | 28 May 2020 | [73][74] | ||
Anthony K. Rimington | Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | 3 June 2020 | [75] | ||
Charles A. Evans | Head of Defence Support Capability, Strategic Command | Logistics | 11 May 2020 | [76] | ||
Robert G. Pedre | Commander, Littoral Strike Group | Warfare | 22 May 2020 | [77] | ||
Niall R. Griffin | Commanding Officer, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton | Fleet Air Arm | MBE | 8 July 2020 | [78] | |
Paul A. Murphy | Deputy Director of Logistics, Navy Command | Logistics | 16 July 2020 | [79] | ||
Nicholas M. Walker | Deputy Director of Naval Aviation | Fleet Air Arm | 17 July 2020 | [80][81] | ||
Robert A. Lauchlan | Commodore, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 21 July 2020 | [82] | ||
Ian S. Groom | Head, Defence Maritime Regulator | Engineering | MBE | 1 September 2020 | [83] | |
Timothy Neild | Commander, Surface Flotilla | Warfare | CBE | 28 September 2020 | [84] | |
James R. Dean | Commander, Standing Joint Force Logistics Component | Logistics | OBE | 25 September 2020 | [79] | |
Christopher B. Cook | Head of Strategy and Planning, Defence Digital | Engineering | 2 November 2020 | [85] | ||
Jonathan D. Lett | Commander, British Forces South Atlantic Islands[86] | Warfare | 16 November 2020 | [84] | ||
Daniel S. Knight | Deputy Commander of Maritime Operations | Warfare | OBE | 14 December 2020 | [35] | |
Paul A. Stroude | Head of Financial Military Capability, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | 15 February 2021 | [87] | ||
Mark P. Langrill | Head of UK Military Flying Training Systems, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 8 March 2021 | [88] | ||
Adrian C. Fryer | Deputy Commander, Combined Maritime Forces Commander, UK Maritime Component Command Bahrain |
Warfare | March 2021 | |||
Stephen F. Prest | Deputy Director of Acquisition (Equipment and Systems), Navy Command | Engineering | 1 April 2021 | [19] | ||
David A. Joyce | Deputy Director of People Strategy, Navy Command | Engineering | 17 May 2021 | [19] | ||
Sharon L. Malkin | Head of Customer Support, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Engineering | 2 June 2021 | [19] | ||
Andrew J. Aitken | Deputy Director of Submarines, Navy Command Senior Naval Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland |
Warfare | 8 June 2021 | [19] | ||
David C. Moody | Head of Space Capability, United Kingdom Space Command | Engineering | 25 June 2021 | [37] | ||
Martyn R. Boyes | Commodore, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 28 June 2021 | [37] | ||
Jonathan C. H. Stamper | Head of Cyber Governance, Risk, and Compliance, Defence Digital | Engineering | 19 July 2021 | [37] | ||
Richard P. Harris | Deputy Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Ministry of Defence | Logistics | 26 July 2021 | [37] | ||
Steven J. McCarthy | Head of Naval Ships Support, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 16 August 2021 | [89] | ||
Paul P. Pitcher | Deputy Director of Ships, Navy Command | Warfare | 6 September 2021 | [90] | ||
Jolyon R. A. Woodard | Head of Air Manoeuvre Capabaility, Army Command | Warfare | 25 October 2021 | [91] | ||
Fiona R. Shepherd | Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel and Logistics), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Logistics | MBE | 29 November 2021 | [92] | |
Gordon W. D. Ruddock | [93] | |||||
Donald J. Mackinnon | Commander, International Maritime Security Construct | [94] |
Acting[]
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Philip Waterhouse | Naval Regional Commander Northern England | Logistics | ADC | |||
John L. R. Foreman | UK Defence Attaché to Russia |
Surgeon-Commodores[]
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stuart W. S. Millar | Special Project Lead, Ministry of Defence | Medical | 31 July 2017 | [95] | ||
Fleur T. Marshall | Assistant Chief of Staff (Medical), Navy Command Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service |
Medical | 26 February 2019 | [96][97] | ||
Stuart Mark Collett | Commander, Joint Hospital Group | Medical | CBE | 16 August 2021 | [89] |
Royal Fleet Auxiliary[]
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Smith | Operational Support Manager – Commercially Supported Shipping | Royal Fleet Auxiliary Engineering |
MNM[98] | June 2019 | [99] | |
David Eagles | Commodore, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Deputy Director of Royal Navy Afloat Support |
Royal Fleet Auxiliary | October 2020 | [100] |
See also[]
- List of serving senior officers of the Royal Marines
- List of serving senior officers of the British Army
- List of serving senior officers of the Royal Air Force
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