List of senior officers of the Royal Navy

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This is a list of senior officers of the Royal Navy.

Lord High Admirals, 1413–1628

See List of Lord High Admirals and First Lords of the Admiralty

Lord High Admiral and First Lords of the Admiralty, 1628–1709

See List of Lord High Admirals and First Lords of the Admiralty

Lord High Admirals And First Lords of the Admiralty, 1709– present

See List of Lord High Admirals and First Lords of the Admiralty

Admirals of the Fleet, 1690–1827

See List of Admirals of the Fleet

First Sea Lords and Chiefs of the Naval Staff, 1828–present

See First Sea Lord

Deputy First Sea Lords

Deputy First Sea Lords included:

• Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss (October 1917–December 1917)
• Vice Admiral Sir George Hope (January 1918–August 1919)
• Admiral Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis (29 July 1942–1946)

Vice Chiefs of the Naval Staff

Vice Chiefs of the Naval Staff included:

• Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Moore (21 October 1941–7 June 1943)
• Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Syfret (7 June 1943–1945)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor (1945–1947)
• Vice-Admiral Sir John Edelsten (1947–1949)
• Vice-Admiral Sir George Creasy (1949–1951)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Guy Grantham (1951–1954)
• Vice-Admiral Sir William Davis (1954–1957)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Caspar John (1957–1960)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Walter Couchman (1960–1961)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Varyl Begg (1961–1963)
• Vice-Admiral Sir John Frewen (1963–1965)
• Vice-Admiral Sir John Bush (1965–1967)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Hill-Norton (1967–1969)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Ashmore (1969–1971)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Terence Lewin (1971–1973)
• Vice-Admiral Sir John Treacher (1973–1975)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Raymond Lygo (1975–1978)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Morton (1978–1980)
• Vice-Admiral Sir William Staveley (1980–1982)
• Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Stanford (1982–1984)

Deputy Chiefs of the Naval Staff

Deputy Chiefs of the Naval Staff included:

• Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Oliver (1917–1918)
• Rear Admiral Sir Sydney Fremantle (1918–1919)
• Rear Admiral Sir James Fergusson (1919)
• Vice Admiral Sir Osmond Brock (1919–1921)
• Vice Admiral Sir Roger Keyes (1921–1925)
• Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Field (1925–1928)
• Vice Admiral Sir William Fisher (1928–1930)
• Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer (1930–1933)
• Vice Admiral Sir Charles Little (1933–1935)
• Vice Admiral Sir William James (1935–1938)
• Vice Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham (1938–1939)
• Vice Admiral Sir Tom Phillips (1939–1941)
• Rear Admiral Sir Robert Oliver (1946–1947)
• Vice Admiral Sir Edward Evans-Lombe (1950–1953)
• Rear Admiral Sir Geoffrey Barnard (1953–1954)
• Vice Admiral Sir Eric Clifford (1954–1957)

Note: From 1957 to 1966 the post was held by the Fifth Sea Lord

• Vice Admiral Sir Richard Janvrin (1966–1968)

Second Sea Lords

See Second Sea Lord

Third Sea Lords

See Third Sea Lord

Fourth Sea Lords

See Fourth Sea Lord

Fifth Sea Lords

See Fifth Sea Lord