List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy
Appearance
This is a list of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy. It includes currently serving admirals, vice-admirals, rear-admirals, and commodores.[1]
Admirals
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sir Timothy Peter Fraser | ![]() |
Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff | Warfare | KCB | May 2019 | [2] |
Antony David Radakin | ![]() |
First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff | Warfare | CB | June 2019 | [3] |
Vice-Admirals
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benjamin John Key | ![]() |
Chief of Joint Operations | Warfare | KCB, CBE | 10 February 2016 | [4] |
Paul Martin Bennett | ![]() |
Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation | Warfare | CB, OBE | 16 July 2018 | [5] |
Jeremy Paul Kyd | ![]() |
Fleet Commander | Warfare | CBE | 5 March 2019 | [6] |
Nicholas William Hine | ![]() |
Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | Warfare | CB | 26 April 2019 | [7] |
Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner | ![]() |
Director-General (Ships), Defence Equipment and Support | Logistics | CBE | 9 April 2019 | [6][8] |
Keith Edward Blount | ![]() |
Commander, Allied Maritime Command | Fleet Air Arm | CB, OBE | 20 May 2019 | [7] |
Richard Charles Thompson | ![]() |
Director-General (Air), Defence Equipment and Support Air Member for Materiel, Air Force Board |
Fleet Air Arm | CBE | 1 September 2020 | [9] |
Rear-Admirals
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Matthew Leonard Kingwell | to retire | Warfare | CBE | 14 October 2013 | [10] | |
Keith Andrew Beckett | ![]() |
Director of Submarines Support, Submarine Delivery Agency Chief of Strategic Systems Executive, Submarine Delivery Agency |
Engineering | 4 November 2014 | [11][12] | |
Timothy Charles Hodgson | Director of Submarine Capability | Engineering | CB, MBE | 1 July 2016 | [13] | |
Paul Methven | to retire | Engineering | CB | 5 January 2017 | [14] | |
Paul Vincent Halton | ![]() |
Director of Submarine Readiness, Submarine Delivery Agency | Warfare | OBE | 24 October 2017 | [15] |
Guy A. Robinson | ![]() |
Deputy Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO | Warfare | OBE | 13 November 2017 | [16] |
Matthew Peter Briers | ![]() |
Director, Carrier Strike | Fleet Air Arm | 2 January 2018 | [16] | |
James David Morley | ![]() |
Director of Capability, Strategic Command | Warfare | 9 April 2018 | [17] | |
Malcolm J. Toy | ![]() |
Director of Operations and Assurance, Defence Safety Authority Chief Operating Officer, Defence Safety Authority Director (Technical), Military Aviation Authority |
Engineering | 3 July 2018 | [18] | |
Andrew M. Kyte | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Logistics Operations) | Logistics | CB | 19 November 2018 | [19] | |
Hugh D. Beard | ![]() |
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability & Force Design) | Warfare | 26 November 2018 | [20] | |
Martin John Connell | ![]() |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Aviation, Amphibious Capability & Carriers) Rear Admiral, Fleet Air Arm Director of Force Generation |
Fleet Air Arm | CBE | 20 February 2019 | [21] |
Andrew Paul Burns | ![]() |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) | Warfare | OBE | 25 February 2019 | [6] |
James G. Higham | ![]() |
Director of Ship Support, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 26 February 2019 | [6] |
Paul Marshall | ![]() |
Director of Ship Acquisition | Engineering | CBE | 25 February 2019 | [22] |
James Norman Macleod | Defence Services Secretary Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel Capability) |
Engineering | CB | 27 March 2019 | [6] | |
Philip John Hally | ![]() |
Director of People and Training Naval Secretary |
Logistics | MBE | 20 May 2019 | [23] |
Andrew Betton | ![]() |
Deputy Commander, NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk | Warfare | OBE | 2 September 2019 | [24] |
Simon Phillip Asquith | ![]() |
Commander Maritime Operations | Warfare | OBE | 14 October 2019 | [25] |
Peter James Sparkes | ![]() |
UK National Hydrographer Deputy Chief Executive, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |
Warfare | 28 October 2019 | [25] | |
Michael Keith Utley | ![]() |
Commander United Kingdom Strike Force Rear Admiral Surface Ships |
Warfare | CB, OBE | 16 December 2019 | [26] |
Rhett S. Hatcher | Director of Data Acquisition, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office | Fleet Air Arm | 8 September 2020 | [9] |
Commodores
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graeme T. Little | Assistant Chief of Staff (Engineering Support), Navy Command | Engineering | 17 July 2012 | [27] | ||
John R. MacDonald | ![]() |
Head of Dreadnought Supply and Support, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 22 July 2013 | [28] | |
Jonathan M. S. Fry | ![]() |
Head of Capability and Cadets, Navy Command | Engineering | 21 January 2014 | [29] | |
Michael P. Robinson | Head of In-Service Submarines, Defence Equipment and Support Head of In-Service Submarines, Submarine Delivery Agency |
Engineering | 1 July 2014 | [30] | ||
Darren N. Bone | Executive Co-ordinator, International Military Staff Secretary, NATO Military Committee |
Warfare | 4 January 2015 | [31] | ||
Inga Kennedy | ![]() |
Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service | Royal Navy Medical Service | 9 February 2015 | [32] | |
Steven Dainton | ![]() |
Commander, British Forces Gibraltar | Warfare | 2 June 2015 | [33] | |
Richard A. Murrison | Naval Assistant to the Naval Secretary | Logistics | 3 August 2015 | [34] | ||
Peter Coulson | ![]() |
Commander, Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport | Engineering | 7 December 2015 | [35] | |
Stephen J. Pearson | to retire | Warfare | 15 February 2016 | [36] | ||
Paul G. J. Dailey | Commodore, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 1 August 2016 | [37] | ||
Iain S. Lower | Head of Strategic Engagement, Navy Command | Warfare | 1 August 2016 | [37] | ||
Thomas E. Manson | Head of UK Military Flying Training Systems, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 8 August 2016 | [37] | |
David G. Childs | to retire | Engineering | 11 October 2016 | [38] | ||
Andrew M. Cree | ![]() |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Training) Deputy Director of Future Training |
Engineering | CBE | 14 November 2016 | [39] |
Simon P. Huntington | Deputy Director of People Delivery, Navy Command | Warfare | OBE | 20 February 2017 | [40] | |
Henry Duffy | ![]() |
to retire | Warfare | OBE | 30 April 2017 | [41] |
Stuart W. S. Millar | Special Project Lead, Ministry of Defence | Medical Branch | 31 July 2017 | [42] | ||
Robert J. A. Bellfield | ![]() |
to retire | Warfare | 25 August 2017 | [43] | |
Martyn J. Williams | Head of Naval Ships Support, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | CBE | 5 December 2017 | [44] | |
Craig Wood | ![]() |
Commander, Coalition Task Force Sentinel | Warfare | CBE | 12 December 2017 | [45][46] |
Andrew S. Jackson | Head of Capability and Programmes, Defence Nuclear Organization | Engineering | 9 January 2018 | [45] | ||
David W. Matthews | Commodore, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 1 April 2018 | [47] | ||
Robert J. Anstey | Acting Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland | Warfare | OBE | 17 April 2018 | [47] | |
Richard J. Winter | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Defence Digital | Engineering | 30 April 2018 | [47] | ||
Raymond A. Lovegrove | Strategic Asset Management and Programming Team, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Engineering | 30 April 2018 | [48] | ||
Timothy C. Woods | Head of British Defence Staff, Eastern Europe | Engineering | 1 May 2018 | [49] | ||
Heber K. Ackland | Assistant Commandant (Maritime), Joint Services Command and Staff College | Logistics | 8 May 2018 | [48] | ||
James M. B. Parkin | ![]() |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Crisis and Deliberate Planning), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Warfare | CBE | 22 May 2018 | [48] |
Robert Wood | Commodore, Naval Legal Services | Logistics | OBE | 29 May 2018 | [50] | |
Donald J. M. Doull | ![]() |
Commander, Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde | Engineering | CBE | 19 June 2018 | [51] |
James Le S. Perks | ![]() |
Commander, Submarine Flotilla | Warfare | OBE | 1 July 2018 | [52] |
Thomas J. Guy | Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence | Warfare | 1 July 2018 | [52] | ||
James V.B. Hayes | Commodore, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 30 July 2018 | [52] | ||
Eleanor L. Ablett | ![]() |
Military Leader for Defence People Transformation, Ministry of Defence | Logistics | MBE | 28 August 2018 | [53][54] |
Timothy M. Henry | Head of Strategic Planning, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | Warfare | OBE | 4 September 2018 | [55] | |
Stephen M. R. Moorhouse | ![]() |
Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group | Warfare | OBE | 11 September 2018 | [55] |
David I. Burns | Warfare | 26 September 2018 | [56] | |||
Paul C. R. Carroll | Head of Type 31e Frigate Procurement, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 16 October 2018 | [20] | ||
Rex J. Cox | Head of Financial Military Capability Plans, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | 6 November 2018 | [57] | ||
Paul S. Beattie | Head of Naval Staff, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | 12 November 2018 | [58] | ||
Nicholas B. J. Washer | Warfare | 3 December 2018 | [59] | |||
Michael B. Knott | ![]() |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Maritime Capability), Navy Command | Warfare | CBE | 15 January 2019 | [60] |
Fleur T. Marshall | Head of Healthcare Plans, Defence Healthcare | Medical | 26 February 2019 | [61][62] | ||
Jeremy J. Bailey | ![]() |
Commander, Her Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth | Engineering | 26 March 2019 | [57] | |
Stuart P. Henderson | Navy Safety Director | Engineering | 28 January 2019 | [6] | ||
Andrew A. Jordan | ![]() |
Deputy Director of Ships | Warfare | 25 February 2019 | [57] | |
Stephen D. Roberts | Programme Director, Type 26 Frigates, Navy Headquarters | Engineering | 20 March 2019 | [57] | ||
Dean A. Bassett | ![]() |
Commander, UK Maritime Component Command Bahrain | Warfare | 14 June 2019 | [63] | |
Robert C. Vitali | ![]() |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Warfare), Navy Command | Warfare | 28 May 2019 | [64] | |
Edwin L. Tritschler | Head of Airworthiness, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | MBE | 15 July 2019 | [65] | |
Adrian P. Orchard | Head of Operating Assurance, Military Aviation Authority | Warfare | OBE | 22 July 2019 | [65] | |
Mark E. Prince | Director of Nuclear Propulsion, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 29 July 2019 | [66] | ||
Philip D. Nash | UK Naval Attaché to the USA | Warfare | 26 August 2019 | [67] | ||
Peter N. Olive | Chief of Staff, Standing Joint Force Headquarters | Warfare | 2019 | |||
Paul E. Dunn | Head of Operations, Defence Nuclear Organisation | Warfare | OBE | 12 August 2019 | [68] | |
Nicholas J. Wheeler | Deputy Director, Military Support | Warfare | 21 October 2019 | [68] | ||
Stuart H. Wright | Head of People Strategy, Navy Command | Logistics | 21 October 2019 | [69] | ||
Philip G. Game | Head of Portfolio Delivery, Defence Equipment and Support Deputy Director of Weapons, Defence Equipment and Support |
Engineering | 4 November 2019 | [70] | ||
Nicholas J. Hibberd | Assistant Chief of Staff (Maritime Warfare), Navy Command | Warfare | 17 December 2019 | [71] | ||
Ivan R. Finn | Head of Helicopters 1, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 9 December 2019 | [71] | ||
Edward G. Ahlgren | Deputy Commander of Operations | Warfare | OBE | 20 January 2020 | [72] | |
Melanie S. Robinson | ![]() |
Commander, Maritime Reserves | Warfare | 4 February 2020 | [73][74] | |
Andrew M. Stacey | ![]() |
Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training | Warfare | 10 March 2020 | [75] | |
Christopher D. Goodsell | Head of Warfare Development, Strategic Command | Warfare | 23 March 2020 | [76] | ||
Alison J. Hofman | Head of Defence Medical Services Regulator | Medical | 28 May 2020 | [77][78] | ||
Anthony K. Rimington | ![]() |
Principal Staff Officer to the Chief of the Defence Staff | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | 3 June 2020 | [79] | |
Charles A. Evans | Head of Defence Support Capability, Strategic Command | Logistics | 11 May 2020 | [80] | ||
Robert G. Pedre | Commander, Littoral Strike Group | Warfare | 22 May 2020 | [81] | ||
Niall R. Griffin | Commanding Officer, Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton | Fleet Air Arm | MBE | 8 July 2020 | [82] | |
Nicholas M. Walker | Deputy Director of Naval Aviation | Fleet Air Arm | 17 July 2020 | [83][84] | ||
Robert A. Lauchlan | Commodore, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 21 July 2020 | [85] | ||
Ian S. Groom | Defence Maritime Regulator | Engineering | September 2020 | |||
Timothy Neild | Commander, Surface Flotilla | Warfare | September 2020 | |||
James R. Dean | Logistics | |||||
Christopher B. Cook | Head of Strategy and Planning, Defence Digital | Engineering | 2 November 2020 | [86] | ||
Jonathan D. Lett | Commander, British Forces South Atlantic Islands | Warfare | November 2020 | [87] |
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