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Formations of the Royal Navy

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

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

Fleets

Historic fleets

Commands

Since 2012 full operational command has been vested in the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff.

Historic commands

Flag Officers

Former Flag Officer positions

Commodores flying Broad Pennants in command appointments

  • Commander Amphibious Task Group - COMUKATG
  • Commander Carrier Strike Group -COMUKCSG
  • Commander Maritime Reserves - COMMARRES
  • Commodore of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary - Cdre RFA
  • Commodore, Fleet Air Arm (uncertain whether flies a Broad Pennant)
  • Commodore, Northern England and Isle of Man (uncertain whether flies a Broad Pennant)

Former Commodore command appointments

  • Commander UK Maritime Component - COMUKMARCOMP
  • Commodore (Amphibious Warfare) - COMAW or COM(AW) or Cdre (AW)
  • Commodore in Charge, Hong Kong
  • Commodore, Naval Aviation
  • Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron, March 1921 - October 1940.[23] 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[24] which changed to the Maritime Commander in March 1993.[25] Alternately rendered as Commodore Commanding, New Zealand Station, HQ Auckland, (1919–1941).
  • Commodore Royal Naval Reserve - Cdre RNR
  • Commodore Royal Yachts
  • Senior Naval Officer West Indies - SNOWI
  • Commodore Air Train, British Pacific Fleet (COMAT/BPF) - 1945
  • Commodore Fleet Train, British Pacific Fleet (COFT/BPF) - 1945
  • Commodore in Charge, HM Australian Naval Establishments, Sydney[26]

Senior Royal Marines appointments

The Royal Marines are part of the Naval Service

Former Royal Marines appointments

See also

References

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  2. ^ Haarr, Geirr (Sep 24, 2013). The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 - April 1940. Seaforth Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 9781473832732. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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  9. ^ "HMS Theseus, British light fleet aircraft carrier". Naval-History.net. 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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  19. ^ http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Borneo/SukarnoNavy.html Archived September 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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  21. ^ "Naval Aviation Organization". Flight. LIX (2204): 483. 20 April 1951. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  22. ^ Drucker, G. (2005). "Fleet Air Arm Service Records: Flag Officer Index". Fleet Air Arm Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  23. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
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Bibliography

  • Roskill, S.W., Captn., DSC., RN, The war at sea, 1939-1945, Vol.I, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1954 (maps of operational Commands of the Royal Navy during the Second World War taken from Roskill, but not attributed, together with Fleet appendixes also taken from his work can be found at http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4201-40RNShips4Overseas.htm. Note from Naval-History.Net. The map was assembled from a variety of sources. The Fleet Appendices are not from Roskill's work, which does not include them. They were compiled from Admiralty Pink and Red lists.
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