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][obsolete source][2][obsolete source]
Admirals
[edit]Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Sir Antony David Radakin | Chief of the Defence Staff | Warfare | KCB, ADC | 19 June 2019 | [3] | |
Sir Benjamin John Key | First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | KCB, CBE, ADC | 8 November 2021 | [4] | |
Sir Keith Edward Blount | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | KCB, OBE | 17 July 2023 | [5] |
Vice-Admirals
[edit]Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sir Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner | Chief Executive Officer, Submarine Delivery Agency | Logistics | KBE | 9 April 2019 | [6][7] | |
Andrew Paul Burns | Fleet Commander | Warfare | CB, OBE | 24 September 2021 | [8] | |
Sir Martin John Connell | Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | KCB, CBE | 12 January 2022 | [9] | |
Philip John Hally | Chief of Defence People | Logistics | CB, MBE | 12 December 2022 | [10] | |
Michael Keith Utley | Commander, Allied Maritime Command | Warfare | CB, OBE | 13 January 2023 | [11] | |
Paul Marshall | Director-General (Ships), Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | CB, CBE | 21 April 2023 | [12] | |
Andrew Jeffery Kyte | Chief of Defence Logistics and Support | Logistics | CB | 18 September 2023 | [13] | |
Edward Ahlgren | Senior Advisor for Middle Eastern Affairs, Ministry of Defence[14] | Warfare | OBE | 1 May 2024 | [15] | |
Simon Phillip Asquith | Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation | Warfare | CB, OBE | 8 July 2024 | [16] | |
James David Morley | Deputy Commander, Joint Force Command Norfolk | Warfare | CB | 14 October 2024 | [17] |
Rear-Admirals
[edit]Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Richard A. Murrison | Senior Military Mentor, Royal College of Defence Studies | Logistics | 11 July 2021 | [18] | ||
Paul Christopher Carroll | Director of Submarine Acquisition, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 2 August 2021 | [19] | |
James Miles Benjamin Parkin | Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability) Controller of the Navy Director of Development, Navy Command |
Warfare | CBE | 16 August 2021 | [19] | |
Timothy M. Henry | Warfare | OBE | 18 October 2021 | [20] | ||
Thomas Edward Manson | Deputy Director General, Defence Safety Authority Director (Technical), Military Aviation Authority |
Engineering | CB, OBE | 1 November 2021 | [20] | |
Stephen M. R. Moorhouse | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations and Commitments) | Warfare | CBE | 10 January 2022 | [21] | |
Judith Helen Terry | Director of People and Training, Navy Command Naval Secretary |
Logistics | CB, OBE | 12 January 2022 | [22] | |
Nicholas J. Wheeler | Director, NATO Digital Staff[23] | Warfare | 11 July 2022 | [22] | ||
Steven Dainton | Senior Directing Staff, Royal College of Defence Studies | Warfare | CBE | 18 July 2022 | [24] | |
Robert George Pedre | Commander United Kingdom Strike Force[25] | Warfare | 26 September 2022 | [26] | ||
Anthony Kingsmill Rimington | Director of Force Generation, Navy Command Director of Naval Aviation, Navy Command |
Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | 1 November 2022 | [27] | ||
Jeremy J. Bailey | Director of Submarine Support, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 28 February 2023 | [28] | ||
Timothy Christopher Woods | UK Defence Attaché to the USA Head of the British Defence Staff, United States |
Engineering | CBE | 16 January 2023 | [11] | |
Robert A. Lauchlan | Chief Strategic Systems Executive, Ministry of Defence | Engineering | 8 March 2023 | [11] | ||
Christopher E. Shepherd | Director of AUKUS, Defence Nuclear Organisation | Engineering | 3 April 2023 | [29] | ||
Ivan R. Finn | Director of Navy Acquisition, Navy Command | Engineering | 9 May 2023 | [30] | ||
Angus N. P. Essenhigh | National Hydrographer, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office | Warfare | OBE | 27 June 2023 | [31] | |
Steven J. McCarthy | Director of Operations (Ships), Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 12 October 2023 | [32] | ||
Paul A. Murphy | Director of Defence Support Major Programmes, Strategic Command Chief Naval Logistics Officer |
Logistics | 23 October 2023 | [32] | ||
Craig Wood | Deputy Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO | Warfare | CBE | 9 April 2024 | [33] | |
Andrew B. Perks | Director of Submarines, Navy Command | Engineering | MBE | 22 April 2024 | [34] | |
Paul A. Stroude | Director of Capability, Strategic Command | Warfare | 10 June 2024 | [35] | ||
Fiona R. Shepherd | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Support Operations) | Logistics | MBE | 1 October 2024 | [36] |
Surgeon Rear-Admiral
[edit]Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Fleur T. Marshall | Director of Medical Personnel and Training, Defence Medical Services | Medical | 21 March 2023 | [37] |
Commodores
[edit]Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Martin E. Quinn | Head of Reserve Forces 2030, Ministry of Defence | Royal Naval Reserve | 19 April 2016 | [38] | ||
Simon P. Huntington | Warfare | OBE | 20 February 2017 | [39] | ||
Robert James Astley Bellfield | Naval Regional Commander London and Eastern England | Warfare | CBE, ADC | 25 August 2017 | [40] | |
Thomas J. Guy | Commander, British Forces Gibraltar | Warfare | 1 July 2018 | [41] | ||
Stephen David Roberts | Deputy Director of Ship Acquisition, Navy Command | Engineering | CBE | 20 March 2019 | [42] | |
Philip D. Nash | Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence | Warfare | 26 August 2019 | [43] | ||
Paul E. Dunn | Commodore, Submarine Service | Warfare | OBE | 12 August 2019 | [44] | |
Philip G. Game | Director of Sense, Decide and Communicate, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 4 November 2019 | [45] | ||
Christopher D. Goodsell | Deputy Director of Submarines, navy Command | Warfare | 23 March 2020 | [46] | ||
Jonathan D. Lett | Deputy Director of Policy, United States Indo-Pacific Command | Warfare | 16 November 2020 | [47] | ||
Sharon L. Malkin | Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde | Engineering | ADC | 2 June 2021 | [18] | |
David Christopher Moody | Head of Space Capability, United Kingdom Space Command | Engineering | CBE | 25 June 2021 | [19] | |
Martyn R. Boyes | Director Submarines Acquisition, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 28 June 2021 | [19] | ||
Paul P. Pitcher | Warfare | 6 September 2021 | [48] | |||
Gordon W. D. Ruddock | Deputy Chief of Staff (Management), Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum | Warfare | 13 December 2021 | [9] | ||
Andrew D. Rose | Deputy Director of Plans, Navy Command | Warfare | 10 January 2022 | [49] | ||
Timothy C. Green | Assistant Chief of Staff (Maritime Warfare), Navy Command | Warfare | 31 March 2022 | [50] | ||
Andrew G. Lamb | UK Defence Attaché to the Republic of Korea | Warfare | OBE | 25 Jul 2022 | [51] | |
Robert E. Curry | Director, Deterrence and Defence of the European/Atlantic Area Implementation Group | July 2022 | ||||
Roger Readwin | UK Naval Attaché to the USA | July 2022 | ||||
Richard A. New | Deputy Chief Naval Logistics Officer | Logistics | 2 October 2022 | [51] | ||
Donald J. Mackinnon | Head of Defence Operational Capability, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | OBE | 31 October 2022 | [10][52] | |
Elton R. Sharkey | Director of Nuclear Propulsion, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 12 December 2022 | [53] | ||
Catherine E. Jordan | Head, Royal Navy Culture Centre | Warfare | LVO | 9 January 2023 | [37] | |
Stephen J. Bolton | Deputy Director, Aviation Programmes and Futures, Navy Command | Warfare | 6 February 2023 | [37] | ||
Toby S. Jefferson | Deputy Director of Infrastructure, Navy Command | Engineering | 6 February 2023 | [37] | ||
Andrew J. E. Ashfield Smith | Head of Communications Strategy, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | 20 April 2023 | [12] | ||
Simon P. Kelly | Deputy Commander UK Strike Force | Warfare | 22 May 2023 | [54] | ||
James Blackmore | Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group | Warfare | 23 May 2023 | [31] | ||
Rachel M. Singleton | Head of the Defence AI Centre, Strategic Command | Engineering | MBE | 5 June 2023 | [55] | |
Andrew R. Ingham | Commander Fleet Operational Standards and Training | Warfare | 4 July 2023 | [54] | ||
Andrew G. James | Deputy Director of Submarine Capability, Navy Command | Engineering | 4 July 2023 | [54] | ||
Stephen Andrew Large | Head of Naval Ship Support, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 10 July 2023 | [54] | |
Joanna L. Adey | Commander Maritime Reserves | Engineering | ADC | 25 July 2023 | [56] | |
Matthew P. Stratton | Deputy Director of Equipment and Systems Acquisition, Navy Command | Engineering | 1 August 2023 | [57] | ||
Stuart A. Finn | Deputy Director of Naval Aviation Commodore Fleet Air Arm |
Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | 1 August 2023 | [57] | ||
David M. Filtness | Deputy Commander Operations | Warfare | 14 August 2023 | [32] | ||
Paul Carter | Deputy Director of AUKUS, Defence Nuclear Organisation | Engineering | 4 September 2023 | [32] | ||
Matthew M. Solly | Deputy Commandant, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom | Engineering | 9 October 2023 | [58] | ||
Steven Jose | Head of UK Military Flying Training Systems, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 30 October 2023 | [58] | ||
Benjamin D. Wales | Head of Strategic Workforce Planning and Performance, Ministry of Defence | Logistics | 1 December 2023 | [59] | ||
James D. Farrant | Deputy Director, Service Prosecuting Authority | Logistics | 8 December 2023 | [60] | ||
John M. Punch | Deputy Director of Plans, Navy Command | Warfare | OBE | 11 December 2023 | [59] | |
Suzi Nielson | Deputy Director of People Delivery, Navy Command | Logistics | OBE | 2 January 2024 | [60] | |
Mark Edgar John Anderson | Warfare | CBE | 5 January 2024 | [60] | ||
Johanna Deakin | Deputy Director of Individual Training, Navy Command Commandant, Training Management Group |
Engineering | OBE | 16 January 2024 | [60] | |
Andrew R. Robinson | Head of Customer Service Team, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Warfare | 14 April 2024 | [61] | ||
Marcus E. Rose | Deputy Director of Underwater Battlespace Capability, Navy Command | Engineering | 15 April 2024 | [61] | ||
Karen M. M. Rees | Director of Defence Support Chains Operations and Movements | Logistics | 22 April 2024 | [61] | ||
Marcus J. C. Hember | Deputy Director of Capability Plans, Navy Command | Warfare | 13 May 2024 | [16] | ||
Alan D. Tracey | Head of Defence Maritime Regulator, Defence Safety Authority | Engineering | 20 May 2024 | [16] | ||
Tobias G. Waite | Commodore Naval Staff Deputy Director of Policy and Engagement, Navy Command |
Warfare | 28 May 2024 | [62] | ||
Michael L. Wood | Head of Underwater Battlespace Capability, Navy Command | Warfare | MBE | 24 June 2024 | [63] | |
Richard J. Purdy | Deputy Director of People Change, Navy Command | Engineering | 24 June 2024 | [63] | ||
Conor M. O′Neill | Warfare | 29 July 2024 | [17] | |||
Marcel M.G. Rosenberg | Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth | Engineering | ADC | 9 September 2024 | [36] | |
Jonathan A. Carrigan | Deputy Director, National Shipbuilding Office | Logistics | 9 September 2024 | [36] | ||
Christopher E. M. Saunders | UK Defence Attaché to India | Warfare | MBE | 23 September 2024 | [64] | |
Tristram A.H. Kirkwood | Naval Regional Commander Wales and Western England | Warfare | OBE, ADC | 2 November 2024 | ||
Anthony S. Williams | Warfare | 2 December 2024 | [65] | |||
Benjamin W. Aldous | Deputy Commander, Combined Maritime Forces Commander, United Kingdom Maritime Component Command |
3 January 2025 | [66] |
Surgeon-Commodores
[edit]Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stuart W. S. Millar | Senior Responsible Officer, Doctors, Army Command | Medical | 31 July 2017 | [67] | ||
Alison J. Hofman | Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service Medical Director General (Naval) |
Medical | 28 May 2020 | [68][69] | ||
Elizabeth Crowson | Head of Defence Healthcare Education and Training, Defence Medical Services Commandant, Defence Medical Academy |
Medical | 2022 | |||
Andrew N. Nelstrop | Commander, Defence Primary Healthcare | Medical | 1 September 2023 | [32] | ||
Jason E. Smith | Medical Director to the Surgeon General Head of Research and Clinical Innovation, Defence Medical Services |
Medical | CBE, KHP | 18 March 2024 | [61] |
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
[edit]Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Honours | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sam Shattock | Deputy Director, Royal Fleet Auxiliary | Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
See also
[edit]- 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
- List of Royal Navy admirals (1707–current)
- List of Royal Navy vice admirals
- List of Royal Navy rear admirals
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The Head of Defence Medical Services Regulator (DMSR) position is held by Commodore Alison Hofman.