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][3]
Admirals
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Sir Antony David Radakin | Chief of the Defence Staff | Warfare | KCB, ADC | 19 June 2019 | [4] | |
Sir Benjamin John Key | First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff | Warfare | KCB, CBE, ADC | 8 November 2021 | [5] | |
Sir Keith Edward Blount | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe | Fleet Air Arm | KCB, OBE | 17 July 2023 | [6] |
Vice-Admirals
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sir Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner | Chief Executive Officer, Submarine Delivery Agency | Logistics | KBE | 9 April 2019 | [7][8] | |
Sir Richard Charles Thompson | Director-General (Air), Defence Equipment and Support Air Member for Materiel, Air Force Board |
Fleet Air Arm | KCB, CBE | 1 September 2020 | [9] | |
Guy Antony Robinson | Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation | Warfare | CB, OBE | 5 July 2021 | [10] | |
Andrew Paul Burns | Fleet Commander | Warfare | CB, OBE | 24 September 2021 | [11] | |
Martin John Connell | Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | Fleet Air Arm | CBE | 12 January 2022 | [12] | |
Philip John Hally | Chief of Defence People | Logistics | CB, MBE | 12 December 2022 | [13] | |
Michael Keith Utley | Commander, Allied Maritime Command | Warfare | CB, OBE | 13 January 2023 | [14] | |
Paul Marshall | Director-General (Ships), Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | CB, CBE | 21 April 2023 | [15] | |
Andrew Jeffery Kyte | Chief of Defence Logistics and Support | Logistics | CB | 18 September 2023 | [16] | |
Edward Ahlgren | Senior Advisor to the British MOD for Middle Eastern Affairs[17] | Warfare | OBE | 1 May 2024 | [18] | |
Simon Phillip Asquith | Warfare | CB, OBE | 8 July 2024 | [19] |
Rear-Admirals
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James David Morley | Warfare | CB | 9 April 2018 | [20] | ||
James Godfrey Higham | Director of Ship Support, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | CB, OBE | 26 February 2019 | [7] | |
Andrew Betton | Director of Joint Warfare, Strategic Command | Warfare | CB, OBE | 2 September 2019 | [21] | |
Nicholas B. J. Washer | Warfare | 1 March 2021 | [22] | |||
Donald J. M. Doull | Engineering | CBE | 22 June 2021 | [23] | ||
Paul Spence Beattie | Director of the Naval Staff | Warfare | CBE | 26 May 2021 | [10] | |
Richard A. Murrison | Senior Military Mentor, Royal College of Defence Studies | Logistics | 11 July 2021 | [10] | ||
Rex John Cox | Chief Executive, National Shipbuilding Office | Warfare | CB | 26 July 2021 | [24] | |
Paul Christopher Carroll | Director of Innovation and Future Capability, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 2 August 2021 | [24] | |
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 | [24] | |
Timothy M. Henry | Deputy Commander, Joint Force Command Norfolk | Warfare | OBE | 18 October 2021 | [25] | |
Thomas E. Manson | Deputy Director General, Defence Safety Authority Director (Technical), Military Aviation Authority |
Engineering | OBE | 1 November 2021 | [25] | |
Stephen M. R. Moorhouse | Warfare | CBE | 10 January 2022 | [26] | ||
Judith Helen Terry | Director of People and Training, Navy Command Naval Secretary |
Logistics | OBE | 12 January 2022 | [27] | |
Nicholas J. Wheeler | Director NATO Digital Staff[28] | Warfare | 11 July 2022 | [27] | ||
Steven Dainton | Deputy Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies | Warfare | CBE | 18 July 2022 | [29] | |
Robert George Pedre | Commander United Kingdom Strike Force[30] | Warfare | 26 September 2022 | [31] | ||
Anthony K. Rimington | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | 1 November 2022 | [32] | |||
Jeremy J. Bailey | Director of Submarine Support, Navy Command | Engineering | 28 February 2023 | [33] | ||
Timothy Christopher Woods | UK Defence Attaché to the USA Head of the British Defence Staff, United States |
Engineering | CBE | 16 January 2023 | [14] | |
Robert A. Lauchlan | UK Project Officer, Polaris Sales Agreement | Engineering | 8 March 2023 | [14] | ||
Christopher E. Shepherd | Engineering | 3 April 2023 | [34] | |||
Ivan R. Finn | Director of Navy Acquisition, Navy Command | Engineering | 9 May 2023 | [35] | ||
Angus N. P. Essenhigh | Director of Data Acquisition and National Hydrographer, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (June 2023)[36] | Warfare | OBE | 27 June 2023 | [37] | |
Steven J. McCarthy | Engineering | 12 October 2023 | [38] | |||
Paul A. Murphy | Logistics | 23 October 2023 | [38] | |||
Craig Wood | Deputy Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO | Warfare | CBE | 9 April 2024 | [39] | |
Andrew B. Perks | Engineering | MBE | 22 April 2024 | [40] | ||
Paul A. Stroude | Warfare | 10 June 2024 | [41] |
Surgeon Rear-Admiral
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fleur T. Marshall | Director of Medical Personnel and Training, Defence Medical Services | Medical | 21 March 2023 | [42] |
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 | [43] | ||
Martin E. Quinn | 19 April 2016 | [44] | ||||
Andrew M. Cree | Engineering | CBE | 14 November 2016 | [45] | ||
Simon P. Huntington | Naval Assistant to the Naval Secretary | Warfare | OBE | 20 February 2017 | [46] | |
Robert James Astley Bellfield | Naval Regional Commander Eastern England | Warfare | CBE | 25 August 2017 | [47] | |
Raymond A. Lovegrove | Deputy Director, Defence Infrastructure | Engineering | 30 April 2018 | [48] | ||
Robert Wood | Logistics | OBE | 29 May 2018 | [49] | ||
Thomas J. Guy | Commander, British Forces Gibraltar | Warfare | 1 July 2018 | [50] | ||
Stephen David Roberts | Deputy Director of Ship Acquisition, Navy Command Programme Director, Type 26 Frigates Programme Director, Type 31 frigates |
Engineering | CBE | 20 March 2019 | [51] | |
Philip D. Nash | Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence | Warfare | 26 August 2019 | [52] | ||
Peter N. Olive | Head of Futures and Strategic Analysis, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre | Warfare | 2019 | |||
Paul E. Dunn | Commodore, Submarine Service | Warfare | OBE | 12 August 2019 | [53] | |
Philip G. Game | Head of Maritime Combat Systems, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 4 November 2019 | [54] | ||
Melanie S. Robinson | to retire | Warfare | CBE, ADC | 4 February 2020 | [55][56] | |
Christopher D. Goodsell | Warfare | 23 March 2020 | [57] | |||
Ian S. Groom | Engineering | MBE | 1 September 2020 | [58] | ||
Jonathan D. Lett | Director, J5 Policy, United States Indo-Pacific Command | Warfare | 16 November 2020 | [59] | ||
David Andrew Joyce | Deputy Director of People Strategy, Navy Command | Engineering | CBE | 17 May 2021 | [10] | |
Sharon L. Malkin | Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde | Engineering | ADC | 2 June 2021 | [10] | |
Andrew John Aitken | Warfare | OBE | 8 June 2021 | [10] | ||
David Christopher Moody | Head of Space Capability, United Kingdom Space Command | Engineering | CBE | 25 June 2021 | [24] | |
Martyn R. Boyes | Head of Dreadnought Supply and Support, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 28 June 2021 | [24] | ||
Richard P. Harris | Logistics | 26 July 2021 | [24] | |||
Paul P. Pitcher | Commander, Surface Flotilla | Warfare | 6 September 2021 | [60] | ||
Jolyon R. A. Woodard | Head of Air Manoeuvre Capabality, Army Command | Warfare | 25 October 2021 | [61] | ||
Fiona R. Shepherd | Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel and Logistics), Permanent Joint Headquarters | Logistics | MBE | 29 November 2021 | ||
Gordon W. D. Ruddock | Deputy Chief of Staff (Management), Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum | Warfare | 13 December 2021 | [12] | ||
Andrew D. Rose | Deputy Director of Plans, Navy Command | Warfare | 10 January 2022 | [62] | ||
Timothy C. Green | Assistant Chief of Staff (Maritime Warfare), Navy Command | Warfare | 31 March 2022 | [63] | ||
Richard J. Atkinson | to retire | Warfare | 2 May 2022 | [27] | ||
Stuart G. Capes | Warfare | 6 June 2022 | [64] | |||
Andrew G. Lamb | UK Defence Attaché to the Republic of Korea | Warfare | OBE | 25 Jul 2022 | [65] | |
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. Harris | Deputy Director of Policy Engagement, Ministry of Defence | Engineering | September 2022 | |||
Richard A. New | Commander, Standing Joint Force Logistics Component | Logistics | 2 October 2022 | [65] | ||
Donald J. Mackinnon | Head of Defence Operational Capability, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | OBE | 31 October 2022 | [13][66] | |
Daniel M. D′Silva | Engineering | 31 October 2022 | [13] | |||
John E. Voyce | Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth | Engineering | OBE, ADC | 2 November 2022 | [42] | |
Elton R. Sharkey | Director of Nuclear Propulsion, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 12 December 2022 | [67] | ||
Ben Aldous | Commander, International Maritime Security Construct | 2022 | [68] | |||
Catherine E. Jordan | Head, Royal Navy Culture Centre | Warfare | LVO | 9 January 2023 | [42] | |
Philip E. Dennis | Warfare | MBE | 12 January 2023 | [33] | ||
Stephen J. Bolton | Deputy Director, Aviation Programmes and Futures, Navy Command | Warfare | 6 February 2023 | [42] | ||
Toby S. Jefferson | Head, Customer Support Team, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Engineering | 6 February 2023 | [42] | ||
Andrew J. E. Ashfield Smith | Head of Communications Strategy, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | 20 April 2023 | [15] | ||
Simon P. Kelly | Warfare | 22 May 2023 | [69] | |||
James Blackmore | Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group | Warfare | 23 May 2023 | [37] | ||
Rachel M. Singleton | Head of the Defence AI Centre, Strategic Command | Engineering | MBE | 5 June 2023 | [70] | |
Jason F. Strutt | Engineering | 12 June 2023 | [70] | |||
Andrew R. Ingham | Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training | Warfare | 4 July 2023 | [69] | ||
Andrew G. James | Engineering | 4 July 2023 | [69] | |||
Stephen Andrew Large | Head of Naval Ship Support,Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 10 July 2023 | [69] | |
Joanna L. Adey | Commander Maritime Reserves | Engineering | ADC | 25 July 2023 | [71] | |
Matthew P. Stratton | Engineering | 1 August 2023 | [72] | |||
Stuart A. Finn | Warfare | 1 August 2023 | [72] | |||
David M. Filtness | Warfare | 14 August 2023 | [38] | |||
Paul Carter | Engineering | 4 September 2023 | [38] | |||
Matthew M. Solly | Engineering | 9 October 2023 | [73] | |||
Steven Jose | Engineering | 30 October 2023 | [73] | |||
Benjamin D. Wales | Logistics | 1 December 2023 | [74] | |||
James D. Farrant | Logistics | 8 December 2023 | [75] | |||
John M. Punch | Warfare | OBE | 11 December 2023 | [74] | ||
Suzi Nielson | Logistics | OBE | 2 January 2024 | [75] | ||
Mark Edgar John Anderson | Warfare | CBE | 5 January 2024 | [75] | ||
Johanna Deakin | Engineering | OBE | 16 January 2024 | [75] | ||
Andrew R. Robinson | Warfare | 14 April 2024 | [76] | |||
Marcus E. Rose | Engineering | 15 April 2024 | [76] | |||
Karen M. M. Rees | Logistics | 22 April 2024 | [76] | |||
Marcus J. C. Hember | Warfare | 13 May 2024 | [19] | |||
Alan D. Tracey | Engineering | 20 May 2024 | [19] |
Acting
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Surgeon-Commodores
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stuart W. S. Millar | Senior Responsible Officer, Doctors, Army Command | Medical | 31 July 2017 | [77] | ||
Alison J. Hofman | Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service Medical Director General (Naval) |
Medical | 28 May 2020 | [78][79] | ||
Stuart Mark Collett | Commander, Joint Hospital Group | Medical | CBE | 16 August 2021 | [80] | |
Elizabeth Crowson | Head of Defence Healthcare Education and Training, Defence Medical Services Commandant, Defence Medical Academy |
Medical | 2022 | |||
Andrew N. Nelstrop | Medical | 1 September 2023 | [38] | |||
Jason E. Smith | Medical | 18 March 2024 | [76] |
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Smith | Royal Fleet Auxiliary Engineering |
MNM[81] | June 2019 | [82] |
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