List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy

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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