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][3][obsolete source]
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/Fleet Air Arm | KCB, CBE, ADC | 8 November 2021 | [5] | |
Sir Keith Edward Blount | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | KCB, OBE | 17 July 2023 | [6] |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Sir Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner | Chief Executive Officer, Submarine Delivery Agency (Reservist) | Logistics | KBE | 9 April 2019 | [7][8] | |
Andrew Paul Burns | Fleet Commander | Warfare | CB, OBE | 24 September 2021 | [9] | |
Martin John Connell | Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | CBE | 12 January 2022 | [10] | |
Philip John Hally | Chief of Defence People | Logistics | CB, MBE | 12 December 2022 | [11] | |
Michael Keith Utley | Commander, Allied Maritime Command | Warfare | CB, OBE | 13 January 2023 | [12] | |
Paul Marshall | Engineering | CB, CBE | 21 April 2023 | [13] | ||
Andrew Jeffery Kyte | Chief of Defence Logistics and Support | Logistics | CB | 18 September 2023 | [14] | |
Edward Ahlgren | Senior Advisor to the British MOD for Middle Eastern Affairs[15] | Warfare | OBE | 1 May 2024 | [16] | |
Simon Phillip Asquith | Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation | Warfare | CB, OBE | 8 July 2024 | [17] | |
James David Morley | Deputy Commander, Joint Force Command Norfolk | Warfare | CB | 14 October 2024 | [18] |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Ross Albon | Senior Directing Staff, Royal College of Defence Studies | Royal Naval Reserve | ||||
James Godfrey Higham | Engineering | CB, OBE | 26 February 2019 | [7] | ||
Andrew Betton | Director of Joint Warfare, Strategic Command | Warfare | CB, OBE | 2 September 2019 | [19] | |
Donald J. M. Doull | Director of Submarine Capability, Defence Nuclear Organisation | Engineering | CBE | 22 June 2021 | [20] | |
Richard A. Murrison | Senior Military Mentor, Royal College of Defence Studies | Logistics | 11 July 2021 | [21] | ||
Rex John Cox | Chief Executive, National Shipbuilding Office | Warfare | CB | 26 July 2021 | [22] | |
Paul Christopher Carroll | Director of Innovation and Future Capability, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 2 August 2021 | [22] | |
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 | [22] | |
Timothy M. Henry | Warfare | OBE | 18 October 2021 | [23] | ||
Thomas E. Manson | Deputy Director General, Defence Safety Authority Director (Technical), Military Aviation Authority |
Engineering | OBE | 1 November 2021 | [23] | |
Stephen M. R. Moorhouse | Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations and Commitments) | Warfare | CBE | 10 January 2022 | [24] | |
Judith Helen Terry | Director of People and Training, Navy Command Naval Secretary |
Logistics | OBE | 12 January 2022 | [25] | |
Nicholas J. Wheeler | Director NATO Digital Staff[26] | Warfare | 11 July 2022 | [25] | ||
Steven Dainton | Warfare | CBE | 18 July 2022 | [27] | ||
Robert George Pedre | Commander United Kingdom Strike Force[28] | Warfare | 26 September 2022 | [29] | ||
Anthony K. Rimington | Director of Force Generation and Director Naval Aviation, Navy Command | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | 1 November 2022 | [30] | ||
Jeremy J. Bailey | Director of Submarine Support, Navy Command | Engineering | 28 February 2023 | [31] | ||
Timothy Christopher Woods | UK Defence Attaché to the USA Head of the British Defence Staff, United States |
Engineering | CBE | 16 January 2023 | [12] | |
Robert A. Lauchlan | UK Project Officer, Polaris Sales Agreement | Engineering | 8 March 2023 | [12] | ||
Christopher E. Shepherd | Defence Nuclear Organisation AUKUS Director and Senior Responsible Owner for the Replacement Nuclear Submarine Program | Engineering | 3 April 2023 | [32] | ||
Ivan R. Finn | Director of Navy Acquisition, Navy Command | Engineering | 9 May 2023 | [33] | ||
Angus N. P. Essenhigh | Director of Data Acquisition and National Hydrographer, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (June 2023)[34] | Warfare | OBE | 27 June 2023 | [35] | |
Steven J. McCarthy | Director of Ship Support, Defence Equipment and Support and Chief Engineer, Royal Navy | Engineering | 12 October 2023 | [36] | ||
Paul A. Murphy | Director of Defence Support Major Programmes, Strategic Command and Chief Naval Logistics Officer | Logistics | 23 October 2023 | [36] | ||
Craig Wood | Deputy Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO | Warfare | CBE | 9 April 2024 | [37] | |
Andrew B. Perks | Director of Submarines, Navy Command | Engineering | MBE | 22 April 2024 | [38] | |
Paul A. Stroude | Director of Capability and Multi-Domain Change Integration Program Director | Warfare | 10 June 2024 | [39] | ||
Fiona R. Shepherd | Logistics | MBE | 1 October 2024 | [40] |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Fleur T. Marshall | Director of Medical Personnel and Training, Defence Medical Services | Medical | 21 March 2023 | [41] |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Martin E. Quinn | Lead of Defence Campaign Plan | Royal Naval Reserve | 19 April 2016 | [42] | ||
Andrew M. Cree | Deputy Director Future Training, Navy Command | Engineering | CBE | 14 November 2016 | [43] | |
Simon P. Huntington | Naval Assistant to the Naval Secretary | Warfare | OBE | 20 February 2017 | [44] | |
Robert James Astley Bellfield | Naval Regional Commander Eastern England | Warfare | CBE, ADC | 25 August 2017 | [45] | |
Robert Wood | Logistics | OBE | 29 May 2018 | [46] | ||
Thomas J. Guy | Commander, British Forces Gibraltar | Warfare | 1 July 2018 | [47] | ||
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 | [48] | |
Philip D. Nash | Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence | Warfare | 26 August 2019 | [49] | ||
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 | [50] | |
Philip G. Game | Head of Maritime Combat Systems, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 4 November 2019 | [51] | ||
Christopher D. Goodsell | Warfare | 23 March 2020 | [52] | |||
Jonathan D. Lett | Director, J5 Policy, United States Indo-Pacific Command | Warfare | 16 November 2020 | [53] | ||
Sharon L. Malkin | Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde | Engineering | ADC | 2 June 2021 | [21] | |
David Christopher Moody | Head of Space Capability, United Kingdom Space Command | Engineering | CBE | 25 June 2021 | [22] | |
Martyn R. Boyes | Engineering | 28 June 2021 | [22] | |||
Paul P. Pitcher | Commander, Surface Flotilla | Warfare | 6 September 2021 | [54] | ||
Jolyon R. A. Woodard | Warfare | 25 October 2021 | [55] | |||
Gordon W. D. Ruddock | Deputy Chief of Staff (Management), Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum | Warfare | 13 December 2021 | [10] | ||
Andrew D. Rose | Deputy Director of Plans, Navy Command | Warfare | 10 January 2022 | [56] | ||
Timothy C. Green | Assistant Chief of Staff (Maritime Warfare), Navy Command | Warfare | 31 March 2022 | [57] | ||
Andrew G. Lamb | UK Defence Attaché to the Republic of Korea | Warfare | OBE | 25 Jul 2022 | [58] | |
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 | Engineering | September 2022 | ||||
Richard A. New | Commander, Standing Joint Force Logistics Component | Logistics | 2 October 2022 | [58] | ||
Donald J. Mackinnon | Head of Defence Operational Capability, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | OBE | 31 October 2022 | [11][59] | |
Elton R. Sharkey | Director of Nuclear Propulsion, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 12 December 2022 | [60] | ||
Ben Aldous | Commander, International Maritime Security Construct | 2022 | [61] | |||
Catherine E. Jordan | Head, Royal Navy Culture Centre | Warfare | LVO | 9 January 2023 | [41] | |
Stephen J. Bolton | Deputy Director, Aviation Programmes and Futures, Navy Command | Warfare | 6 February 2023 | [41] | ||
Toby S. Jefferson | Head, Customer Support Team, Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Engineering | 6 February 2023 | [41] | ||
Andrew J. E. Ashfield Smith | Head of Communications Strategy, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | 20 April 2023 | [13] | ||
Simon P. Kelly | Deputy Commander UK Strike Force | Warfare | 22 May 2023 | [62] | ||
James Blackmore | Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group | Warfare | 23 May 2023 | [35] | ||
Rachel M. Singleton | Head of the Defence AI Centre, Strategic Command | Engineering | MBE | 5 June 2023 | [63] | |
Andrew R. Ingham | Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training | Warfare | 4 July 2023 | [62] | ||
Andrew G. James | Deputy Director of Submarine Capability | Engineering | 4 July 2023 | [62] | ||
Stephen Andrew Large | Head of Naval Ship Support,Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | OBE | 10 July 2023 | [62] | |
Joanna L. Adey | Commander Maritime Reserves | Engineering | ADC | 25 July 2023 | [64] | |
Matthew P. Stratton | Deputy Director of Equipment and Systems Acquisition | Engineering | 1 August 2023 | [65] | ||
Stuart A. Finn | Deputy Director of Naval Aviation Commodore Fleet Air Arm |
Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | 1 August 2023 | [65] | ||
David M. Filtness | Deputy Commander Operations | Warfare | 14 August 2023 | [36] | ||
Paul Carter | Deputy Director of the SSN AUKUS in Defence | Engineering | 4 September 2023 | [36] | ||
Matthew M. Solly | Deputy Commandant Defence Academy | Engineering | 9 October 2023 | [66] | ||
Steven Jose | Head of UK Military Flying Training Systems | Engineering | 30 October 2023 | [66] | ||
Benjamin D. Wales | Logistics | 1 December 2023 | [67] | |||
James D. Farrant | Logistics | 8 December 2023 | [68] | |||
John M. Punch | Warfare | OBE | 11 December 2023 | [67] | ||
Suzi Nielson | Logistics | OBE | 2 January 2024 | [68] | ||
Mark Edgar John Anderson | Warfare | CBE | 5 January 2024 | [68] | ||
Johanna Deakin | Deputy Director of Individual Training and Commandant Training Management Group | Engineering | OBE | 16 January 2024 | [68] | |
Andrew R. Robinson | Warfare | 14 April 2024 | [69] | |||
Marcus E. Rose | Engineering | 15 April 2024 | [69] | |||
Karen M. M. Rees | Logistics | 22 April 2024 | [69] | |||
Marcus J. C. Hember | Warfare | 13 May 2024 | [17] | |||
Alan D. Tracey | Engineering | 20 May 2024 | [17] | |||
Tobias G. Waite | Warfare | 28 May 2024 | [70] | |||
Michael L. Wood | Warfare | MBE | 24 June 2024 | [71] | ||
Richard J. Purdy | Engineering | 24 June 2024 | [71] | |||
Conor M O′Neill | Warfare | 29 July 2024 | [18] | |||
Marcel M.G. Rosenberg | Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth | Engineering | ADC | 9 September 2024 | [40] | |
Jonathan A. Carrigan | Logistics | 9 September 2024 | [40] | |||
Tristram A.H. Kirkwood | Naval Regional Commander Wales and Western England | Warfare | OBE, ADC | 2 November 2024 | [72] |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Stuart W. S. Millar | Senior Responsible Officer, Doctors, Army Command | Medical | 31 July 2017 | [73] | ||
Alison J. Hofman | Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service Medical Director General (Naval) |
Medical | 28 May 2020 | [74][75] | ||
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 | [36] | ||
Jason E. Smith | Medical | 18 March 2024 | [69] |
Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
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Sam Shattock | Commodore RFA | Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
The Head of Defence Medical Services Regulator (DMSR) position is held by Commodore Alison Hofman.