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] [2] [3]}

Admirals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
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]

Rear-Admirals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
James David Morley		Deputy Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO	Warfare	CB	9 April 2018	[17]
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	[18]
Simon Phillip Asquith			Warfare	CB, OBE	14 October 2019	[19]
Nicholas B. J. Washer		Director of Operations, Defence Digital	Warfare		1 March 2021	[20]
Donald J. M. Doull			Engineering	CBE	22 June 2021	[21]
Paul Spence Beattie		Director of the Naval Staff	Warfare		26 May 2021	[10]
Richard A. Murrison		Senior Military Mentor, Royal College of Defence Studies	Logistics		11 July 2021	[10]
Rex J. Cox		Chief Executive, National Shipbuilding Office	Warfare		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		Deputy Commander, Joint Force Command Norfolk	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			Warfare	CBE	10 January 2022	[24]
Judith Helen Terry		Director of People and Training, Navy Command Naval Secretary	Logistics	OBE	12 January 2022	[25]
Edward Ahlgren		Commander Maritime Operations	Warfare	OBE	27 April 2022	[26]
Nicholas J. Wheeler		Director NATO Digital Staff [27]	Warfare		11 July 2022	[25]
Steven Dainton		Deputy Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies	Warfare	CBE	18 July 2022	[28]
Robert George Pedre		Commander United Kingdom Strike Force [29]	Warfare		26 September 2022	[30]
Anthony K. Rimington			Warfare/Fleet Air Arm		1 November 2022	[31]
Jeremy J. Bailey		Director of Submarine Support, Navy Command	Engineering		28 February 2023	[32]
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	[33]
Ivan R. Finn		Director of Navy Acquisition, Navy Command	Engineering		9 May 2023	[34]
Angus N. P. Essenhigh		Director of Data Acquisition and National Hydrographer, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (June 2023) [35]	Warfare	OBE	27 June 2023	[36]
Steven J. McCarthy			Engineering		12 October 2023	[37]
Paul A. Murphy			Logistics		23 October 2023	[37]
Craig Wood			Warfare	CBE	9 April 2024	[38]
Andrew B. Perks			Engineering	MBE	22 April 2024	[39]

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	[40]

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	[41]
Martin E. Quinn					19 April 2016	[42]
Andrew M. Cree			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	25 August 2017	[45]
Raymond A. Lovegrove		Deputy Director, Defence Infrastructure	Engineering		30 April 2018	[46]
Robert Wood			Logistics	OBE	29 May 2018	[47]
Thomas J. Guy		Commander, British Forces Gibraltar	Warfare		1 July 2018	[48]
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	[49]
Philip D. Nash		Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence	Warfare		26 August 2019	[50]
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	[51]
Philip G. Game		Head of Maritime Combat Systems, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineering		4 November 2019	[52]
Melanie S. Robinson		to retire	Warfare	CBE, ADC	4 February 2020	[53] [54]
Christopher D. Goodsell			Warfare		23 March 2020	[55]
Ian S. Groom		Head, Defence Maritime Regulator	Engineering	MBE	1 September 2020	[56]
Jonathan D. Lett		Director, J5 Policy, United States Indo-Pacific Command	Warfare		16 November 2020	[57]
Paul A. Stroude			Warfare		15 February 2021	[58]
Stephen F. Prest			Engineering		1 April 2021	[10]
David A. Joyce		Deputy Director of People Strategy, Navy Command	Engineering		17 May 2021	[10]
Sharon L. Malkin		Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde	Engineering	ADC	2 June 2021	[10]
Andrew J. Aitken			Warfare		8 June 2021	[10]
David C. Moody		Head of Space Capability, United Kingdom Space Command	Engineering		25 June 2021	[22]
Martyn R. Boyes		Head of Dreadnought Supply and Support, Submarine Delivery Agency	Engineering		28 June 2021	[22]
Richard P. Harris			Logistics		26 July 2021	[22]
Paul P. Pitcher		Commander, Surface Flotilla	Warfare		6 September 2021	[59]
Jolyon R. A. Woodard		Head of Air Manoeuvre Capabality, Army Command	Warfare		25 October 2021	[60]
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	[61]
Kristin J. Nicholson		Deputy Director of People Delivery, Navy Command	Logistics		17 January 2022	[61]
Timothy C. Green		Assistant Chief of Staff (Maritime Warfare), Navy Command	Warfare		31 March 2022	[62]
Richard J. Atkinson		Deputy Director of Maritime Capability and Force Development, Navy Command	Warfare		2 May 2022	[25]
Stuart G. Capes			Warfare		6 June 2022	[63]
Andrew G. Lamb		UK Defence Attaché to the Republic of Korea	Warfare	OBE	25 Jul 2022	[64]
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	[64]
Donald J. Mackinnon		Head of Defence Operational Capability, Ministry of Defence	Warfare	OBE	31 October 2022	[13] [65]
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	[40]
Elton R. Sharkey		Director of Nuclear Propulsion, Submarine Delivery Agency	Engineering		12 December 2022	[66]
Ben Aldous		Commander, International Maritime Security Construct			2022	[67]
Catherine E. Jordan		Head, Royal Navy Culture Centre	Warfare	LVO	9 January 2023	[40]
Philip E. Dennis			Warfare	MBE	12 January 2023	[32]
Stephen J. Bolton		Deputy Director, Aviation Programmes and Futures, Navy Command	Warfare		6 February 2023	[40]
Toby S. Jefferson		Head, Customer Support Team, Defence Infrastructure Organisation	Engineering		6 February 2023	[40]
Andrew J. E. Ashfield Smith		Head of Communications Strategy, Ministry of Defence	Warfare		20 April 2023	[15]
Simon P. Kelly			Warfare		22 May 2023	[68]
James Blackmore		Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group	Warfare		23 May 2023	[36]
Rachel M. Singleton		Head of the Defence AI Centre, Strategic Command	Engineering	MBE	5 June 2023	[69]
Jason F. Strutt			Engineering		12 June 2023	[69]
Andrew R. Ingham		Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training	Warfare		4 July 2023	[68]
Andrew G. James			Engineering		4 July 2023	[68]
Stephen Andrew Large		Head of Naval Ship Support,Defence Equipment and Support	Engineering	OBE	10 July 2023	[68]
Joanna L. Adey		Commander Maritime Reserves	Engineering	ADC	25 July 2023	[70]
Matthew P. Stratton			Engineering		1 August 2023	[71]
Stuart A. Finn			Warfare		1 August 2023	[71]
David M. Filtness			Warfare		14 August 2023	[37]
Paul Carter			Engineering		4 September 2023	[37]
Matthew M. Solly			Engineering		9 October 2023	[72]
Steven Jose			Engineering		30 October 2023	[72]
Benjamin D. Wales			Logistics		1 December 2023	[73]
James D. Farrant			Logistics		8 December 2023	[74]
John M. Punch			Warfare	OBE	11 December 2023	[73]
Suzi Nielson			Logistics	OBE	2 January 2024	[74]
Mark Edgar John Anderson			Warfare	CBE	5 January 2024	[74]
Johanna Deakin			Engineering	OBE	16 January 2024	[74]

Acting

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref

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	[75]
Alison J. Hofman		Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service Medical Director General (Naval)	Medical		28 May 2020	[76] [77]
Stuart Mark Collett		Commander, Joint Hospital Group	Medical	CBE	16 August 2021	[78]
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	[37]

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Decorations	Date of promotion	Ref
David Smith			Royal Fleet Auxiliary Engineering	MNM [79]	June 2019	[80]
David Eagles		Commodore, Royal Fleet Auxiliary Deputy Director of Royal Navy Afloat Support	Royal Fleet Auxiliary		October 2020	[81]

See also

• 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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