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]
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warfare | KCB, ADC | 19 June 2019 | [3] | |||
| Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | KCB, CBE, ADC | 8 November 2021 | [4] | |||
| KCB, OBE | 17 July 2023 | |||||
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer, Submarine Delivery Agency (Reservist) | Logistics | KBE | 9 April 2019 | [5] | |||
| Warfare | CB, OBE | 24 September 2021 | |||||
| Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | CBE | 12 January 2022 | |||||
| Logistics | CB, MBE | 12 December 2022 | |||||
| Warfare | CB, OBE | 13 January 2023 | |||||
| Paul Marshall | Engineering | CB, CBE | 21 April 2023 | ||||
| Chief of Defence Logistics and Support | Logistics | CB | 18 September 2023 | ||||
| Senior Advisor to the British MOD for Middle Eastern Affairs[6] | Warfare | OBE | 1 May 2024 | ||||
| Warfare | CB, OBE | 8 July 2024 | |||||
| James David Morley | Warfare | CB | 14 October 2024 |
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Albon | Senior Directing Staff, Royal College of Defence Studies | Royal Naval Reserve | |||||
| James Godfrey Higham | Engineering | CB, OBE | 26 February 2019 | ||||
| Andrew Betton | Director of Joint Warfare, Strategic Command | Warfare | CB, OBE | 2 September 2019 | |||
| Donald J. M. Doull | retired | Engineering | CBE | 22 June 2021 | |||
| Richard A. Murrison | Logistics | 11 July 2021 | |||||
| Rex John Cox | Chief Executive, National Shipbuilding Office | Warfare | CB | 26 July 2021 | |||
| Engineering | OBE | 2 August 2021 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Timothy M. Henry | Warfare | OBE | 18 October 2021 | ||||
| Thomas E. Manson | Engineering | OBE | 1 November 2021 | ||||
| Warfare | CBE | 10 January 2022 | |||||
| Logistics | OBE | 12 January 2022 | |||||
| Nicholas J. Wheeler | Director NATO Digital Staff[7] | Warfare | 11 July 2022 | ||||
| Steven Dainton | Warfare | CBE | 18 July 2022 | ||||
| Robert George Pedre | Commander United Kingdom Strike Force[8] | Warfare | 26 September 2022 | ||||
| Anthony K. Rimington | Director of Force Generation and Director Naval Aviation, Navy Command | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | 1 November 2022 | ||||
| Jeremy J. Bailey | Director of Submarine Support, Navy Command | Engineering | 28 February 2023 | ||||
| UK Defence Attaché to the USA Head of the British Defence Staff, United States | Engineering | CBE | 16 January 2023 | ||||
| Robert A. Lauchlan | UK Project Officer, Polaris Sales Agreement | Engineering | 8 March 2023 | ||||
| Christopher E. Shepherd | Defence Nuclear Organisation AUKUS Director and Senior Responsible Owner for the Replacement Nuclear Submarine Program | Engineering | 3 April 2023 | ||||
| Ivan R. Finn | Director of Navy Acquisition, Navy Command | Engineering | 9 May 2023 | ||||
| Angus N. P. Essenhigh | Director of Data Acquisition and National Hydrographer, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (June 2023)[9] | Warfare | OBE | 27 June 2023 | |||
| Steven J. McCarthy | Director of Ship Support, Defence Equipment and Support and Chief Engineer, Royal Navy | Engineering | 12 October 2023 | ||||
| Paul A. Murphy | Director of Defence Support Major Programmes, Strategic Command and Chief Naval Logistics Officer | Logistics | 23 October 2023 | ||||
| Craig Wood | Warfare | CBE | 9 April 2024 | ||||
| Andrew B. Perks | Director of Submarines, Navy Command | Engineering | MBE | 22 April 2024 | |||
| Paul A. Stroude | Director of Capability and Multi-Domain Change Integration Program Director | Warfare | 10 June 2024 | ||||
| Fiona R. Shepherd | Logistics | MBE | 1 October 2024 |
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin E. Quinn | Lead of Defence Campaign Plan | Royal Naval Reserve | 19 April 2016 | ||||
| Andrew M. Cree | Deputy Director Future Training, Navy Command | Engineering | CBE | 14 November 2016 | |||
| Simon P. Huntington | Warfare | OBE | 20 February 2017 | ||||
| Robert James Astley Bellfield | Naval Regional Commander Eastern England | Warfare | CBE, ADC | 25 August 2017 | |||
| Robert Wood | Logistics | OBE | 29 May 2018 | ||||
| Thomas J. Guy | Warfare | 1 July 2018 | |||||
| Stephen David Roberts | Engineering | CBE | 20 March 2019 | ||||
| Philip D. Nash | Warfare | 26 August 2019 | |||||
| Peter N. Olive | Warfare | 2019 | |||||
| Paul E. Dunn | Warfare | OBE | 12 August 2019 | ||||
| Philip G. Game | Head of Maritime Combat Systems, Defence Equipment and Support | Engineering | 4 November 2019 | ||||
| Christopher D. Goodsell | Warfare | 23 March 2020 | |||||
| Jonathan D. Lett | Warfare | 16 November 2020 | |||||
| Sharon L. Malkin | Engineering | ADC | 2 June 2021 | ||||
| David Christopher Moody | Engineering | CBE | 25 June 2021 | ||||
| Martyn R. Boyes | Engineering | 28 June 2021 | |||||
| Paul P. Pitcher | Warfare | 6 September 2021 | |||||
| Gordon W. D. Ruddock | Warfare | 13 December 2021 | |||||
| Andrew D. Rose | Deputy Director of Plans, Navy Command | Warfare | 10 January 2022 | ||||
| Timothy C. Green | Assistant Chief of Staff (Maritime Warfare), Navy Command | Warfare | 31 March 2022 | ||||
| Andrew G. Lamb | UK Defence Attaché to the Republic of Korea | Warfare | OBE | 25 Jul 2022 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Donald J. Mackinnon | Head of Defence Operational Capability, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | OBE | 31 October 2022 | [10] | ||
| Elton R. Sharkey | Director of Nuclear Propulsion, Submarine Delivery Agency | Engineering | 12 December 2022 | ||||
| Ben Aldous | 2022 | [11] | |||||
| Catherine E. Jordan | Head, Royal Navy Culture Centre | Warfare | LVO | 9 January 2023 | |||
| Stephen J. Bolton | Deputy Director, Aviation Programmes and Futures, Navy Command | Warfare | 6 February 2023 | ||||
| Toby S. Jefferson | Engineering | 6 February 2023 | |||||
| Andrew J. E. Ashfield Smith | Head of Communications Strategy, Ministry of Defence | Warfare | 20 April 2023 | ||||
| Simon P. Kelly | Deputy Commander UK Strike Force | Warfare | 22 May 2023 | ||||
| James Blackmore | Warfare | 23 May 2023 | |||||
| Rachel M. Singleton | Head of the Defence AI Centre, Strategic Command | Engineering | MBE | 5 June 2023 | |||
| Andrew R. Ingham | Warfare | 4 July 2023 | |||||
| Andrew G. James | Deputy Director of Submarine Capability | Engineering | 4 July 2023 | ||||
| Stephen Andrew Large | Engineering | OBE | 10 July 2023 | ||||
| Joanna L. Adey | Commander Maritime Reserves | Engineering | ADC | 25 July 2023 | |||
| Matthew P. Stratton | Deputy Director of Equipment and Systems Acquisition | Engineering | 1 August 2023 | ||||
| Stuart A. Finn | Deputy Director of Naval Aviation Commodore Fleet Air Arm | Warfare/Fleet Air Arm | 1 August 2023 | ||||
| David M. Filtness | Deputy Commander Operations | Warfare | 14 August 2023 | ||||
| Paul Carter | Deputy Director of the SSN AUKUS in Defence | Engineering | 4 September 2023 | ||||
| Matthew M. Solly | Deputy Commandant Defence Academy | Engineering | 9 October 2023 | ||||
| Steven Jose | Head of UK Military Flying Training Systems | Engineering | 30 October 2023 | ||||
| Benjamin D. Wales | Head of Strategic Workforce Planning and Performance, MOD | Logistics | 1 December 2023 | ||||
| James D. Farrant | Deputy Director of Service Prosecutions | Logistics | 8 December 2023 | ||||
| John M. Punch | Deputy Director of Plans, Navy Command | Warfare | OBE | 11 December 2023 | |||
| Suzi Nielson | Deputy Director of People Delivery, Navy Command | Logistics | OBE | 2 January 2024 | |||
| Mark Edgar John Anderson | Deputy Commander Combined Maritime Forces and Commander United Kingdom Maritime Component Command | Warfare | CBE | 5 January 2024 | |||
| Johanna Deakin | Deputy Director of Individual Training and Commandant Training Management Group | Engineering | OBE | 16 January 2024 | |||
| Andrew R. Robinson | Head of the Customer Service Team, DIO | Warfare | 14 April 2024 | ||||
| Marcus E. Rose | Engineering | 15 April 2024 | |||||
| Karen M. M. Rees | Head of Defence Support Chains Operations and Movements | Logistics | 22 April 2024 | ||||
| Marcus J. C. Hember | Deputy Director of Maritime Force Capability and Force Development | Warfare | 13 May 2024 | ||||
| Alan D. Tracey | Engineering | 20 May 2024 | |||||
| Tobias G. Waite | Commodore Naval Staff and Deputy Director for Policy and Engagement | Warfare | 28 May 2024 | ||||
| Michael L. Wood | Warfare | MBE | 24 June 2024 | ||||
| Richard J. Purdy | Deputy Director for People Change, Navy Command | Engineering | 24 June 2024 | ||||
| Conor M O′Neill | Warfare | 29 July 2024 | |||||
| Marcel M.G. Rosenberg | Engineering | ADC | 9 September 2024 | ||||
| Jonathan A. Carrigan | Deputy Director of the National Shipbuilding Office | Logistics | 9 September 2024 | ||||
| Tristram A.H. Kirkwood | Naval Regional Commander Wales and Western England | Warfare | OBE, ADC | 2 November 2024 |
| Name | Photo | Appointment | Former branch | Decorations | Date of promotion | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart W. S. Millar | Senior Responsible Officer, Doctors, Army Command | Medical | 31 July 2017 | ||||
| Alison J. Hofman | Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service Medical Director General (Naval) | Medical | 28 May 2020 | [12] [13] | |||
| Elizabeth Crowson | Medical | 2022 | |||||
| Andrew N. Nelstrop | Commander, Defence Primary Healthcare | Medical | 1 September 2023 | ||||
| Jason E. Smith | Medical | 18 March 2024 |