| Robert Pedre | |
| Birth Place: | Taunton, Somerset |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | Royal Navy |
| Serviceyears: | 1996–present |
| Rank: | Rear Admiral |
Rear Admiral Robert George Pedre (born 8 February 1975) is a senior Royal Navy officer and current Commander United Kingdom Strike Force.
Educated at Davenant Foundation School, Imperial College London[1] (BSc physics, 1996) and King's College London (MA Defence Studies, 2016),[2] Pedre entered Britannia Royal Naval College on 18 September 1996. He became commanding officer of the, deployed on counter-terrorist operations in the Irish Sea, in 2003.[3]
As executive officer on the Type 22 frigate, Pedre was involved in the evacuation of personnel from Benghazi, Libya in 2009.[1] He went on to command the Type 23 frigate in 2012,[4] and the landing platform helicopter in 2016.[5] Ocean served as flagship for Standing NATO Maritime Group 2[6] and took part in Operation RUMAN (humanitarian support to the British Overseas Territories), before being decommissioned in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II on 27 March 2018.[7]
Pedre went on to be Assistant Head Defence Strategy at the Ministry of Defence later in 2018,[1] Commander Littoral Strike Group in May 2020,[8] and, with promotion to rear admiral, Commander United Kingdom Strike Force in September 2022.[9]