| Honorific Prefix: | Admiral |
| Sir James Eberle | |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 1927 |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | Royal Navy |
| Serviceyears: | 1941–1982 |
| Rank: | Admiral |
| Commands: | Fleet Naval Home Command |
| Battles: | Second World War |
| Awards: | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir James Henry Fuller Eberle, (31 May 1927 – 17 May 2018) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1979 until 1981.
Educated at Clifton College and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth,[1] [2] Eberle was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1941.[3] He served in the Second World War.[3]
Eberle was promoted to rear admiral in 1971 and was appointed Assistant Chief of Fleet Support the following year.[3] He became Flag Officer Sea Training in 1974, Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Ships in 1975 and Chief of Fleet Support in 1977.[3] He was promoted to vice admiral on 25 January 1977, and to full admiral on 4 May 1979 as he was appointed Commander-in-Chief Fleet. He then became Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1981, and retired in 1982.[3]
In retirement Eberle became Director of the Royal Institute for International Affairs.[3] He was also Rear Admiral and then Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and became Master of the Britannia Beagles hunt.[1]
In 1950 Eberle married Ann Patricia Thompson; they went on to have one son, Peter, and two daughters, Susan and Sarah.[3] Eberle died in May 2018 at the age of 90.[4]
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