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.

Admirals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Sir Antony David Radakin		Chief of the Defence Staff	Warfare	KCB, ADC	19 June 2019	[1]
Sir Benjamin John Key		None - suspended[2]	Warfare/Fleet Air Arm	KCB, CBE, ADC	8 November 2021	[3]
Sir Keith Edward Blount		Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe	Warfare/Fleet Air Arm	KCB, OBE	17 July 2023	[4]

Vice-Admirals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Sir Christopher Reginald Summers Gardner		Chief Executive Officer, Submarine Delivery Agency	Logistics	KBE	9 April 2019	[5][6]
Andrew Paul Burns		Fleet Commander	Warfare	CB, OBE	24 September 2021	[7]
Sir Martin John Connell		Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Acting First Sea Lord/CNS	Warfare/Fleet Air Arm	KCB, CBE	12 January 2022	[8]
Philip John Hally		Chief of Defence People	Logistics	CB, MBE	12 December 2022	[9]
Michael Keith Utley		Commander, Allied Maritime Command	Warfare	CB, OBE	13 January 2023	[10]
Paul Marshall		Director-General (Ships), Defence Equipment and Support	Engineering	CB, CBE	21 April 2023	[11]
Andrew Jeffery Kyte		Chief of Defence Logistics and Support	Logistics	CB	18 September 2023	[12]
Edward Ahlgren		Senior Advisor for Middle Eastern Affairs, Ministry of Defence[13]	Warfare	OBE	1 May 2024	[14]
Simon Phillip Asquith		Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation	Warfare	CB, OBE	8 July 2024	[15]
James David Morley		Deputy Commander, Joint Force Command Norfolk	Warfare	CB	14 October 2024	[16]

Rear-Admirals

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Richard A. Murrison		Senior Military Mentor, Royal College of Defence Studies	Logistics		11 July 2021	[17]
Paul Christopher Carroll		Director of Submarine Acquisition, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineering	OBE	2 August 2021	[18]
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	[18]
Timothy M. Henry			Warfare	OBE	18 October 2021	[19]
Thomas Edward Manson		Deputy Director General, Defence Safety Authority Director (Technical), Military Aviation Authority	Engineering	CB, OBE	1 November 2021	[19]
Stephen M. R. Moorhouse		Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations and Commitments)	Warfare	CBE	10 January 2022	[20]
Judith Helen Terry		Director of People and Training, Navy Command Naval Secretary	Logistics	CB, OBE	12 January 2022	[21]
Nicholas J. Wheeler		Director, NATO Digital Staff[22]	Warfare		11 July 2022	[21]
Steven Dainton		Senior Directing Staff, Royal College of Defence Studies	Warfare	CBE	18 July 2022	[23]
Robert George Pedre		Commander United Kingdom Strike Force[24]	Warfare		26 September 2022	[25]
Anthony Kingsmill Rimington		Director of Force Generation, Navy Command Director of Naval Aviation, Navy Command	Warfare/Fleet Air Arm		1 November 2022	[26]
Jeremy J. Bailey		Director of Submarine Support, Submarine Delivery Agency	Engineering		28 February 2023	[27]
Timothy Christopher Woods		UK Defence Attaché to the USA Head of the British Defence Staff, United States	Engineering	CBE	16 January 2023	[10]
Robert A. Lauchlan		Chief Strategic Systems Executive, Ministry of Defence	Engineering		8 March 2023	[10]
Christopher E. Shepherd		Director of AUKUS, Defence Nuclear Organisation	Engineering		3 April 2023	[28]
Ivan R. Finn		Director of Navy Acquisition, Navy Command	Engineering		9 May 2023	[29]
Angus N. P. Essenhigh		National Hydrographer, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office	Warfare	OBE	27 June 2023	[30]
Steven J. McCarthy		Director of Operations (Ships), Defence Equipment and Support	Engineering		12 October 2023	[31]
Paul A. Murphy		Director of Defence Support Major Programmes, Strategic Command Chief Naval Logistics Officer	Logistics		23 October 2023	[31]
Craig Wood		Deputy Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO	Warfare	CBE	9 April 2024	[32]
Andrew B. Perks		Director of Submarines, Navy Command	Engineering	MBE	22 April 2024	[33]
Paul A. Stroude		Director of Capability, Strategic Command	Warfare		10 June 2024	[34]
Fiona R. Shepherd		Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Support Operations)	Logistics	MBE	1 October 2024	[35]

Surgeon Rear-Admiral

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Fleur T. Marshall		Director of Medical Personnel and Training, Defence Medical Services	Medical		21 March 2023	[36]

Commodores

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Martin E. Quinn		Head of Reserve Forces 2030, Ministry of Defence	Royal Naval Reserve		19 April 2016	[37]
Simon P. Huntington		Internal Consultant for Business Improvement Projects	Warfare	OBE	20 February 2017	[38]
Robert James Astley Bellfield		Naval Regional Commander London and Eastern England	Warfare	CBE, ADC	25 August 2017	[39]
Thomas J. Guy		Commander, British Forces Gibraltar	Warfare		1 July 2018	[40]
Stephen David Roberts		Deputy Director of Ship Acquisition, Navy Command	Engineering	CBE	20 March 2019	[41]
Philip D. Nash		Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence	Warfare		26 August 2019	[42]
Paul E. Dunn		Commodore, Submarine Service	Warfare	OBE	12 August 2019	[43]
Philip G. Game		Director of Sense, Decide and Communicate, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineering		4 November 2019	[44]
Christopher D. Goodsell		Deputy Director of Submarines, navy Command	Warfare		23 March 2020	[45]
Jonathan D. Lett		Deputy Director of Policy, United States Indo-Pacific Command	Warfare		16 November 2020	[46]
Sharon L. Malkin		Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde	Engineering	ADC	2 June 2021	[17]
David Christopher Moody		Head of Space Capability, United Kingdom Space Command	Engineering	CBE	25 June 2021	[18]
Martyn R. Boyes		Director Submarines Acquisition, Submarine Delivery Agency	Engineering		28 June 2021	[18]
Gordon W. D. Ruddock		Deputy Chief of Staff (Management), Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum	Warfare		13 December 2021	[8]
Andrew D. Rose		Deputy Director of Plans, Navy Command	Warfare		10 January 2022	[47]
Timothy C. Green		Assistant Chief of Staff (Maritime Warfare), Navy Command	Warfare		31 March 2022	[48]
Andrew G. Lamb		UK Defence Attaché to the Republic of Korea	Warfare	OBE	25 Jul 2022	[49]
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. New		Deputy Chief Naval Logistics Officer	Logistics		2 October 2022	[49]
Donald J. Mackinnon		Head of Defence Operational Capability, Ministry of Defence	Warfare	OBE	31 October 2022	[9][50]
Elton R. Sharkey		Director of Nuclear Propulsion, Submarine Delivery Agency	Engineering		12 December 2022	[51]
Catherine E. Jordan		Head, Royal Navy Culture Centre	Warfare	LVO	9 January 2023	[36]
Stephen J. Bolton		Deputy Director, Aviation Programmes and Futures, Navy Command	Warfare		6 February 2023	[36]
Toby S. Jefferson		Deputy Director of Infrastructure, Navy Command	Engineering		6 February 2023	[36]
Andrew J. E. Ashfield Smith		Head of Communications Strategy, Ministry of Defence	Warfare		20 April 2023	[11]
Simon P. Kelly		Deputy Commander UK Strike Force	Warfare		22 May 2023	[52]
James Blackmore		Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group	Warfare		23 May 2023	[30]
Rachel M. Singleton		Head of the Defence AI Centre, Strategic Command	Engineering	MBE	5 June 2023	[53]
Andrew R. Ingham		Commander Fleet Operational Standards and Training	Warfare		4 July 2023	[52]
Andrew G. James		Deputy Director of Submarine Capability, Navy Command	Engineering		4 July 2023	[52]
Stephen Andrew Large		Head of Naval Ship Support, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineering	OBE	10 July 2023	[52]
Joanna L. Adey		Commander Maritime Reserves	Engineering	ADC	25 July 2023	[54]
Matthew P. Stratton		Deputy Director of Equipment and Systems Acquisition, Navy Command	Engineering		1 August 2023	[55]
Stuart A. Finn		Deputy Director of Naval Aviation Commodore Fleet Air Arm	Warfare/Fleet Air Arm		1 August 2023	[55]
David M. Filtness		Deputy Commander Operations	Warfare		14 August 2023	[31]
Paul Carter		Deputy Director of AUKUS, Defence Nuclear Organisation	Engineering		4 September 2023	[31]
Matthew M. Solly		Deputy Commandant, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom	Engineering		9 October 2023	[56]
Steven Jose		Head of UK Military Flying Training Systems, Defence Equipment and Support	Engineering		30 October 2023	[56]
Benjamin D. Wales		Head of Strategic Workforce Planning and Performance, Ministry of Defence	Logistics		1 December 2023	[57]
James D. Farrant		Deputy Director, Service Prosecuting Authority	Logistics		8 December 2023	[58]
John M. Punch		Deputy Director of Plans, Navy Command	Warfare	OBE	11 December 2023	[57]
Suzi Nielson		Deputy Director of People Delivery, Navy Command	Logistics	OBE	2 January 2024	[58]
Mark Edgar John Anderson			Warfare	CBE	5 January 2024	[58]
Johanna Deakin		Deputy Director of Individual Training, Navy Command Commandant, Training Management Group	Engineering	OBE	16 January 2024	[58]
Andrew R. Robinson		Head of Customer Service Team, Defence Infrastructure Organisation	Warfare		14 April 2024	[59]
Marcus E. Rose		Deputy Director of Underwater Battlespace Capability, Navy Command	Engineering		15 April 2024	[59]
Karen M. M. Rees		Director of Defence Support Chains Operations and Movements	Logistics		22 April 2024	[59]
Marcus J. C. Hember		Deputy Director of Capability Plans, Navy Command	Warfare		13 May 2024	[15]
Alan D. Tracey		Head of Defence Maritime Regulator, Defence Safety Authority	Engineering		20 May 2024	[15]
Tobias G. Waite		Commodore Naval Staff Deputy Director of Policy and Engagement, Navy Command	Warfare		28 May 2024	[60]
Michael L. Wood		Head of Underwater Battlespace Capability, Navy Command	Warfare	MBE	24 June 2024	[61]
Richard J. Purdy		Deputy Director of People Change, Navy Command	Engineering		24 June 2024	[61]
Conor M. O′Neill			Warfare		29 July 2024	[16]
Marcel M.G. Rosenberg		Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth	Engineering	ADC	9 September 2024	[35]
Jonathan A. Carrigan		Deputy Director, National Shipbuilding Office	Logistics		9 September 2024	[35]
Christopher E. M. Saunders		UK Defence Attaché to India	Warfare	MBE	23 September 2024	[62]
Ian D. Park		Head of Legal, Navy Command	Logistics		21 October 2024	[63]
Tristram A.H. Kirkwood		Naval Regional Commander Wales and Western England	Warfare	OBE, ADC	2 November 2024
Anthony S. Williams			Warfare		2 December 2024	[64]
Benjamin W. Aldous		Deputy Commander, Combined Maritime Forces Commander, United Kingdom Maritime Component Command			3 January 2025	[65]
Katherine L.M. Armstrong			Warfare		6 January 2025	[63]
Ian D. Feasey		Commodore Surface Flotilla	Warfare		30 January 2025	[63]

Surgeon-Commodores

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Stuart W. S. Millar		Senior Responsible Officer, Doctors, Army Command	Medical		31 July 2017	[66]
Alison J. Hofman		Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service Medical Director General (Naval)	Medical		28 May 2020	[67][68]
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	[31]
Jason E. Smith		Medical Director to the Surgeon General Head of Research and Clinical Innovation, Defence Medical Services	Medical	CBE, KHP	18 March 2024	[59]

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

Name	Photo	Appointment	Former branch	Honours	Date of promotion	Ref
Sam Shattock		Deputy Director, Royal Fleet Auxiliary	Royal Fleet Auxiliary

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