The Deputy Chief of Navy (DCN) is the second most senior appointment in the Royal Australian Navy, responsible to the Chief of Navy (CN). The rank associated with the position is rear admiral (2-star).
Appointees The following list chronologically records those who have held the post of Deputy Chief of Navy or its preceding positions. Rank and honours are as at the completion of the individual's tours.
Rank Name Postnominal(s) Termbegan Termended Notes Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Captain 1940 1942 Getting Division, Royal Australian Navy Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus Captain September 1943 1944 Captain 1944 1945 Captain October 1945 1946 J. V. P. Goldrick, 'Buchanan, Herbert James (1902–1965)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, pp 286–287. Captain October 1946 October 1948 Captain October 1948 1951 Captain October 1951 1952 Captain 1952 1954 Captain 1954 1954 Rear Admiral 1955 1957 Rear Admirals G-M, Admirals of the RAN Rear Admiral January 1957 January 1959 Rear Admiral January 1959 1962 Rear Admiral 1962 1964 Rear Admiral 1965 1967 Rear Admiral 1967 April 1968 Rear Admiral 1968 1970 Rear Admiral 1970 1971 Rear Admiral 1972 1973 Rear Admiral 1973 1975 Rear Admiral William John Dovers CBE DSC (born 1918) vs Rear Admiral William Anthony George Dovers CSC (born 1951) who was SO to DCNSDovers' end date is inconsistent with Gladstone's start date Rear Admiral 1974 1975 Rear Admiral 1975 1978 Rear Admiral 1978 1979 Rear Admiral 1979 1981 Rear Admiral 1981 1982 Rear Admiral 1982 1983 Rear Admiral 1983 1984 Rear Admiral 1984 1984 Rear Admiral 1985 1989 A short biography of our national patron , Rear Admiral Neil Ralph ret'd, Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia, Victorian Branch, www.vvaavic.org.auAustralia Day Honours, 1987 , The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 January 1987 Rear Admiral 1989 1989 Rear Admiral 1989 1990 Rear Admiral July 1990 March 1991 Rear Admiral 1991 1991 Rear Admiral November 1991 1994 Rear Admiral 1994 1995 Rear Admiral May 1996 June 1997 Deputy Chief of Navy Rear Admiral 1997 1999 Rear Admirals N-Z, Admirals of the RAN Rear Admiral 1999 1999 Vice Admirals, Admirals of the RAN Rear Admiral 1999 2000 Rear Admiral June 2000 June 2002 Rear Admirals A-F, Admirals of the RAN Rear Admiral June 2002 June 2004 Rear Admiral June 2004 June 2006 Rear Admiral June 2006 June 2008 Rear Admiral June 2008 February 2011 Rear Admiral February 2011 2013 Rear Admiral 2013 28 January 2016 Rear Admiral 28 January 2016 23 March 2018 Rear Admiral 23 March 2018 11 September 2020 Rear Admiral 11 September 2020 16 December 2022 Rear Admiral 16 December 2022 28 June 2024 Commodore 28 June 2024 24 January 2025 (Acting) Rear Admiral 24 January 2025 4 June 2026 Rear Admiral 4 June 2026 Incumbent
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