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.

General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, , Royal Marines, was appointed the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff as of 15 May 2025.

Admirals Vice-Admirals Name Photo Appointment Former branch Honours Date of promotion Ref Sir Christopher Gardner (Reserves) Chief Executive Officer, Submarine Delivery Agency Logistics KBE 9 April 2019 Paul Marshall (Reserves) Engineering CB, CBE 21 April 2023 Sir Andrew Jeffery Kyte Chief of Defence Logistics and Support Logistics KBE, CB 18 September 2023 Edward Ahlgren Senior Advisor for Middle Eastern Affairs Warfare (Submarines) OBE 1 May 2024 Simon Asquith Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation Warfare (Submarines) CB, OBE 8 July 2024 James Morley Deputy Commander, Joint Force Command Norfolk Warfare CB 14 October 2024 Steve Moorhouse Fleet Commander Warfare/Fleet Air Arm CBE 5 September 2025 Paul S. Beattie Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff Warfare CBE 30 September 2025 Robert Pedre Commander, Allied Maritime Command Warfare CB January 2026

Rear-Admirals Name Photo Appointment Former branch Honours Date of promotion Ref Richard A. Murrison Logistics 11 July 2021 Paul Christopher Carroll Director of Innovation and Future Capability, Defence Equipment and Support Engineering OBE 2 August 2021 Judith Helen Terry Director of Integration Homeland Defence Logistics 12 January 2022 Steven Dainton Senior Directing Staff, Royal College of Defence Studies Warfare CBE 18 July 2022 Anthony Kingsmill Rimington Director of Force Generation, Navy CommandRear Admiral Fleet Air Arm Warfare/Fleet Air Arm 1 November 2022 Robert Alexander Lauchlan Chief Strategic Systems Executive, Ministry of Defence Engineering (Submarines) CB 8 March 2023 Angus Nigel Patrick Essenhigh National Hydrographer, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Warfare OBE 27 June 2023 Steven J. McCarthy Director, UK/Norway Maritime Capability Partnership OfficeChief Naval Engineer Officer Engineering CB 12 October 2023 Paul A. Murphy Director of Defence Support Major Programmes, Ministry of DefenceChief Naval Logistics Officer Logistics 23 October 2023 Craig Wood Deputy Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO Warfare CBE 9 April 2024 Andrew B. Perks Director Submarines, Navy CommandRear Admiral Submarines Engineering (Submarines) MBE 22 April 2024 Paul A. Stroude Director of Capability, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Warfare 10 June 2024 Fiona R. Shepherd Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Support Operations) Logistics MBE 1 October 2024 Richard A. Harris Director DevelopController of the Navy Engineering 23 June 2025 Philip Gordon Game Engineering CBE August 2025 Mark Edgar John Anderson Commander United Kingdom Strike Force Warfare CBE9 September 2025 Andrew Donald Rose Naval Secretary and Director of People and Training Warfare/Fleet Air Arm OBE 6 January 2026 Matthew P. Stratton Director Navy Acquisition Engineering 2 February 2026 Rachel M. Singleton Director of Navy Digital Engineering MBE 3 March 2026 Anthony S. Williams Head of Capability, UK Space Command Warfare 15 June 2026

Surgeon Rear-Admiral Name Photo Appointment Former branch Honours Date of promotion Ref Fleur T. Marshall Retired Medical 21 March 2023

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 Simon P. Huntington retiring Warfare OBE 20 February 2017 Thomas J. Guy Commander, British Forces Gibraltar Warfare 1 July 2018 Stephen David Roberts Deputy Director of Ship Acquisition, Navy Command Engineering CBE 20 March 2019 Christopher D. Goodsell Deputy Director of Submarines, Navy Command Warfare 23 March 2020 Jonathan D. Lett Deputy Director of Policy, United States Indo-Pacific Command Warfare 16 November 2020 Sharon Louise Malkin Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde Engineering CBE, ADC 2 June 2021 Martyn R. Boyes Engineering 28 June 2021 Timothy Cooper Green Commander Regional ForcesNaval Regional Commander London and Eastern England Warfare CBE, ADC 31 March 2022 Andrew G. Lamb WarfareOBE 25 Jul 2022 Robert E. Curry Director, Deterrence and Defence of the European/Atlantic Area Implementation Group July 2022 Richard A. New Deputy Chief Naval Logistics Officer Logistics 2 October 2022 Donald J. Mackinnon Deputy Commander, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence Warfare OBE 31 October 2022 Richard J. Whalley Deputy Director of Exports and Sales, Ministry of Defence Royal Naval Reserve January 2023 Stephen J. Bolton Deputy Director of Aviation Programmes and Futures, Navy Command Warfare 6 February 2023 Toby S. Jefferson Deputy Director of Infrastructure, Navy CommandEngineering 6 February 2023 Andrew J. E. Ashfield Smith Head of Communications Strategy, Ministry of Defence Warfare 20 April 2023 James Blackmore Warfare 23 May 2023 Jason F. Strutt Deputy Chief Digital and Information Officer, Navy Command Engineering 12 June 2023 Andrew R. Ingham Commander Fleet Operational Standards and Training Warfare 4 July 2023 Andrew G. James Deputy Director of Submarine Capability, Defence Nuclear Organisation Engineering 4 July 2023 Stephen Andrew Large Head of Naval Ship Support, Defence Equipment and Support Engineering OBE 10 July 2023 Joanna L. Adey Engineering 25 July 2023 David M. Filtness Warfare CBE 14 August 2023 Paul Carter Deputy Director of AUKUS, Defence Nuclear Organisation Engineering 4 September 2023 Matthew M. Solly Deputy Commandant, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom Engineering 9 October 2023 Steven Jose Head of UK Military Flying Training Systems, Defence Equipment and Support Engineering 30 October 2023 John M. Punch Warfare OBE11 December 2023 Suzi Nielson Commander Maritime Reserves Logistics OBE2 January 2024 Johanna Deakin Engineering OBE16 January 2024 Andrew R. Robinson Head of Customer Service Team, Defence Infrastructure Organisation Warfare 14 April 2024 Marcus E. Rose Deputy Director of Underwater Battlespace Capability, Navy Command Engineering 15 April 2024 Karen M. M. Rees Director of Defence Support Chains Operations and Movements, Ministry of Defence Logistics 22 April 2024 Marcus J. C. Hember Deputy Director of Maritime Capability and Force Development, Navy Command Warfare 13 May 2024 Alan D. Tracey Head of Defence Maritime Regulator, Defence Safety Authority Engineering 20 May 2024 Tobias G. Waite Commodore Naval StaffDeputy Director of Policy and Engagement, Navy Command Warfare 28 May 2024 Michael L. Wood Deputy Director of Shipbuilding, Navy Command Warfare MBE 24 June 2024 Richard J. Purdy Deputy Director of People Change, Navy Command Engineering 24 June 2024 Conor M. O′Neill Head of Finance Military Capability Strategy, Ministry of Defence Warfare 29 July 2024 Marcel M.G. Rosenberg Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth Engineering ADC9 September 2024 Jonathan A. Carrigan Deputy Director, National Shipbuilding Office Logistics 9 September 2024 Christopher Edmund Maurice Saunders UK Defence Attaché to India Warfare MBE 23 September 2024 Benjamin W. Aldous 3 January 2025 Katherine L.M. Armstrong Warfare 6 January 2025 Ian D. Feasey Deputy Director of Ships, Navy CommandCommodore Surface Flotilla Warfare 30 January 2025 Sarah Ellen Oakley Deputy Director of Strategy, Military Strategic Headquarters Warfare 24 February 2025 Jonathan E. Gregory Deputy Director, AUKUS Pillar I Engineering 25 March 2025 Andrew M. J. Ainsley Deputy Commander United Kingdom Strike Force Warfare 1 May 2025 Matthew J. Flegg Chief of Staff, Navy Command HQ Engineering 2 June 2025 Manson J. Carnie UK Naval Attaché to the USA Warfare 23 June 2025 Caroline P. Dix Head of Lethality, Defence Equipment and Support Engineering MBE 26 June 2025 Daniel D. H. Simmonds Deputy Commander Maritime Operations Warfare OBE 30 June 2025 Stuart J. Richardson Director, Dreadnought Supply and Support Team, Submarine Delivery Agency Engineering 1 July 2025 Neil B. Mathieson Engineering 1 July 2025 Richard P. H. Hutchings UK National Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Warfare 21 July 2025 Nicholas M. Sargent Head of Helicopters 1, Defence Equipment and Support Engineering 21 July 2025 Christopher Ling Head of Defence Case Management System, Ministry of Defence Engineering 11 August 2025 Stephanie R. Pearmain Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Ministry of Defence Engineering OBE 11 August 2025 Gary J. Carpenter Engineering 1 September 2025 Iain S. Tough Engineering 1 September 2025 Alistair C. Moody Director of Nuclear Propulsion, Submarine Delivery Agency Engineering 12 December 2025 Daniel H. Thomas Deputy Commander Combined Maritime Forces and UK Maritime Component Commander Warfare 3 January 2026 Matthew R. Ryder Engineering 5 January 2026 Glyn Owen Deputy Director Culture, Navy Command Warfare OBE 19 January 2026 Roma J. Roe Commander, His Majesty's Naval Base Devonport Engineering 26 January 2026 Richard P. Hewitt Warfare OBE 24 February 2026 Matthew I. Rees Logistics 23 March 2026 Shaun P. Riordan Engineering 30 March 2026 David Andrew Joyce Deputy Director of People Strategy, Navy Command Royal Naval Reserve Timothy J. Davey Commander British Forces Gibraltar Warfare 4 May 2026 Stuart G. Irwin Warfare 25 May 2026 Jeremy H. D. Ussher Deputy Director of Individual Training, Navy CommandCommandant, Training Management Group Engineering 15 June 2026 Giles R. Palin Warfare 18 June 2026 Grant A. Weedon Engineering 22 June 2026

Acting Name Photo Appointment Former branch Honours Date of promotion Ref Steven David Banfield Co-Chair, Maritime Capability Development Coalition for Ukraine Warfare Benjamin S. Haskins Commander Submarine FlotillaCommodore Submarine Service Warfare CBE Tristram Andrew Harry Kirkwood Naval Regional Commander Wales and Western England Warfare OBE, ADC Thomas Knowles Naval Regional Commander Northern England Royal Naval Reserve VR, ADC Justin Robert Ernest Saward Navy Safety Director Engineering

Surgeon Commodores and Commodore QARNNS Name Photo Appointment Former branch Honours Date of promotion Ref Stuart W. S. Millar Responsible Officer, Doctors, Army Command Medical 31 July 2017 Alison J. Hofman Head of the Royal Navy Medical ServiceMedical Director General (Naval) QARNNS 28 May 2020 Elizabeth Crowson Commander Defence Primary Healthcare Medical 22 August 2022 Andrew M. Nelstrop Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service (desig) Medical 1 September 2023 Jason E. Smith Medical Director to the Surgeon GeneralHead of Research and Clinical Innovation, Defence Medical Services Medical CBE, KHP18 March 2024

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

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