The Commander Operations (COMOPS)[1] is a senior Royal Navy officer based at Northwood Headquarters who exercises operational command of all national maritime operations on behalf of the Fleet Commander.[2] The post was established in 1993.

Commander Operations previously held the additional posts of Commander Task Force (CTF) 311 (UK attack submarines) and CTF 345 (UK nuclear missile submarines).[3][4] In 2015, Rear Admiral John Weale was appointed Rear Admiral Submarines/Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Submarines, while Rear Admiral Robert Tarrant was made Commander Operations (Royal Navy), separating the two posts.[5][6]

Post-holders

Post-holders have included:[6]

Subordinate formations 2016-2017

Included:[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Commander Maritime Operations visits personnel in the Gulf". Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Navy Command senior, as of September 2017". MOD. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ Joining Britain's Royal Navy Archived 2013-12-26 at the Wayback Machine Undersea Warfare
  4. ^ "SUEZ WAR OF 1956". Godfreydykes.info. 1956-11-05. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  5. ^ "Rear Admiral John Weale" (PDF). Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Senior Royal Navy Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Ministry of Defence Organogram". data.gov.uk. MOD, 31 March 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Navy Command senior staff CSV". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  9. ^ Mackie, Colin (1 October 2020). "Admirals October 2020" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  10. ^ Mackie, Colin (1 October 2020). "Admirals October 2020" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 5 November 2020. Commodore James Le S. Perks: Commander, Submarine Flotilla, April 2020
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Operations_(Royal_Navy)
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