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Ships of the Royal Navy

A - B - C - D - E - F - G H - I - J - K - L - M - N O - P - Q - R - S - T - U V - W - X - Y - Z

aircraft carriers

amphibious assault shipping

battlecruisers

battleships

corvettes and sloops

cruisers

destroyers

frigates

mine countermeasure vessels

monitors

patrol and attack craft

Royal Yachts

submarines

support ships

survey vessels

fleet bases

shore establishments

hospitals and hospital ships

air stations

aircraft wings

fleets and major commands

squadrons and flotillas

The professional head of the Royal Navy is known as the First Sea Lord (1SL) who is also as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS).

There are presently two Commanders-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief Fleet and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command, who report to the First Sea Lord.

Contents 1 Fleets 1.1 Historic fleets 1.1.1 Permanent fleets 1.1.2 Temporary fleets 2 Commands 2.1 Historic commands 2.1.1 Permanent commands 2.1.2 Temporary commands 3 Historic foreign stations 4 Flag Officers 4.1 Former Flag Officer positions 5 Commodores flying Broad Pennants in command appointments 5.1 Former Commodore command appointments 6 Senior Royal Marines appointments 6.1 Former Royal Marines appointments

• The Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Fleet

Not all the following fleets existed at the same time.

• Atlantic Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet
• Channel Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Channel Fleet
• Eastern Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet (formerly only C-in-Cs East Indies, Australia and China Stations).
• Home Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet
• Mediterranean Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean
• Reserve Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Reserve Fleet
• Western Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet

• Grand Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Grand Fleet
• Pacific Fleet - Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet
• Force H

• Naval Home Command - Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command

• Nore Command - Commander-in-Chief The Nore
• Plymouth Command - Commander-in-Chief Plymouth
• Portsmouth Command - Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth

• Western Approaches Command

• Africa Station - Commander-in-Chief Africa Station
• Australia Station - Commander-in-Chief Australia
• China Station - Commander-in-Chief China Station
• East Indies Station - Commander-in-Chief East Indies
• America and West Indies Station - Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station

• Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command - CINCNAVHOME (and Second Sea Lord)
• Commander UK Maritime Forces - COMUKMARFOR
• Commander UK Amphibious Forces - COMUKAMPHIBFOR (and Commandant General Royal Marines)
• Flag Officer Reserves - FOR
• Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland - FOSNNI
• Flag Officer Sea Training - FOST
• Flag Officer Training and Recruitment - FOTR

• Flag Officer Admiralty Interview Board - FOAIB
• Flag Officer Carriers and Amphibious Ships - FOCAS
• Flag Officer Dover
• Flag Officer First Flotilla - FOF1
• Flag Officer Gibraltar - FOGIB
• Flag Officer Malta - FO Malta
• Flag Officer Medway - FO Medway
• Flag Officer Naval Air Command - FONAC
• Flag Officer Naval Flying Training - FONFT
• Flag Officer Portsmouth - FOP
• Flag Officer Rosyth - FOR
• Flag Officer Royal Yachts - FORY
• Flag Officer Scotland & Northern Ireland - FOSNI
• Flag Officer Second Flotilla - FOF2
• Flag Officer Second-in-Command Far East Fleet - FO2FEF
• Flag Officer Submarines - FOSM
• Flag Officer Surface Flotilla - FOSF

• Commander UK Task Group - COMUKTG
• Commander Amphibious Task Group - COMUKATG
• Commander UK Maritime Component - COMUKMARCOMP
• Commander Maritime Reserves - COMMARRES
• Commodore of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary - Cdre RFA

• Commodore (Amphibious Warfare) - COMAW or COM(AW) or Cdre (AW)
• Commodore in Charge, Hong Kong
• Commodore Royal Naval Reserve - Cdre RNR
• Commodore Royal Yachts
• Senior Naval Officer West Indies - SNOWI

The Royal Marines are part of the Naval Service

• Commandant General Royal Marines (and Commander UK Amphibious Forces) - CGRM
• Commander 3 Commando Brigade

• Major General Royal Marines Commando Forces - MGRM Cdo Forces
• Major General Royal Marines Training - MGRM Trng