Rear Admiral Submarines
Rear-Admiral, Submarines is a post in the Royal Navy which involves command of the Royal Navy Submarine Service. It evolved from the post of Chief of the Submarine Service in 1929 and would later evolve to become the post of Flag Officer Submarines in 1944.
History
The post, which was established in 1919, was for many years located at HMS Dolphin in Hampshire.[1] Flag Officer Submarines moved from Dolphin to the Northwood Headquarters in 1978.[2] From 1993 the post of Flag Officer Submarines was dual-hatted with the post of Commander Operations.[3]
Current Status
In 2015, Rear Admiral John Weale was appointed Rear Admiral Submarines/Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Submarines, while Rear Admiral Robert Tarrant is Commander Operations (Royal Navy), two distinct posts from 2015.[4][3]
Commanders
Commanders included:[3]
Chief of the Submarine Service
- Rear-Admiral Douglas Dent (1919–1921)
- Rear-Admiral Hugh Sinclair (1921–1923)
- Vice-Admiral Wilmot Nicholson (1923–1925)
- Rear-Admiral Vernon Haggard (1925–1927)
- Rear-Admiral Henry Grace (1927–1929)
Rear-Admiral Submarines
- Rear-Admiral Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (1929–1931)
- Rear-Admiral Charles Little (1931–1932)
- Rear-Admiral Noel Laurence (1932–1934)
- Rear-Admiral Cecil Talbot (1934–1936)
- Rear-Admiral Robert Raikes (1936–1938)
- Rear-Admiral Bertram Watson (1938–1940)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Max Horton (1940–1942)
- Rear-Admiral Claud Barry (1942–1944)
Flag Officer Submarines
- Rear-Admiral George Creasy (1944–1946)
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Mansfield (1946–1948)
- Rear-Admiral Guy Grantham (1948–1950)
- Rear-Admiral Sydney Raw (1950–1952)
- Rear-Admiral George Simpson (1952–1954)
- Rear-Admiral George Fawkes (1954–1955)
- Rear-Admiral Wilfrid Woods (1955–1957)
- Rear-Admiral Bertram Taylor (1957–1959)
- Rear-Admiral Arthur Hezlet (1959–1961)
- Rear-Admiral Hugh Mackenzie (1961–1963)
- Rear-Admiral Horace Law (1963–1965)
- Rear-Admiral Ian McGeoch (1965–1967)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Pollock (1967–1969)
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Roxburgh (1969–1972)
- Vice-Admiral Anthony Troup (1972–1974)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Iwan Raikes (1974–1976)
- Vice-Admiral John Fieldhouse (1976–1978)
- Vice-Admiral Robert Squires (1978–1981)
- Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Herbert (1981–1983)
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Woodward (1983–1984)
- Rear-Admiral Richard Heaslip (1984–1987)
- Rear-Admiral Frank Grenier (1987–1989)
- Vice-Admiral Sir John Coward (1989–1991)
Rear-Admiral Submarines
- Rear Admiral John Weale (2015-Present)
References
- ↑ "Submarine School". Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ Conley, p. 136
- 1 2 3 "Senior Royal Navy Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ↑ "Rear Admiral John Weale" (PDF). Retrieved 21 January 2016.
Sources
- Conley, Dan (2014). Cold War Command: The Dramatic Story of a Nuclear Submariner. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848327696.