Commander Operations (Royal Navy)

Office of the Commander Operations
Ensign of the Royal Navy
Incumbent
Rear-Admiral Robert Tarrant
since 2015
Ministry of Defence
Member of Navy Command
Reports to Fleet Commander
Nominator Secretary of State for Defence
Appointer Prime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council
Term length Not fixed (typically 1–3 years)
Inaugural holder Rear-Admiral Roger Lane-Nott
Formation 1993
Website royalnavy.mod.uk

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. The responsibilities of the post included the additional posts of Commander Task Force (CTF) 311 (UK attack submarines) and CTF 345 (UK nuclear missile submarines).[3][4][5] 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), separating the two posts since 2015.[6][7]

Post-holders

Post-holders have included:[7]

Offices under the Commander

Current include:[8][9]

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 Undersea Warfare
  4. ↑ "SUEZ WAR OF 1956". Godfreydykes.info. 1956-11-05. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  5. ↑ Britain's secret nuclear bunker: Buried 100ft down inside is the control room where the order to launch a strike would be given Daily Mail, 15 September 2012
  6. ↑ "Rear Admiral John Weale" (PDF). Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Senior Royal Navy Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ministry of Defence Organogram". data.gov.uk. MOD, 31 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Navy Command senior staff CSV". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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