Commander Operations (Royal Navy)

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
Ensign of the Royal Navy
Incumbent
Rear-Admiral Simon Asquith
since 2019
Ministry of Defence
Member ofNavy Command
Reports toFleet Commander
NominatorSecretary of State for Defence
AppointerPrime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council
Term lengthNot fixed (typically 1–3 years)
Inaugural holderRear-Admiral Roger Lane-Nott
Formation1993
Websiteroyalnavy.mod.uk

Commander Operations also holds 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 in 2015.[5][6] The current Commander Operations (Royal Navy) is Rear-Admiral Paul Halton who was appointed in 2017.[7] Rear Admiral Simon Asquith is the new Commander Operations as of November 2019.[8]

Post-holders

Post-holders have included:[6]

Subordinate formations
Current include:[9][10]

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. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  7. "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  8. @RAdmPaulHalton (6 November 2019). "I wish my relief, RAdm Simon Asquith, every possible success" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. "Ministry of Defence Organogram". data.gov.uk. MOD, 31 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  10. "Navy Command senior staff CSV". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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