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ert 1913 1916 rear admiral sir lionel halsey 1916 1917 rear admiral sir hugh tothill may 1917 october 1917 fourth sea lord and chief of naval supplies and transport 1917 1964 edit included 11 rear admiral sir hugh tothill october 1917 captain sir ernle chatfield 1919 1920 vice admiral sir algernon boyle 1920 1924 rear admiral sir john kelly 1924 1927 rear admiral sir william fisher 1927 1928 vice admiral sir vernon haggard 1928 1930 vice admiral sir lionel preston 1930 1932 rear admiral sir geoffrey blake 1932 1935 vice admiral sir percy noble 1935 1937 vice admiral sir geoffrey arbuthnot 1937 1941 vice admiral sir john cunningham 1941 1943 vice admiral frank pegram 1943 1944 vice admiral sir arthur palliser 1944 1946 vice admiral sir douglas fisher 1946 1948 vice admiral sir herbert packer 1948 1950 vice admiral louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma 1950 1952 vice admiral sir sydney raw 1952 1954 vice admiral sir frederick parham 1954 1955 vice admiral sir dymock watson 1955 1958 vice admiral sir gordon hubback 1958 1959 vice admiral sir nicholas copeman 1959 1960 vice admiral sir michael villiers 1960 1964 vice admiral sir raymond hawkins 1964 chief of fleet support 1964 2007 edit chiefs of fleet support include 10 vice admiral sir raymond hawkins 1964 1967 admiral sir francis turner 1967 1971 vice admiral sir allan trewby 1971 1974 admiral sir peter white 1974 1977 vice admiral sir james eberle 1977 1979 vice admiral sir william pillar 1979 1981 vice admiral sir james kennon 1981 1983 vice admiral sir anthony tippet 1983 1986 vice admiral sir benjamin bathurst 1986 1989 vice admiral sir jock slater 1989 1991 vice admiral sir neville purvis 1991 1994 vice admiral sir toby frere 1994 1997 vice admiral sir john dunt 1997 2000 rear admiral brian perowne 2000 2001 navy board member for logistics 2001 2007 edit rear admiral jonathon reeve 2001 2004 rear admiral paul boissier 2004 2006 rear admiral amjad hussain 2006 2007 chief of materiel fleet and chief of fleet support 2007 2017 edit chiefs of materiel fleet include 10 vice admiral sir trevor soar 2007 2009 vice admiral sir andrew mathews 2009 2013 vice admiral sir simon lister 2013 2017 chief of materiel ships 2017 2020 edit chief of materiel ships include 12 sir simon bollom 2017 2018 13 vice admiral christopher gardner 2019 2020 director general ships from 2020 present edit vice admiral sir christopher gardner 2020 14 2022 departments under the office edit in july 1945 the fourth sea lord supervised the department of the director of dockyards and his deputy director a vice and rear admiral respectively and the director naval stores a civilian 15 at other times the fourth sea lord also supervised 16 17 18 19 auxiliary patrol office defence equipment and support fleet de s investment board department of the director of mineweeping department of the director of naval equipment department of the director of victualling 1878 1964 dockyard expense accounts department naval bases operating centre office of the comptroller of victualling 1832 1870 office of the director of transports 1855 1857 office of the director of prisoners of war 1855 1857 office of the director of transport service 1862 1896 office of the director ships acquisitions office of the director ships support office of the director submarines acquisitions office of the director submarines support office of the superintendent of victualling 1870 1878 royal navy bases superintendent of transports 1829 1855 transport department see also edit first sea lord second sea lord third sea lord fifth sea lord references edit 1 2 sainty jc lord high admiral and commissioners of the admiralty 1660 1870 office holders in modern britain volume 4 admiralty officials 1660 1870 1975 pp 18 31 archived from the original on 7 october 2014 retrieved 4 september 2009 division within adm national archives whitaker s almanack 1965 whitaker s almanack london the stationery office 2001 p 400 retrieved 23 september 2025 whitaker s almanack london a c black 2005 p 368 retrieved 23 september 2025 whitaker s almanack london a c black 2006 p 367 retrieved 23 september 2025 service appointments the times 6 april 2006 retrieved 23 september 2025 whitaker s almanack london a c black 2008 p 350 retrieved 23 september 2025 defence equipment support annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021 pdf uk government ministry of defence p 68 retrieved 23 september 2025 1 2 3 4 senior royal navy appointments archived 15 march 2012 at the wayback machine harley simon lovell tony fourth sea lord the dreadnought project www dreadnoughtproject org harley and lovell 11 august 2017 retrieved 19 february 2018 mackie colin 31 december 2019 royal navy senior appointments 1865 pdf gulabin com colin mackie retrieved 3 january 2020 fourth sea lord vice admiral christopher r s gardner defence equipment support annual report and accounts 2017 to 2018 pdf uk government ministry of defence pp 44 57 retrieved 23 september 2025 de s organisation chart 2020 pdf assets publishing service gov uk de s 7 august 2020 retrieved 3 november 2020 watson graham royal navy organisation in world war 2 1939 1945 www naval history net gordon smith 19 september 2015 retrieved 7 may 2026 archives the national records of the surveyor of the navy and successors discovery nationalarchives gov uk national archives 1620 1979 retrieved 2 june 2017 hamilton sir vesey naval administration part ii chapter ii pdavis nl sir vesey hamilton 1896 retrieved 2 june 2017 domville fife charles w 2011 the british submarine warfare how the german submarine menace was met and vanquished 1919 1 aufl ed bremen europäischer hochschulverlag p 5 isbn 9783845711683 defence equipment support organisation chart pdf gov uk ministry of defence 2016 retrieved 4 june 2017 v t e his majesty s naval service defence council admiralty board navy board leadership lord high admiral secretary of state for defence minister of state for the armed forces first sea lord and chief of the naval staff second sea lord and deputy chief of the naval staff fleet commander commander allied maritime command commandant general royal marines judge advocate general of the armed forces warrant officer to the royal navy corps regimental sergeant major components royal navy surface fleet fleet air arm submarine service medical service nursing service qarnns chaplaincy service navy police careers service royal marines uk commando force royal marines band service royal marines reserve royal marines police royal naval reserve hms calliope hms cambria hms ceres hms dalriada hms eaglet hms ferret hms flying fox hms forward hms hibernia hms king alfred hms president hms scotia hms sherwood hms vivid hms wildfire special forces special boat service history and future admiralty in the 16th century admiralty in the 17th century admiralty in the 18th century customs and traditions historic forces and commands history of the royal navy before 1707 after 1707 history of the royal marines national maritime museum national museum of the royal navy naval historical branch future of the royal navy operating forces fleet commander commander united kingdom strike force commander operations surface flotilla submarine flotilla uk commando force naval fleet list of active royal navy ships royal fleet auxiliary standing royal navy deployments list of fleets and major commands of the royal navy ship classes aircraft carriers escort carriers seaplane carriers amphibious warfare ships battlecruisers battleships pre dreadnought battleships bomb vessels corvette and sloop cruisers destroyers fireships frigates gun brigs gunboat and gunvessels hospital ships ironclads mine countermeasure vessels monitors patrol vessels royal yachts ships of the line submarines support ships survey vessels royal marines boats historic ships names senior officers assistant chief of the naval staff aviation amphibious capability carriers assistant chief of the naval staff capability director people training assistant chief of the naval staff policy director naval support commander fleet operational sea training chaplain of the fleet director general ships commandant general royal marines commander operations commander united kingdom strike force commander littoral strike group commander united kingdom carrier strike group commodore naval staff commodore rfa and deputy director royal navy afloat support commander maritime reserves naval secretary rear admiral fleet air arm commodore submarine flotilla commodore surface flotilla serving senior officers serving senior royal marines officers personnel and training admiralty interview board britannia royal naval college commando training centre royal marines defence academy of the united kingdom hms raleigh hms sultan royal corps of naval constructors university royal naval unit royal naval sailing association uniform and insignia uniforms of the royal navy uniforms of the royal marines officer rank insignia ratings rank insignia cutlasses former leadership first lord of the admiralty chief of the admiralty war staff admirals of the fleet commander in chief fleet commander in chief naval home command deputy first sea lord deputy chief of the naval staff third sea lord fourth sea lord fifth sea lord vice chief of the naval staff judge advocate of the fleet category commons wikidata v t e department of admiralty direction and control of admiralty and naval affairs office of first lord of the admiralty and president of the board of admiralty lord high admirals council admiralty buildings boards and offices under the first lord board of admiralty navy board navy office navy pay office office of the naval secretary office of the first naval lord office of the first sea lord office of the senior naval lord office of the parliamentary and financial secretary to the admiralty office of the permanent secretary to the admiralty office of the private secretary to the first lord of the admiralty direction of admirals naval sea lords 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