Commander Operations (Royal Navy)
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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]
- 1993-1996 Rear-Admiral Roger Lane-Nott
- 1996-1998 Rear-Admiral James Perowne
- 1998-2002 Rear-Admiral Robert Stevens
- 2002-2004 Rear-Admiral Niall Kilgour
- 2004-2006 Rear-Admiral Paul Lambert
- 2006-2009 Rear-Admiral David Cooke
- 2009-2011 Rear-Admiral Mark Anderson
- 2011-2013 Rear-Admiral Ian Corder
- 2013-2014 Rear-Admiral Matthew Parr
- 2014-2015 Rear-Admiral Alex Burton
- 2015-Present Rear-Admiral Robert Tarrant
References
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- ↑ Navy matters
- ↑ Joining Britain's Royal Navy Undersea Warfare
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- ↑ 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
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