Commander Operations | |
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Ministry of Defence | |
Abbreviation | COMOPS |
Member of | Navy Command |
Reports to | Fleet Commander |
Seat | Northwood Headquarters, Hertfordshire, England |
Nominator | Secretary of State for Defence |
Appointer |
Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the King-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.
Commander Operations previously held 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. [5] [6]
Post-holders have included: [6]
Commodore James Le S. Perks: Commander, Submarine Flotilla, April 2020
Commander Operations | |
---|---|
Ministry of Defence | |
Abbreviation | COMOPS |
Member of | Navy Command |
Reports to | Fleet Commander |
Seat | Northwood Headquarters, Hertfordshire, England |
Nominator | Secretary of State for Defence |
Appointer |
Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the King-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.
Commander Operations previously held 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. [5] [6]
Post-holders have included: [6]
Commodore James Le S. Perks: Commander, Submarine Flotilla, April 2020