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List of Royal Navy vice admirals
...Vice admiral is a flag officer rank of the British Royal Navy and equates to the NATO rank code OF-8. It is immediately superior to the rear admiral rank and is subordinate to the full admiral rank. Naval personnel could be advanced to the rank of vice-admiral, normally from rear-admiral, whilst on active service, on the Reserved List (liable to be recalled to duty at short notice) or on the Retired List.
The Royal Navy has had vice admirals since at least the 16th century. When the fleet was deployed, the vice admiral would be in the leading portion or van, acting as the deputy to the admiral.
Serving Vice Admirals
- Christopher Gardner (promoted 2019)
- Richard Thompson (promoted 2020)
- Guy Robinson (promoted 2021)
- Andrew Burns (promoted 2021)
- Martin Connell (promoted 2022)
- Philip Hally (promoted 2022)
- Mike Utley (promoted 2023)
- Paul Marshall (promoted 2023)
- Andrew Kyte (promoted 2023)
- Edward Ahlgren (promoted 2024)
See also List of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy.
List of Vice Admirals
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| Promoted | Name | Born | Died | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1661 | John Mennes | 1599 | 1671 | Comptroller of the Navy, 1661–71. |
| 1682 | Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Baronet | 1612 | 1685 | Comptroller of the Navy, 1671–80. |
| June 1693[1] | Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer | 1650? | 1720 | Admiral of the Fleet, 1708; MP for Dover. |
| 1708[2] | Sir John Jennings | 1664 | 1743 | Promoted Admiral, December 1708; MP for Queenborough. |
| 12 November 1709 | John Baker | 1660 | 1716 | MP for Weymouth. |
| 1743[3] | Nicholas Haddock | 1686 | 1746 | C-in-C Mediterranean; MP for Rochester; promoted Admiral, June 1744. |
| 1743[4] | Chaloner Ogle | 1681 | 1750 | C-in-C West Indies; promoted Admiral, June 1744. |
| 1744[5] | William Rowley | 1690? | 1768 | Promoted Admiral, 1747. |
| 23 June 1745 | Isaac Townsend | 1685? | 1765 | Promoted Admiral, July 1747. |
| 1745 | Henry Medley | 1687 | 1747 | Died in August within weeks of promotion to Vice Admiral of the Red (announced in the same Gazette which announced that Townsend, his immediate senior on the Navy List, became Admiral). |
| 1748[6] | Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke | 1705 | 1781 | Promoted Admiral, February 1757; MP for Portsmouth. |
| 1747 | John Byng | 1704 | 1757 | Promoted Admiral, June 1756. Executed by firing squad, 1757. |
| 1755[7] | Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet | 1704 | 1777 | Promoted Admiral, December 1760. |
| February 1758[8] | Thomas Cotes | 1712 | 1767 | MP for Great Bedwyn. |
| 1759[9] | Harry Powlett, 6th Duke of Bolton | 1720 | 1794 | MP for Christchurch; promoted Admiral, October 1770. |
| 1779[10] | George Darby | 1720? | 1790 | MP for Plymouth. |
| 1790[11] | Thomas Fitzherbert | 1747 | 1794 | MP for Arundel; C-in-C Jamaica; Captured American privateer ships. Promoted Admiral, 1790. |
| 1793[12] | Sir Richard King, 1st Baronet | 1730 | 1806 | Promoted Admiral, June 1795. |
| 1 June 1795 | Sir Thomas Rich, 5th Baronet | c.1733 | 1803 | |
| 1801 | Sylverius Moriarty | 1735 | 1809 | Latterly the regulating captain at Cork. |
| 23 April 1804 | Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | 1758 | 1805 | Killed in action, Battle of Trafalgar. |
| 4 June 1814 | Sir William Hargood, GCH KCB | 1762 | 1839 | |
| 12 August 1819 | Robert Riddell-Carre, CB | 1782 | 1860 | Of Cavers-Carre. |
| 19 July 1821 | Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet, KCB | 1774 | 1834 | C-in-C East Indies Station, 1816. |
| 19 July 1821[13] | Sir George Parker, KCB | 1767 | 1847 | Promoted Admiral, January 1837. |
| 1841 | George McKinley | 1766 | 1852 | Promoted Admiral, June 1851. |
| 28 April 1847 | Charles Malcolm | 1782 | 1851 | |
| 8 January 1848[14] | Richard Darton Thomas | 1777 | 1857 | Promoted Admiral, September 1854. |
| 12 November 1849 | Sir Josiah Coghill Coghill, 3rd Baronet | 1773 | 1850 | |
| 11 June 1851[15] | Sir Anthony Maitland, 10th Earl of Lauderdale KCB KCMG | 1785 | 1863 | Promoted Admiral, June 1857. |
| 16 June 1851[15] | Hon. Granville Leveson Proby | 1782 | 1868 | Promoted Admiral, July 1857. |
| 27 October 1854[16] | Robert Merrick Fowler | 1778 | 1860 | On Retired List. |
| 2 July 1855[17] | Hon. Alexander Montgomery Jones | 1778 | 1862 | On Reserved List. |
| 28 December 1855[16] | Joseph Needham Tayler | 1783 | 1864 | On Retired List. |
| 9 July 1857[16] | Henry Lorraine Baker, Bt, CB | 1787 | 1859 | On Retired List. |
| 9 July 1857[16] | John Sheridan | c.1778 | 1862 | On Retired List. |
| 30 July 1857 | Houston Stewart KCB | 1791 | 1875 | Promoted Admiral, November 1862; Admiral of the Fleet, 1872. |
| 10 September 1857 | Provo Wallis GCB | 1791 | 1892 | Promoted Admiral, March 1863; Admiral of the Fleet, December 1875. |
| 10 September 1857[16] | Charles Orlando Bridgeman | 1791 | 1860 | On Retired List. |
| 27 September 1857[16] | David Leslie-Melville, 8th Earl of Leven | 1785 | 1860 | On Retired List. |
| 2 October 1857 | Benedictus Marwood Kelly | 1785 | 1867 | Promoted Admiral on Reserved List, 1863. |
| 5 January 1858[18] | Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, Bt | 1789 | 1860 | On Reserved List. |
| 5 January 1858[18] | Hon. Henry John Rous | 1795 | 1877 | Promoted Admiral, June 1863. |
| 6 March 1858[16] | Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott | 1789 | 1871 | On Retired List. Promoted Admiral on Retired List in November 1863. |
| 7 May 1858[16] | William Waldegrave CB | 1788 | 1859 | On Retired List. |
| 25 June 1858[19] | Sir Montagu Stopford, KCB | 1798 | 1864 | Promoted Admiral, November 1863. |
| 18 December 1858 | George Robert Lambert, GCB | 1796 | 1869 | |
| 4 June 1861[20] | James Scott | 1790 | 1872 | Promoted Admiral, 1865. |
| 29 July 1861[21] | George William Conway Courtenay | 1795 | 1863 | Retired 1831. |
| 29 July 1861[21] | John Fitzgerald Studdert | 1788 | 1867 | On Retired List. |
| 5 August 1861[22] | Sir Robert Lambert Baynes KCB | 1796 | 1869 | Promoted Admiral, 1865. |
| 5 August 1861[22] | Sir John Burnet Dundas, Bt | 1794 | 1868 | On Reserved List. |
| 5 August 1861[22] | Sir Frederick William Grey, GCB | 1805 | 1878 | First Naval Lord, June 1861. Promoted Admiral, April 1865. |
| 5 August 1861[21] | Charles Gordon | On Retired List. | ||
| 7 May 1862[23] | Abraham Crawford | 1788 | 1869 | On Retired List. |
| 7 May 1862[23] | Russell Henry Manners | 1800 | 1870 | On Retired List; promoted Admiral in September 1865; President of Royal Astronomical Society 1868–70. |
| 7 May 1862[23] | James Thorne | 1794 | 1870 | On Retired List; promoted Admiral in September 1865. |
| 7 May 1862[23] | John Alexander Duntze | 1806 | 1882 | Promoted Admiral, December 1865. |
| 12 April 1862[23] | John Furneaux | 1793 | 1865 | On Reserved List. |
| 12 April 1862[23] | Henry Gosset | 1796 | 1877 | On Reserved List; promoted Admiral in September 1865. |
| 12 April 1862[23] | Jodrell Leigh | 1790 | 1863 | On Reserved List. |
| 12 April 1862[23] | Sir Peter Richards, KCB | 1798 | 1869 | On Reserved List; promoted Admiral in September 1865. |
| 12 April 1862[23] | Joseph O'Brien | 1796 | 1865 | On Reserved List; promoted Admiral in September 1865. |
| 12 April 1862[23] | Henry Smith, KCB | 1803 | 1887 | Promoted Admiral in September 1865. |
| 4 October 1862[24] | Sir Thomas Hastings, KCB | 1790 | 1870 | Promoted Admiral, April 1866. |
| 4 October 1862[24] | James Wigston | 1792 | 1881 | On Reserve list. Promoted Admiral, April 1866. |
| 10 November 1862[25] | Charles Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune CB | 1802 | 1884 | Promoted Admiral, April 1866. |
| 11 December 1862 | Sir Francis William Austen, GCB | 1774 | 1865 | Promoted to Admiral, 1848. |
| 27 April 1863[26] | Henry Wolsey Bayfield | 1795 | 1855 | Promoted Admiral, 25 October 1867. |
| 24 September 1863[27] | Henry John Codrington, KCB | 1808 | 1877 | Promoted Admiral, October 1867. |
| 24 September 1863[27] | James Burney | 1794 | 1884 | On Retired List; promoted Admiral, October 1867. |