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Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)

This article is about a Royal Navy rank. For other countries that use an Admiral of the Fleet rank, see Admiral of the fleet.
Admiral of the Fleet
British Royal Navy OF-10.svg
Insignia shoulder board for Admiral of the Fleet
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The flag of an admiral of the Fleet is the Union Flag, and is in 1:2 rather than the 2:3 of other admirals' flags.[1]
Country  United Kingdom
Service branch  Royal Navy
Rank Five-star
NATO rank OF-10
Non-NATO rank O-11
Formation 1690
Next lower rank Admiral
Equivalent ranks
Navies Armies Air forces
Commissioned officers
Admiral of
the fleet		 Field marshal or
General of the army		 Marshal of
the air force
Admiral General Air chief marshal
Vice admiral Lieutenant general Air marshal
Rear admiral Major general Air vice-marshal
Commodore Brigadier or
brigadier general		 Air commodore
Captain Colonel Group captain
Commander Lieutenant colonel Wing commander
Lieutenant
commander		 Major or
Commandant		 Squadron leader
Lieutenant Captain Flight lieutenant
Lieutenant
junior grade or
sub-lieutenant		 Lieutenant or
first lieutenant		 Flying officer
Ensign or
midshipman		 Second lieutenant Pilot officer
Officer cadet Officer cadet Flight cadet
Enlisted grades
Warrant officer or
chief petty officer		 Warrant officer or
sergeant major		 Warrant officer
Petty officer Sergeant Sergeant
Leading seaman Corporal or
bombardier		 Corporal
Seaman Private or
gunner or
trooper		 Aircraftman or
airman
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Admiral of the Fleet is a five-star naval officer rank and the highest rank of the British Royal Navy. The five-star NATO rank code is OF-10, although routine appointments ceased in 1995. The rank of Admiral of the Fleet is equivalent to a field marshal in the British Army or a marshal of the Royal Air Force.

History in Royal Navy

The origins of the rank can be traced back to Sir John de Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp de Warwick, who was appointed 'Admiral of the King's Southern, Northern and Western Fleets' on 18 July 1360.[2] The appointment gave the command of the English navy to one person for the first time; the post would evolve into the post of Admiral of the Fleet.[3] In the days sailing ships the admiral distinctions then used by the Royal Navy when the fleet was divided into three divisions – red, white, or blue. Each division was assigned an admiral, who in turn commanded a vice-admiral and a rear admiral. In the 18th century, the original nine ranks began to be filled by more than one person at any one time. The admiral of the red was pre-eminent and became known as the admiral of the fleet.[4]

The organisation of the British fleet into coloured squadrons was abandoned in 1864, although the Royal Navy kept the White Ensign. When the professional head of the Royal Navy was given the title of First Naval Lord in 1828 (renamed First Sea Lord in 1904), the rank of admiral of the fleet became an honorary promotion for retiring First Naval Lords allowing more than one admiral of the fleet to exist at one time.

Since 1811 five members of the British Royal family, other than the monarch, and four members of foreign royal families have been appointed admirals of the fleet. Of the British royalty granted the rank, only one, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) had not seen service in the Royal Navy.

During the two World Wars a number of serving officers held active commissions as admirals of the fleet, as well as the First Naval Lord. Following the creation of the Chief of the Defence Staff in 1959, the five naval officers appointed to that position became admirals of the fleet. Recognizing the reduced post–Cold War size of the British Armed Forces, no further appointments were made to the rank after 1995 when Sir Benjamin Bathurst was appointed admiral of the fleet on his retirement as First Sea Lord. However, the rank was not abolished and in 2012 the Prince of Wales became an honorary admiral of the fleet (as well as field marshal and marshal of the Royal Air Force), in recognition of his support to Queen Elizabeth II in her role of as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces. In 2014, Lord Boyce, a former First Sea Lord and Chief of the Defence Staff, was also appointed an honorary admiral of the fleet.[5]

Admirals of the Fleet

Appointed
 Image
 Name
 Born
 Died
 Notes
 Reference
1690 Gibson, Edward Russell.jpg Russell, EdwardEdward Russell
(later Earl of Orford)		 1652 1727 [6]
1696 George Rooke2.jpg Rooke, Sir GeorgeSir George Rooke 1650 1709 circa [7]
13 January 1705 Sir Cloudesley Shovell, 1650-1707.jpg Shovell, Sir CloudesleySir Cloudesley Shovell 1650 1707 [8]
8 January 1708 John Leake by Godfrey Kneller.jpg Leake JohnSir John Leake 1656 1720 [9]
21 December 1708 Stafford Fairborne.jpg Fairborne StaffordSir Stafford Fairborne 1666 1742 circa [10]
12 November 1709 MatthewAylmer.jpg Aylmer MatthewSir Matthew Aylmer 1650 1720 [11]
14 March 1718 George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington by Jeremiah Davison.jpg Byng GeorgeSir George Byng
(later Viscount Torrington)		 1663 1733 [12]
20 February 1734 Admiral Sir John Norris, cirka 1735.jpg Norris JohnSir John Norris 1670 1749 [13]
1 July 1749 Chaloner Ogle.JPG Ogle ChallonerSir Chaloner Ogle 1681 1750 [14]
22 November 1751 Fond blanc.svg Steuart JamesJames Steuart 1690 1757 [15]
March 1757 Fond blanc.svg Clinton GeorgeThe Hon. George Clinton 1686 1761 [16]
30 July 1761 1stLordAnson.jpg AnsonThe Lord Anson 1697 1762 [17]
17 December 1762 Williamrowley.jpg Rowley WilliamSir William Rowley 1690 1768 circa [18]
15 January 1768 Edward Hawke 1.jpg Hawke EdwardSir Edward Hawke
(later Lord Hawke)		 1705 1781 [19]
24 October 1781 John Forbes portrait.jpg Luke O'KeefeThe Hon. John Forbes 1714 1796 [20]
12 March 1796 Admiral of the Fleet Howe 1726-99 1st Earl Howe by John Singleton Copley.jpg HoweThe Earl Howe 1726 1799 [21]
16 September 1799 Sir peter parker NMM.JPG Parker PeterSir Peter Parker 1721 1811 [22]
24 December 1811 William IV by Sir Martin Archer Shee.jpg Clarence and Saint AndrewsHRH The Duke of Clarence and St Andrews
(later HM King William IV)		 1765 1837 [23]
19 July 1821 John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent by Francis Cotes.jpg Saint VincentThe Earl of St Vincent 1735 1823 acting from May 1814 [24]
28 June 1830 Captain William Peere Williams.jpg Williams-Freeman WilliamWilliam Williams-Freeman 1742 1832 [25]
22 July 1830 James Gambier.jpg GambierThe Lord Gambier 1756 1833 [26]
22 July 1830 SirCharlesMoricePole.jpg Pole CharlesSir Charles Pole 1757 1830 [27]
24 April 1833 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Edmund Nugent.JPG Nugent CharlesSir Charles Nugent 1759 1844 [28]
8 January 1844 HawkinsWhitshed.jpg Hawkins-Whitshed JamesSir James Hawkins-Whitshed 1762 1849 [29]
9 November 1846 Admiral Sir George Martin.jpg Martin GeorgeSir George Martin 1764 1847 [30]
13 October 1849 Portrait of Sir Thomas Byam Martin 1773-1854, Thomas Mackay, oil on canvas.jpg Martin ThomasSir Thomas Byam Martin 1773 1854 [31]
1 July 1851 Sir George Cockburn.jpg Cockburn GeorgeSir George Cockburn 1772 1853 [32]
8 December 1857 Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart - Amiral sir Charles Ogle, Bart.jpg Ogle CharlesSir Charles Ogle 1775 1858 [33]
25 June 1858 Admiral of the Fleet Sir John West.JPG West JohnSir John West 1774 1862 [34]
20 May 1862 Fond blanc.svg Gage WilliamSir William Gage 1777 1864 [35]
10 November 1862 Fond blanc.svg Hamond GrahamSir Graham Hamond 1779 1862 [36]
27 April 1863 FrancisAusten.jpg Austen FrancisSir Francis Austen 1774 1865 [37]
27 April 1863 Sir William Parker.jpg Parker WilliamSir William Parker 1781 1866 [38]
11 January 1864 Fond blanc.svg Curtis LuciusSir Lucius Curtis 1786 1869 [39]
12 September 1865 Thomas-john-cochrane.jpg Cochrane ThomasSir Thomas Cochrane 1789 1872 [40]
30 November 1866 George Francis Seymour.jpg Seymour GeorgeSir George Seymour 1787 1870 [41]
30 January 1868 Rear Admiral James Alexander Gordon.jpg Gordon JamesSir James Gordon 1782 1869 on the Retired List [42]
15 January 1869 Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Bowles.JPG Bowles WilliamSir William Bowles 1780 1869 [43]
2 July 1869 Conde de Penha Firme.JPG Sartorious GeorgeSir George Sartorius 1790 1885 [44]
21 January 1870 Sir Fairfax Moresby.jpg Moresby FairfaxSir Fairfax Moresby 1786 1877 [45]
20 October 1872 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Houston Stewart.JPG Stewart HoustonSir Houston Stewart 1791 1875 [46]
11 December 1875 Provo Wallis.jpg Wallis ProvoSir Provo Wallis 1791 1892 [47]
22 January 1877 Rear-Admiral Henry John Codrington (1808-1877), by Cato Lowes Dickinson.jpg Codrington HenrySir Henry Codrington 1808 1877 [48]
5 August 1877 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel.jpg Keppel HenrySir Henry Keppel 1809 1904 [49]
27 December 1877 Fond blanc.svg LauderdaleThe Earl of Lauderdale 1803 1878 [50]
27 December 1877 Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rodney Mundy.JPG Mundy RodneySir Rodney Mundy 1805 1884 [51]
15 June 1879 Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Hope.JPG Hope JamesSir James Hope 1808 1881 [52]
15 June 1879 Fond blanc.svg Symonds ThomasSir Thomas Symonds 1813 1894 [52]
10 June 1881 Admiral Alexander Milne (1808-1896), by Walter William Ouless.jpg Milne AlexanderSir Alexander Milne, Bt. 1806 1896 on the Retired List [53]
1 December 1881 Fond blanc.svg Elliot CharlesSir Charles Elliot 1818 1895 [54]
29 April 1885 Ryderpic.jpg Ryder AlfredSir Alfred Ryder 1820 1888 [55]
18 July 1887 Edward VII in coronation robes.jpg WalesHRH The Prince of Wales
(later HM King Edward VII)		 1841 1910 honorary to non-Navy royalty [56]
1 May 1888 Geoffrey Phipps Hornby.jpg Hornby GeoffreySir Geoffrey Hornby 1825 1895 [57]
8 December 1888 Lordjohnhay.jpg Hay JohnLord John Hay 1827 1916 First Sea Lord 1886 [58]
2 August 1889 Wilhelm II, German Emperor, by Russell & Sons, c1890.jpg William IIHIM German Emperor William II 1859 1941 honorary, to foreign royalty [59]
13 February 1892 VCJohnEdmundCommerell.jpg Commerell JohnSir John Commerell 1829 1901 [60]
3 June 1893 Alfred-sachsen-coburg-gotha.jpg EdinburghHRH The Duke of Edinburgh
(later Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)		 1844 1900 [61]
20 February 1895 Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam.jpg ClanwilliamThe Earl of Clanwilliam 1832 1907 [62]
23 August 1897 Algernon McLennan Lyons.JPG Lyons AlgernonSir Algernon Lyons 1833 1908 [63]
29 November 1898 Admiral Frederick Richards, by Arthur Stockdale Cope.jpg Richards FrederickSir Frederick Richards 1833 1912 First Sea Lord 1893-1899 [64]
13 January 1899 Nowell Salmon VC.JPG Salmon NowellSir Nowell Salmon 1835 1912 [65]
3 October 1902 James Elphinstone Erskine.jpg Erskine JamesSir James Erskine 1838 1911 [66]
30 August 1903 Charles Frederick Hotham.jpg Hotham CharlesSir Charles Hotham 1843 1925 [67]
16 June 1904 LordWalterKerr.jpg Kerr WalterLord Walter Kerr 1839 1927 First Sea Lord 1899-1904 [68]
20 February 1905 Sir Edward H. Seymour 2.jpg Seymour EdwardSir Edward Seymour 1840 1929 [69]
5 December 1905 Adm. John Fisher.jpg Fisher JohnSir John Fisher
(later Lord Fisher)		 1841 1920 First Sea Lord 1905-1910 and 1914-1915 [70]
1 March 1907 Awilson.gif Wilson ArthurSir Arthur Wilson 1842 1921 First Sea Lord 1910-1911 [71]
11 June 1908 Tsar Nikolai II (2).jpg Nicholas IIHIM Tsar Nicholas II of Russia 1868 1918 honorary, to foreign royalty [72]
2 December 1908 Gerard Noel.png Noel GerardSir Gerard Noel 1845 1918 [73]
27 January 1910 Prinz Heinrich - as GrADM with baton - LC-B2- 2992-2(2).tiff Heinrich of PrussiaHRH Prince Henry of Prussia 1862 1929 honorary, to foreign royalty [74]
30 April 1910 Adm. Sir A. Fanshawe (LOC).jpg Fanshawe ArthurSir Arthur Fanshawe 1847 1936 [75]
6 May 1910 King George V 1911 color-crop.jpg George V HM King George V 1865 1936 [76]
20 March 1913 Portrait of William May.jpg May WilliamSir William May 1849 1930 [77]
5 March 1915 Hedworth Meux 1915.jpg Meux HedworthThe Honourable Sir Hedworth Meux 1856 1929 [78]
2 April 1917 George Callaghan - Project Gutenberg eText 18334.jpg Callaghan GeorgeSir George Callaghan 1852 1920 [79]
3 April 1919 John Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet.jpg JellicoeThe Viscount Jellicoe
(later Earl Jellicoe)		 1859 1935 First Sea Lord 1916-1918 [80]
3 April 1919 Nw beatty 01.png Beatty DavidSir David Beatty
(later Earl Beatty)		 1871 1936 First Sea Lord 1919-1927 [81]
31 July 1919 Henry Bradwardine Jackson.jpg Jackson HenrySir Henry Jackson 1855 1929 First Sea Lord 1915-1916 [82]
1 November 1919 Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, Baron Wester Wemyss by Sir William Orpen.jpg Wemyss RosslynSir Rosslyn Wemyss
(later Lord Wester Wemyss)		 1864 1933 First Sea Lord 1918-1919 [83]
24 November 1920 Vice Admiral Cecil Burney (7307714298).jpg Burney CecilSir Cecil Burney, Bt. 1858 1929 [84]
5 July 1921 Frederick Doveton Sturdee.jpg Sturdee DovetonSir Doveton Sturdee, Bt. 1859 1925 [85]
22 August 1921 LudwigBattenberg.jpg Milford HavenHRH The Marquess of Milford Haven 1854 1921 First Sea Lord 1912-1914. On the Retired List [86]
31 July 1924 Charles Madden.jpg Madden CharlesSir Charles Madden, Bt. 1862 1935 First Sea Lord 1927-1930 [87]
8 May 1925 Admiral Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe (1922).jpg Calthorpe SomersetThe Honourable Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe 1864 1937 [88]
24 November 1925 John Michael de Robeck.jpg de Robeck JohnSir John de Robeck, Bt. 1862 1928 [89]
21 January 1928 Vice-admiral Sir Henry Francis Oliver, Kcb, Mvo Art.IWMART1763.jpg Oliver HenrySir Henry Oliver 1865 1965 [90]
31 July 1929 Rear-admiral Osmond de Beauvoir Brock Cb Cmg Art.IWMART1722.jpg Brock OsmondSir Osmond Brock 1869 1947 [91]
8 May 1930 Sir Roger Keyes.jpg Keyes RogerSir Roger Keyes, Bt.
(later Lord Keyes)		 1872 1945 [92]
21 January 1933 Frederick Field (Royal Navy officer).jpg Field FrederickSir Frederick Field 1871 1945 First Sea Lord 1930-1933 [93]
31 July 1934 ReginaldTyrwhittportraitbyDodd.jpg Tyrwhitt ReginaldSir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Bt. 1870 1951 [94]
8 May 1935 Echatfield.jpg Chatfield ErnleSir Ernle Chatfield
(later Lord Chatfield)		 1873 1967 First Sea Lord 1933-1938 [95]
21 January 1936 Edward Prince of Wales during his visit to Canada in 1919.jpg Edward VIIIHM King Edward VIII 1894 1972 [96]
12 July 1936 Kelly JohnSir John Kelly 1871 1936 [97]
11 December 1936 Georg VI England.jpg George VIHM King George VI 1895 1952 [98]
21 January 1938 William Boyle.jpg CorkThe Earl of Cork and Orrery 1873 1967 [99]
7 July 1939 Rbackhouse.jpg Backhouse RogerSir Roger Backhouse 1878 1939 First Sea Lord 1938-1939 [100]
31 July 1939 SirDudleyPound.jpg Pound DudleySir Dudley Pound 1877 1943 First Sea Lord 1939-1943 [101]
8 May 1940 Charlesforbes1.JPG Forbes CharlesSir Charles Forbes 1880 1960 [102]
21 January 1943 Andrew Cunningham.jpg Cunningham AndrewSir Andrew Cunningham
(later Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope)		 1883 1963 First Sea Lord 1943-1946 [103]
22 October 1943 Tovey-TR 002931.jpg Tovey JohnSir John Tovey
(later Lord Tovey)		 1885 1971 [104]
8 May 1945 INF3-77 pt8 Admiral Sir James Somerville.jpg Somerville JohnSir James Somerville 1882 1949 [105]
21 January 1948 INF3-76 pt3 Admiral Sir John Cunningham Artist Tim.jpg Cunningham JohnSir John Cunningham 1885 1965 First Sea Lord 1946-1948 [106]
22 October 1948 BruceFraser.JPG Fraser of North CapeThe Lord Fraser of North Cape 1888 1981 First Sea Lord 1948-1951 [107]
20 March 1949 Willis AlgernonSir Algernon Willis 1889 1976 [108]
22 April 1952 Arthurjpower.jpg Power ArthurSir Arthur Power 1889 1960 [109]
1 June 1952 Philip Louis Vian.png Vian PhilipSir Philip Vian 1894 1968 [110]
15 January 1953 Prince Phillip of Edinburgh.jpg EdinburghHRH The Duke of Edinburgh 1921 Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom 2011–present [111]
1 May 1953 Admiral McGrigor on HMS Norfolk 1945 IWM A 29405.jpg McGrigor RhoderickSir Rhoderick McGrigor 1893 1959 First Sea Lord 1951-1955 [112]
22 April 1955 Rear Admiral George Creasy TR2627.jpg Creasy GeorgeSir George Creasy 1895 1972 [113]
22 October 1956 Mountbatten.jpg Mountbatten of BurmaThe Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1900 1979 First Sea Lord 1955-1959 Chief of the Defence Staff 1959–1965 [114]
10 May 1960 Lambe CharlesSir Charles Lambe 1900 1960 First Sea Lord 1959-1960 [115]
23 May 1962 John CasparSir Caspar John 1903 1984 First Sea Lord 1960-1963 [116]
12 August 1968 Begg VarylSir Varyl Begg 1908 1995 First Sea Lord 1966-1968 [117]
30 June 1970 Le Fanu MichaelSir Michael Le Fanu 1913 1970 First Sea Lord 1968-1970 [118]
12 March 1971 Hill-Norton PeterSir Peter Hill-Norton
(later Lord Hill-Norton)		 1915 2004 First Sea Lord 1970–1971 Chief of the Defence Staff 1971–73 [119]
1 March 1974 Pollock MichaelSir Michael Pollock 1916 2006 First Sea Lord 1971–1974 [120]
9 February 1977 Ashmore EdwardSir Edward Ashmore 1919 2016 First Sea Lord 1977-1977 Chief of the Defence Staff 1977 [121]
6 July 1979 Lewin TerenceSir Terence Lewin
(later Lord Lewin)		 1920 1999 First Sea Lord 1977–1979 Chief of the Defence Staff 1979–1982 [122]
1 December 1982 Leach HenrySir Henry Leach 1923 2011 First Sea Lord 1979–1982 [123]
2 August 1985 Fieldhouse JohnSir John Fieldhouse
(later Lord Fieldhouse)		 1928 1992 First Sea Lord 1982–1985 Chief of the Defence Staff 1985–1988 [124]
12 April 1988 Olav V of Norway.jpg HM King Olav V of Norway 1903 1991 honorary, to foreign royalty [125]
25 May 1989 Staveley WilliamSir William Staveley 1928 1997 First Sea Lord 1985–1989 [126]
2 March 1992 Oswald JulianSir Julian Oswald 1933 2011 First Sea Lord 1989–1993 [127]
10 July 1995 Fond blanc.svg Bathhurst BenjaminSir Benjamin Bathurst 1936 First Sea Lord 1993–1995 [128]
16 June 2012 Carlos de Gales (2011).jpg WalesHRH The Prince of Wales 1948 Honorary rank [129]
13 June 2014 Admiralmboyce.jpg Boyce MichaelThe Lord Boyce 1943 Chief of the Defence Staff 2001-2003. Honorary rank [130]

See also

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Sources

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