Commander-in-chief
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From
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To
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Flagship
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Note
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Admiral
Henry Osborn
[48]
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May 1757
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March 1758
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Charles Saunders
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April 1760
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April 1763
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Commodore
Richard Spry
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May 1766
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November 1769
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Rear-Admiral
Richard Howe
[49]
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November 1770
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June 1774
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Vice-Admiral
Robert Man
[50]
|
June 1774
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September 1777
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Vice-Admiral
Robert Duff
[50]
|
September 1777
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January 1780
|
Panther
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Commodore
John Elliot
|
January 1780
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February 1780
|
Edgar
|
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No fleet present
[50]
|
February 1780
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December 1783
|
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Commodore
Sir John Lindsay
|
December 1783
|
July 1785
|
Trusty
|
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Commodore
Phillips Cosby
|
July 1785
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January 1789
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Trusty
|
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Rear-Admiral
Joseph Peyton
|
1789
|
1792
|
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Rear-Admiral
Samuel Granston Goodall
|
1792
|
1793
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Samuel Hood
|
February 1793
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October 1794
|
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Vice-Admiral
Lord Hotham
|
October 1794
|
November 1795
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Lord Jervis
|
1796
|
1799
|
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Vice-Admiral
Lord Keith
|
November 1799
|
1802
|
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Rear-Admiral
Sir Richard Bickerton
|
1802
|
1803
|
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Vice-Admiral
Lord Nelson
[46]
[51]
|
May 1803
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October 1805
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Victory
|
Killed at
Battle of Trafalgar
|
Vice-Admiral
Lord Collingwood
|
1805
|
1810
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Charles Cotton
[52]
|
1810
|
1811
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Edward Pellew
|
1811
|
1814
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Charles Penrose
|
1814
|
1815
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Lord Exmouth
|
1815
|
1816
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Charles Penrose
|
1816
|
1818
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Thomas Fremantle
[53]
|
1818
|
1820
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Graham Moore
|
1820
|
1823
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Harry Burrard-Neale
|
1823
|
1826
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Edward Codrington
|
1826
|
1828
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Pulteney Malcolm
|
1828
|
1831
|
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Henry Hotham
[46]
[51]
|
30 March 1831
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19 April 1833
|
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Died 19 April 1833
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Pulteney Malcolm
|
3 May 1833
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18 December 1833
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Josias Rowley
|
18 December 1833
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9 February 1837
|
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Admiral
Sir Robert Stopford
|
9 February 1837
|
14 October 1841
|
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Rear-Admiral
Sir Francis Mason
|
31 October 1841
|
April 1842
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir Edward Owen
|
April 1842
|
27 February 1845
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir William Parker
|
27 February 1845
|
13 July 1846
|
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Parker was briefly
First Naval Lord
in July 1846 but requested permission to return to the Mediterranean on ground of his health.
[54]
|
Vice-Admiral
Sir William Parker
|
24 July 1846
|
17 January 1852
|
|
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Rear-Admiral
Sir James Dundas
|
17 January 1852
|
1854
|
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Vice-Adm. 17 December 1852
|
Rear-Admiral
Sir Edmund Lyons
|
1854
|
22 February 1858
|
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Vice-Adm. 19 March 1857
|
Vice-Admiral
Sir Arthur Fanshawe
|
22 February 1858
|
19 April 1860
|
Marlborough
[55]
|
|
Vice-Admiral
Sir William Martin
|
19 April 1860
|
20 April 1863
|
Marlborough
[56]
|
|
Vice-Admiral
Sir Robert Smart
|
20 April 1863
|
28 April 1866
|
Marlborough
[57]
then
Victoria
[58]
|
|
Vice-Admiral
Lord Clarence Paget
|
28 April 1866
|
28 April 1869
|
Victoria
then
Caledonia
[59]
|
|
Vice-Admiral
Sir Alexander Milne
|
28 April 1869
|
25 October 1870
|
Lord Warden
[60]
|
Adm. 1 April 1870
|
Vice-Admiral
Sir Hastings Yelverton
|
25 October 1870
|
13 January 1874
|
Lord Warden
[61]
|
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Vice-Admiral
Sir James Drummond
|
13 January 1874
|
15 January 1877
|
Lord Warden
then
Hercules
[62]
|
|
Vice-Admiral
Sir Geoffrey Hornby
|
5 January 1877
|
5 February 1880
|
Alexandra
[63]
|
Adm. 15 June 1879
|
Vice-Admiral
Sir Beauchamp Seymour
|
5 February 1880
|
7 February 1883
|
Inconstant
and
Alexandra
[64]
|
Adm. 6 May 1882
|
Vice-Admiral
Lord John Hay
|
7 February 1883
|
5 February 1886
|
Alexandra
[65]
|
Adm. 8 July 1884
|
Vice-Admiral
H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh
|
5 February 1886
|
11 March 1889
|
Alexandra
[66]
: 222
|
Adm. 18 October 1887
|
Vice-Admiral
Sir Anthony Hoskins
|
11 March 1889
|
20 August 1891
|
Alexandra
Mar 89 ? Dec 89
Camperdown
Dec 89 ? May 90
Victoria
May 90 onwards
[66]
: 222, 320, 336
|
Adm. 20 June 1891
|
Vice-Admiral
Sir George Tryon
|
20 August 1891
|
22 June 1893
|
Victoria
[67]
|
Died in commission; lost in
Victoria
|
Admiral
Sir Michael Culme-Seymour
|
29 June 1893
|
10 November 1896
|
Ramillies
[66]
: 362
|
|
Admiral
Sir John Hopkins
|
10 November 1896
|
1 July 1899
|
Ramillies
[68]
|
|
Admiral
Sir John Fisher
|
1 July 1899
|
4 June 1902
[69]
|
Renown
|
|
Admiral
Sir Compton Domvile
[70]
|
4 June 1902
|
June 1905
|
Bulwark
[68]
|
|
Admiral
Lord Charles Beresford
[71]
[72]
[73]
|
appointed
1 May 1905
assumed command
6 June 1905
|
February 1907
|
Bulwark
|
|
Admiral
Sir Charles Drury
[74]
|
appointed
5 March 1907
assumed command
27 March 1907
|
1908
|
Queen
|
|
Admiral
Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe
[75]
[76]
|
appointed
20 November 1908
assumed command
20 November 1908
|
1910
|
Exmouth
|
|
Admiral
Sir Edmund Poe
[76]
[77]
|
appointed
30 April 1910
assumed command
30 April 1910
|
November 1912
|
Exmouth
[68]
|
|
Admiral
Sir Berkley Milne
[78]
[79]
: 287, 289, 422
[80]
|
appointed
1 June 1912
assumed command
12 June 1912
|
27 August 1914
|
Inflexible
|
|
During
World War I
plans were put in place to separate the Mediterranean into specific areas of responsibility. The British were charged with responsibility for Gibraltar, Malta, Egyptian coast, and Aegean in August 1917 Vice Admiral Somerset Gough-Calthorpe became CinC, MF commanding all British forces in the Mediterranean. Overall allied command would remain under the control of the Allied Commander in Chief, who was the head of the
French Navy
. Vice-Admiral Somerset Gough-Calthorpe was also responsible for coordinating other allied forces in Mediterranean. British forces were divided into a number of sub-commands namely
Gibraltar
,
Malta
, the
British Adriatic Squadron
, the
British Aegean Squadron
, the
Egypt Division and Red Sea
and the
Black Sea and Marmora Force
.
[81]
Post titles have been put in bold in the notes column.
|
Admiral
Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe
[79]
: 323
[82]
: 80
[83]
[84]
|
26 August 1917
|
25 July 1919
|
Superb
|
Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean
|
Vice Admiral
Sir John de Robeck
[82]
: 85 & 94
[85]
|
26 July 1919
|
14 May 1922
|
Iron Duke
|
|
Vice Admiral
Sir Osmond Brock
[82]
: 92
[86]
|
15 May 1922
|
7 June 1925
|
Iron Duke
|
Admiral 31 July 1924
|
Admiral
Sir Roger Keyes
[87]
|
8 June 1925
|
7 June 1928
|
Warspite
|
|
Admiral
Sir Frederick Field
|
8 June 1928
|
28 May 1930
|
Queen Elizabeth
[82]
: 121
|
Admiral
Sir Ernle Chatfield
[88]
|
27 May 1930
|
31 October 1932
|
Queen Elizabeth
[82]
|
|
Admiral
Sir William Fisher
[89]
[82]
[90]
[91]
|
31 October 1932
|
19 March 1936
|
Resolution
later
Queen Elizabeth
[82]
: 121 & 123
|
|
Admiral
Sir Dudley Pound
[82]
: 140
[90]
[92]
|
20 March 1936
|
31 May 1939
|
Queen Elizabeth
[68]
|
|
During World War II, the Fleet was split in two for a period. Post titles in the notes column.
|
Admiral
Sir Andrew Cunningham
[92]
[93]
[94]
|
1 June 1939
6 June 1939
assumed command
|
March 1942
|
Warspite
August 1939
HMS
St Angelo
(base, Malta)
April 1940
Warspite
February 1941
|
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
. Vice-Admiral Cunningham was given
acting rank
of Admiral on 1 June 1940, and promoted to Admiral on 3 January 1941.
|
Admiral
Sir Henry Harwood
[94]
|
22 April 1942
|
February 1943
|
Warspite
HMS
Nile
(base, Alexandria)
Aug 1942
|
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
. Vice-Admiral Harwood was given
acting rank
of Admiral.
|
Admiral
Sir Andrew Cunningham
[92]
[93]
[94]
|
1 November 1942
|
20 February 1943
|
HMS
Hannibal
(base, Algiers)
|
Naval Commander Expeditionary Force (NCXF) North Africa and Mediterranean
|
In February 1943 the Fleet was divided into a command of ships and a command of ports & naval bases:
Mediterranean Fleet
:
Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet
, 15th Cruiser Squadron, Cdre. (D)
Levant
:
Commander-in-Chief, Levant
, Alexandria, Malta, Port Said, Haifa, Bizerta, Tripoli, Mersa Matruh, Benghazi, Aden, Bone, Bougie, Philippeville
C-in-C Levant
was renamed
C-in-C Levant and Eastern Mediterranean
in late December 1943.
[95]
In January 1944 the two separate commands were re-unified with the
Flag Officer, Levant and East Mediterranean (FOLEM)
reporting to the C-in-C Mediterranean.
[96]
|
Admiral of the Fleet
Sir Andrew Cunningham
[92]
[93]
[94]
|
20 February 1943
|
15 October 1943
|
HMS
Hannibal
(base, Algiers/Taranto)
|
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
.
|
Admiral
Sir John Cunningham
[93]
[94]
|
15 October 1943
|
February 1946
|
HMS
Hannibal
(base, Algiers/Taranto)
|
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station & Allied Naval Commander Mediterranean
|
Admiral
Sir Algernon Willis
[97]
|
1946
|
1948
|
HMS
St Angelo
(base, Malta)
[68]
|
|
Admiral
Sir Arthur Power
|
1948
|
1950
|
HMS
St Angelo
(base, Malta)
[68]
|
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean
|
Admiral
Sir John Edelsten
|
1950
|
1952
|
HMS
St Angelo
(base, Malta)
[68]
|
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean
|
Admiral
Earl Mountbatten of Burma
|
1952
|
1954
|
HMS
St Angelo
(base, Malta)
[68]
|
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean
|
Admiral
Sir Guy Grantham
[98]
|
10 Dec 1954
|
10 Apr 57
|
HMS
St Angelo
(base, Malta)
[68]
|
|
Vice Admiral
Sir Ralph Edwards
|
10 Apr 57
|
11 Nov 58
|
HMS
St Angelo
(base, Malta)
[68]
|
|
Admiral
Sir Charles Lambe
|
11 Nov 58
|
2 Feb 59
|
HMS
Phoenicia
(base, Malta)
[68]
|
|
Admiral
Sir Alexander Bingley
|
2 Feb 59
|
30 Jun 61
|
HMS
Phoenicia
(base, Malta)
[68]
|
|
Admiral
Sir Deric Holland-Martin
|
30 Jun 61
|
1 Feb 64
|
HMS
Phoenicia
(base, Malta)
[68]
|
Admiral
Sir John Hamilton
[14]
: 297
|
1 Feb 1964
|
5 June 1967
|
HMS
St Angelo
(base, Malta)
[68]
|
|