Channel Fleet - Commanding Officers

Commanding Officers

Commanders-in-Chief have included:

  • Vice Admiral Lord Anson (1746–1747)
  • Vice Admiral Augustus Keppel (1778–1779)
  • Vice Admiral Charles Hardy (1779–1780)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Francis Geary (May 1780-September 1780)
  • Vice Admiral George Darby (1780–1782)
  • Vice Admiral Earl Howe (1782–1783)
  • Vice Admiral Earl Howe (1793–1795)
  • Vice Admiral Lord Bridport (1795–1800)
  • Vice Admiral Lord St Vincent (1800–1803)
  • Vice Admiral Sir William Cornwallis (1803–1806)
  • Vice Admiral Lord St Vincent (1806–1807)
  • Vice Admiral Lord Gardner (1807–1808)
  • Vice Admiral Lord Gambier (1808–1811)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cotton (1811–1812)
  • Vice Admiral Lord Keith (1812–1814)
  • Rear Admiral Sir William Parker (1846–1847)
  • Rear Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1847–1849)
  • Commodore Sir William Martin (1849–1852)
  • Rear Admiral Armar Corry (1853–1854)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle (1858–1860)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Robert Stopford (1860–1861)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Robert Smart (1861–1863)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Sydney Dacres (1863–1866)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton (1866–1867)
  • Vice Admiral Frederick Warden (1867–1868)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Symonds (1868–1870)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton (July 1870-October 1870)
  • Vice Admiral Sir George Wellesley (1870–1871)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby (1871–1874)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour (1874–1877)
  • Vice Admiral Lord John Hay (1877–1879)
  • Vice Admiral Lord Hood (1880–1882)
  • Vice Admiral Sir William Dowell (1882–1883)
  • Vice Admiral The Duke of Edinburgh (1883–1884)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Algernon de Horsey (1884–1885)
  • Vice Admiral Charles Fellowes (1885–1886)
  • Vice Admiral Sir William Hewett (1886–1888)
  • Vice Admiral Sir John Baird (1888–1890)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour (1890–1892)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax (1892–1894)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Robert Fitzroy (1894–1895)
  • Vice Admiral Lord Walter Kerr (1895–1897)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson (1897–1898)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Harry Rawson (1898–1901)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson (1901–1903)
  • Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (1903–1905)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson (1905–1907)
  • Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (1907–1909)
  • Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly (1914-1915)

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