Commander Operations (Royal Navy)

The Commander Operations 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. The post was established in 1993 and is usually dual-hatted with the post of Rear-Admiral, Submarines. The responsibilities of the post include the additional posts of Commander Task Force (CTF) 311 (UK attack submarines) and CTF 345 (UK nuclear missile submarines).

Post-holders
Post-holders have included:
 * 1993-1996 Rear-Admiral Roger Lane-Nott
 * 1996-1998 Rear-Admiral James Perowne
 * 1998-2002 Rear-Admiral Robert Stevens
 * 2002-2004 Rear-Admiral Niall Kilgour
 * 2004-2006 Rear-Admiral Paul Lambert
 * 2006-2009 Rear-Admiral David Cooke
 * 2009-2011 Rear-Admiral Mark Anderson
 * 2011-2013 Rear-Admiral Ian Corder
 * 2013–Present Rear-Admiral Matthew Parr