Flag Officer Submarines

Flag Officer Submarines was a post in the Royal Navy which involved command of the Royal Navy Submarine Service and which evolved from the post of Rear-Admiral, Submarines.

History
The post, which was established in 1919, was for many years located at HMS Dolphin in Hampshire. Flag Officer Submarines moved from Dolphin to the Northwood Headquarters in 1978. The post evolved from Chief of the Submarine Service to Rear-Admiral Submarines and then to Flag Officer Submarines. Since 1993 the post of Flag Officer Submarines has been dual-hatted with the post of Commander Operations.

Commanders
Commanders included: Chief of the Submarine Service Rear-Admiral Submarines Flag Officer Submarines
 * Rear-Admiral Douglas Dent (1919–1921)
 * Rear-Admiral Hugh Sinclair (1921–1923)
 * Vice-Admiral Wilmot Nicholson (1923–1925)
 * Rear-Admiral Vernon Haggard (1925–1927)
 * Rear-Admiral Henry Grace (1927–1929)
 * Rear-Admiral Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (1929–1931)
 * Rear-Admiral Charles Little (1931–1932)
 * Rear-Admiral Noel Laurence (1932–1934)
 * Rear-Admiral Cecil Talbot (1934–1936)
 * Rear-Admiral Robert Raikes (1936–1938)
 * Rear-Admiral Bertram Watson (1938–1940)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Max Horton (1940–1942)
 * Rear-Admiral Claud Barry (1942–1944)
 * Rear-Admiral George Creasy (1944–1946)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir John Mansfield (1946–1948)
 * Rear-Admiral Guy Grantham (1948–1950)
 * Rear-Admiral Sydney Raw (1950–1952)
 * Rear-Admiral George Simpson (1952–1954)
 * Rear-Admiral George Fawkes (1954–1955)
 * Rear-Admiral Wilfrid Woods (1955–1957)
 * Rear-Admiral Bertram Taylor (1957–1959)
 * Rear-Admiral Arthur Hezlet (1959–1961)
 * Rear-Admiral Hugh Mackenzie (1961–1963)
 * Rear-Admiral Horace Law (1963–1965)
 * Rear-Admiral Ian McGeoch (1965–1967)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Pollock (1967–1969)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir John Roxburgh (1969–1972)
 * Vice-Admiral Anthony Troup (1972–1974)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Iwan Raikes (1974–1976)
 * Vice-Admiral John Fieldhouse (1976–1978)
 * Vice-Admiral Robert Squires (1978–1981)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Herbert (1981–1983)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir John Woodward (1983–1984)
 * Rear-Admiral Richard Heaslip (1984–1987)
 * Rear-Admiral Frank Grenier (1987–1989)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir John Coward (1989–1991)