Flag Officer, Third Flotilla | |
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Active | 1979 – 1992 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Royal Navy |
Size | Flotilla |
Part of | Commander-in-Chief Fleet |
Garrison/HQ | HMNB Portsmouth |
Commanders | |
First | Rear-Admiral Peter G.M. Herbert |
Last | Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Nicholas J. Hill-Norton |
The Flag Officer, Third Flotilla was the senior Royal Navy appointment in command of the Third Flotilla from 1979 to 1992.
The Western Fleet and Far East Fleet were merged into the single Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1971. He had three new seagoing subordinates: Flag Officer First Flotilla, Second Flotilla and Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships (FOCAS) each commanded by a rear admiral.[1] In December 1979 the post of FOCAS was re-named Flag Officer, Third Flotilla (FOF3).[2]
From 1981-1992 the Flag Officer Third Flotilla commanded the aircraft carriers; amphibious Ships; the Fleet Training Ship; and destroyers not allocated to First or Second Flotillas.[3]
In April 1992, the Third Flotilla was abolished, and the remaining two flotilla commanders became Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla[4] - responsible for operational readiness and training and Commander United Kingdom Task Group (COMUKTG), who would command any deployed task group.
Flag Officer, Third Flotilla (FOF3) | |
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Navy Department, Ministry of Defence | |
Reports to | Commander-in-Chief, Fleet |
Nominator | Secretary of State for Defence |
Appointer | Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council |
Term length | Not fixed (typically 1–4 years) |
Inaugural holder | Rear-Admiral Peter G.M. Herbert |
Formation | 1979-1992 |
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Flotilla structure[6]
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political head ministers |
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governance |
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military head |
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office of the first sea lord |
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under Vice & Deputy Chief of Naval Staff |
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Air, Operations, Plans, Policy requirements, warfare |
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naval staff directorates offices & branches |
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naval personnel |
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naval personnel department |
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controller |
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controllers department navy controllerate |
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naval supplies and transport fleet support hq naval support command |
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under naval supplies and transport fleet support hq naval support command |
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chief scientists department |
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under chief scientists department |
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naval home command |
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Shore units under Naval Home Command |
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Fleets |
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under c-in-c, fleet |
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under c-in-c home fleet, far east fleet mediterranean fleet, western fleet |
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civil administration navy department |
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under civil administration |
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Naval Legal |
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