Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers – with variously up to 6–8 carriers in the 1950s/60s, was responsible for providing worked up carriers to the operational commands.[13] Amalgamated with Flag Officer Amphibious Ships to become FOCAS towards the end of the 1960s, after the cancellation of CVA-01. H. R. B. Janvrin, DSC, ADC, was promoted to rear admiral and succeeded Rear Admiral D. C. E. F. Gibson, DSC, as FOAC.
Flag Officer, Air, Far East – existing until 1945–47.[14] In late 1946, HMS Theseus sailed out from the UK to Singapore as the flagship of Flag Officer Air, Far East.[15] After her arrival, she became flagship of the 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron.
Flag Officer, Air, Home – Flew flag from RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) in the 1930s, post extant until 1963. Responsible for shore-based air command working up squadrons to operational effectiveness, and after an Operational Readiness Inspection, delivering them to the Fleet.[13] RA Sir Cloudesley Robinson KCB (1 Jan 1945 – June 1945), VA Sir Dennis Boyd KCB CBE DSC (1 June 1945 – April 1946).[16] Admiral Walter Couchman 1957–60.
Flag Officer, Air and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet (1947-1958) – Admiral Ralph Edwards in the late 1940s. Vice Admiral William Davis, 1952–54. Flag Officer Second-in-Command Mediterranean – F.O.2 i/c MED. In 1951 Rear Admiral G. Grantham, CB, CBE, DSO.[17] Responsible for Mediterranean Fleet aircraft carriers, and, under Captain, Air, Mediterranean, the naval air stations in Malta. Vice-Admiral R A B Edwards (Flag Officer, Second-in-Command Mediterranean), May 1952.[18]
Flag Officer, Air, Pacific Fleet
Flag Officer, Air, Mediterranean Fleet
Flag Officer Admiralty Interview Board – FOAIB
Flag Officer Attached Middle East – FOAM – Rear Admiral H T Baillie-Grohman, 1941
Flag Officer First Flotilla – FOF1 – Cold War – (1971-1990). Rear Admiral David Halifax 1980–82. Rear Admiral Sandy Woodward, FOF 1, commanded the Carrier Group (CTG 317.8) of the Falklands War task force.
Flag Officer Flotillas, Home Fleet – deployed on the Spring cruise, 1955, under Rear Admiral J.W. Cuthbert.[20] Vice Admiral Richard Onslow in 1955–56. Flew flag in HMS Tyne, July 1960–March 1961.[21]
Flag Officer, Middle East – Rear Admiral Patrick Brock 1954–56, responsible for Ismailia and Cyprus. Brock was appointed Flag Officer, Middle East in April 1954, initially with his headquarters at Fayid, in the Suez Canal Zone. However, after Britain agreed to remove its forces from the Canal Zone, his staff moved to Episkopi, in southern Cyprus, in December 1954. Hauled down flag March 1956.[25] Rear Admiral Peter Howes 1964–66.[26] Directed the Beira Patrol. 1968 withdrew from HMS Sheba in Aden.
Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron, March 1921 - October 1940.[33] HQ Auckland, commanding naval forces in New Zealand. Commodore's appointment abolished and forces brought directly under CNS from October 1940. The operational authority was the Commodore, Auckland, from 1961[34] which changed to the Maritime Commander in March 1993.[35] Alternately rendered as Commodore Commanding, New Zealand Station, HQ Auckland, (1919–1941).
Commodore Commanding Pakistan Flotilla
Commodore Commanding South American Division
Commodore Commanding South American Division of the America and West Indies Squadron
Commodore Commanding South East Coast of America,[32]
^Waters, S. D. (1956). "The Search for the Admiral Graf Spee". Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45: The Royal New Zealand Navy. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^Stationery Office, H. M. (May 1951). The Navy List. Spink and Son Ltd, London, England. p. 386.
^ abGovernment, H.M. (18 April 1902). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 217.
^Waters, S. D. (1956). "Appendix VI: Members of the New Zealand Naval Board". Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45: The Royal New Zealand Navy. Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. p. 539. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^Ross, J. O'C. (1967). The White Ensign in New Zealand. AH & AW Reed. p. 115.
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