Eastern Fleet - Commanders-in-Chief

Commanders-in-Chief

Commanders-in-Chief have included:
Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet

  • 1941 - 1942 Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton
  • 1942 - 1944 Vice-Admiral Sir James Somerville
  • 1944 Vice-Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet

  • 1944 - 1945 Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Power
  • 1945 - 1946 Vice-Admiral Sir Clement Moody
  • 1946 - 1948 Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser
  • 1948 - 1950 Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse
  • 1950 - 1952 Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Oliver

Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet

  • 1952 - 1953 Vice-Admiral Sir Guy Russell
  • 1953 - 1954 Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Lambe
  • 1954 - 1955 Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Norris
  • 1955 - 1957 Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Scott-Moncrieff
  • 1957 - 1960 Vice-Admiral Sir Gerald Gladstone
  • 1960 - 1962 Vice-Admiral Sir David Luce
  • 1962 - 1965 Vice-Admiral Sir Desmond Dreyer
  • 1965 - 1967 Vice-Admiral Sir Frank Twiss
  • 1967 - 1969 Vice-Admiral Sir William O'Brien
  • 1969 - 1971 Vice-Admiral Sir Derek Empson
  • 1971 Rear-Admiral Sir Anthony Troup

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