List of senior officers of the Royal Navy

Lord Admirals of England 1385 –1628, 1638 –1708

Lord High Admirals of Great Britain 1708 – 1709

Lord High Admirals of the United Kingdom 1827 –1828, 1964 –present

Vice Admirals of England 1410 – 1707

Vice Admirals of Great Britain 1707 – 1801

Vice Admirals of the United Kingdom 1801 – present

Rear Admirals of England 1683 – 1707

Rear Admirals of Great Britain 1707 – 1801

Rear Admirals of the United Kingdom 1801 – 2007

Vice Admirals of the Coast of Great Britain and Ireland 1536 to 19th c.

First Lords of the Admiralty, 1628– present

Admirals of the South, North and West, 1360-1369

Admirals of the Fleet, 1690–present

Senior Naval Lord, 1689–1771

First Naval Lords, 1771–1904

First Sea Lord, 1904–1917

First Sea Lords and Chiefs of the Naval Staff, 1917–present

Deputy First Sea Lords 1917 to 1946

Commander-in-Chief Fleet, 1971–2012

Fleet Commander, 2012–present

Second Naval Lords, 1830–1904

Second Sea Lords, 1904–1995

Second Sea Lords and Commanders-in-Chief Naval Home Command, 1995–2012

Second Sea Lords and Chiefs of Naval Personnel and Training, 2012–2015

Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, 2015–present

Third Naval Lords 1832–1868

Third Naval Lords and Controllers of the Navy 1869–1872, 1882-1904

Controllers of the Navy, 1872-1882, 1917-1918, 1965–present

Third Sea Lord and Controllers of the Navy 1904–1912, 1918-1965

Third Sea Lord, 1912-1918

Fourth Naval Lords 1830–1868

Junior Naval Lords 1868-1904

Fourth Sea Lords 1904–1964

Chiefs of Fleet Support 1964–2007

Chiefs of Materiel (Fleet)/Chief of Fleet (Support) 2007 – present

Fifth Sea Lords and Chief of Naval Air Service 1917–1918

Fifth Sea Lords 1938–1956

Fifth Sea Lords and Deputy Chiefs of the Naval Staff 1957–1965

Deputy Chiefs of the Naval Staff

Vice Chiefs of the Naval Staff

Assistant Chiefs of the Naval Staff