| Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth | |
|---|---|
 Ensign of the Royal Navy | |
| Admiralty, Ministry of Defence | |
| Reports to | Second Sea Lord |
| Nominator | First Lord of the Admiralty, Second Sea Lord |
| Appointer | First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for Defence Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council |
| Term length | Not fixed (typically 2–4 years) |
| Inaugural holder | Rear-Admiral Frederick Lewis Maitland |
| Formation | 1649-1971 |
The Admiral-superintendent, Portsmouth[1] was the Royal Navy officer in command of the Naval Dockyard. Portsmouth from 1832 to 1971; prior to this date a resident Commissioner of the Navy Board had had oversight of the yard, since 1649. In May 1971 command responsibility for naval staff in the dockyard was merged into the wider local command structure, initially under the dual designation of Flag Officer, Portsmouth and Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth [2][3] but in July 1971 was again renamed Flag Officer Spithead and Port Admiral Portsmouth after a couple of months. These joint titles was used until 1975, and despite the name change the command still covered the same geographic area and operational responsibilities until 1996 when its ceased to exist as a separate command appointment and its responsibilities were assumed by the staff of Flag Officer First Flotilla.
- ^ "Royal Naval dockyard staff". nationalarchives.gov.uk. The National Archives, UK, 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ Mackie, Colin, (2017), Royal Navy Senior Appointments, Gulabin, pp. 101-102.
- ^ Archives, National. "Records of the Ministry of Defence Records of Administrative Departments DEFE 69, Ministry of Defence, Navy, Registered Files and Branch Folders, Flag Officer, Portsmouth". National Archives. National Archives, 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.