| Commander Operations | |
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since 26 April 2022 | |
| Ministry of Defence | |
| Abbreviation | COMOPS |
| Member of | Navy Command |
| Reports to | Fleet Commander |
| Seat | Northwood Headquarters, Hertfordshire, England |
| Nominator | Secretary of State for Defence |
| Appointer | Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council |
| Term length | Not fixed (typically 1–3 years) |
| Inaugural holder | Rear-Admiral Roger Lane-Nott |
| Formation | 1993 |
| Website | royalnavy.mod.uk |
The Commander Operations (COMOPS)[1] is a senior Royal Navy officer based at Northwood Headquarters who exercises operational command of all national maritime operations on behalf of the Fleet Commander.[2] The post was established in 1993.
Commander Operations previously held the additional posts of Commander Task Force (CTF) 311 (UK attack submarines) and CTF 345 (UK nuclear missile submarines).[3][4] In 2015, Rear Admiral John Weale was appointed Rear Admiral Submarines/Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Submarines, while Rear Admiral Robert Tarrant was made Commander Operations (Royal Navy), separating the two posts.[5][6]
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- ^ "Navy Command senior, as of September 2017". MOD. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Joining Britain's Royal Navy Archived 2013-12-26 at the Wayback Machine Undersea Warfare
- ^ "SUEZ WAR OF 1956". Godfreydykes.info. 1956-11-05. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ^ "Rear Admiral John Weale" (PDF). Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Senior Royal Navy Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2015.