Commander Operations | |
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![]() Ensign of the Royal Navy | |
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]