Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland

Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland
HMS Ark Royal on the River Clyde
Active1913–2020
Country United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
TypeCommand (military formation)
Part ofNavy Command
Garrison/HQHM Naval Base Clyde

The Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland (FOSNI) was a senior post in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It was based at HM Naval Base Clyde, and the holder of the post was the Royal Navy’s senior officer in Scotland.[1] The post of FOSNI, dating from 1946, was re-scoped and re-named in 1994 to Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England & Northern Ireland (FOSNNI), then named back in 2015, before being dis-established in 2020.[why?]