| Vice Chief of the Naval Staff | |
|---|---|
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| Department of the Admiralty, Ministry of Defence | |
| Abbreviation | V.C.N.S. |
| Member of | Board of Admiralty, Admiralty Board |
| Reports to | Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff |
| Nominator | First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for Defence |
| Appointer | Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council |
| Term length | Not fixed (typically 2–3 years) |
| Formation | 1941 |
| First holder | Sir Henry Moore |
| Final holder | Sir Peter Stanford |
| Abolished | 1985 |
The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (V.C.N.S.) [1] was a senior appointment in the Royal Navy usually a three-star rank and had a NATO ranking code of OF-8 that existed from 1941 to 1985 and was a member of the Admiralty Naval Staff.
- ^ Friedman, Norman (2010). British Cruisers: Two World Wars and After. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 9781848320789.