{{Short description|British Royal Navy appointment}} {{Infobox official post | post = Commander Operations | body = | nativename = | insignia = Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg | insigniasize = 150px | insigniacaption = Ensign of the Royal Navy | image = | imagesize = | incumbent = Major-General Richard Cantrill | incumbentsince = 26 April 2022 | department = Ministry of Defence | reports_to = Fleet Commander | nominator = Secretary of State for Defence | appointer = ''Prime Minister'' | appointer_qualified = <small>Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council</small> | termlength = Not fixed (typically 1–3 years) | inaugural = Rear-Admiral Roger Lane-Nott | formation = 1993 | website = [http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/ royalnavy.mod.uk] | seat = Northwood Headquarters, Hertfordshire, England | abbreviation = COMOPS }}
The '''Commander Operations''' (COMOPS)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/january/27/160127-comops-visit-in-gulf|title=Commander Maritime Operations visits personnel in the Gulf|access-date=28 January 2016}}</ref> is a senior Royal Navy or Royal Marines officer based at Northwood Headquarters who exercises operational command of all national maritime operations on behalf of the Fleet Commander.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/703660/Navy_Sep_17_senior_data.csv/preview|title=Navy Command senior, as of September 2017|publisher= MOD|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref> 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).<ref>[http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/underseawarfaremagazine/issues/archives/issue_44/royal_navy.html Joining Britain's Royal Navy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226093731/http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/underseawarfaremagazine/issues/archives/issue_44/royal_navy.html |date=2013-12-26 }} Undersea Warfare</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://godfreydykes.info/SUEZ%20WAR%20OF%201956.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226075358/http://godfreydykes.info/SUEZ%20WAR%20OF%201956.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 26, 2013 |title=SUEZ WAR OF 1956 |publisher=Godfreydykes.info |date=1956-11-05 |access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/~/media/royal%20navy%20responsive/documents/profiles/weale%20john.pdf|title=Rear Admiral John Weale|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=appoints>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201865-.pdf |title=Senior Royal Navy Appointments|access-date=6 September 2015}}</ref>
==Post-holders== Post-holders have included:<ref name=appoints/> *1993–1996 Rear-Admiral Roger Lane-Nott *1996–1998 Rear-Admiral James Perowne *1998–2002 Rear-Admiral Robert Stevens *2002–2004 Rear-Admiral Niall Kilgour *2004–2006 Rear-Admiral Paul Lambert *2006–2009 Rear-Admiral David Cooke *2009–2011 Rear-Admiral Mark Anderson *2011–2013 Rear-Admiral Ian Corder *2013–2015 Rear-Admiral Matt Parr *2015–2017 Rear-Admiral Robert Tarrant *2017–2019 Rear-Admiral Paul Halton *2019–2022 Rear-Admiral Simon Asquith *2022–2024 Rear-Admiral Edward Ahlgren *2024–present Major-General Richard Cantrill
==Subordinate formations 2016-2017== :Included:<ref>{{cite web|title=Ministry of Defence Organogram|url=https://data.gov.uk/organogram/ministry-of-defence|website=data.gov.uk|publisher=MOD, 31 March 2016|access-date=20 December 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808114101/https://data.gov.uk/organogram/ministry-of-defence|archive-date=8 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Navy Command senior staff CSV|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/27347/20101111_navy_snr_staff_dataset.csv/preview|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=20 December 2017}}</ref> * 3 Commando Brigade * Surface Flotilla, Commodore Craig Wood, Commander, Surface Flotilla, in post April 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Admirals-Current.pdf |title=Admirals October 2020 |last=Mackie |first=Colin |date=1 October 2020 |website=gulabin.com |publisher=Colin Mackie |access-date=5 November 2020 |quote=}}</ref> * Submarine Flotilla<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Admirals-Current.pdf |title=Admirals October 2020 |last=Mackie |first=Colin |date=1 October 2020 |website=gulabin.com |publisher=Colin Mackie |access-date=5 November 2020 |quote=Commodore James Le S. Perks: Commander, Submarine Flotilla, April 2020}}</ref>
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{{Navy Command (Ministry of Defence)|state=collapsed}} {{Naval Service (British)|state=collapsed}} {{Navy Department (Ministry of Defence)|state=collapsed}}
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