Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland

Former senior post in the Royal Navy

Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland
HMS Ark Royal on the River Clyde
Active	1913–2020
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Type	Command (military formation)
Part of	Navy Command
Garrison/HQ	HM Naval Base Clyde

Military unit

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?]

History

The Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland was the most senior naval position in Scotland and is the successor to appointments starting with the Senior Officer on the Coast of Scotland, established in 1913, just prior to the outbreak of the First World War. The title was altered to Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth in 1916. From 1946 the post became the Flag Officer Scotland & Northern Ireland. Between 1961 and 1994 the Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland was triple-hatted as Commander Northern Sub-Area (NORLANT) of Allied Command Atlantic (ACLANT), and as Commander Nore Sub-Area Channel (NORECHAN) of Allied Command Channel. Based at RAF Pitreavie Castle, NORECHAN was tasked to prevent Soviet Navy ships and submarines from entering the North Sea. When the command moved from Rosyth to HMNB Clyde in 1994, it took responsibility for a larger area, becoming the Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland.^[2] In 2015 the post reverted to Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland. The post was removed under the Royal Navy's Navy Command Transformation Programme and renamed Commodore Submarine Service (COSM).^[3]

Major subordinate stone frigates under C-in-C Rosyth on the outbreak of the Second World War included HMS Flora at Invergordon; HMS Bacchante (a shore establishment) at Aberdeen, HMS Claverhouse at Leith, and HMS Calliope on the Tyne.^[4] Bacchante had been commanded by the Senior Naval Officer, Aberdeen from 1915 to 1919 ^[5] and then the Flag Officer-in-Charge, Aberdeen from 1942 to 1945.^[6] Wartime subsidiary bases included Aultbea on Loch Ewe.^[7] Facilities at Aultbea were established in February 1915 during World War I and partially deactivated in April 1919. Aultbea was reactivated during World War II in 1940 following the German attack on Scapa Flow and subsequent sinking of HMS Royal Oak, when the Home Fleet was temporarily based there.^[8] It was also a staging point for arctic convoys that operated out of Loch Ewe. It remained in operation until October 1967.^[9]

Admirals Commanding

Flag Officers have been:^[10]

Admiral Commanding on the Coast of Scotland; 1913–1916

Included:^[11]

S.No	Name	Rank	Assumed office	Left office
1	Sir Robert Lowry	Admiral	July 1913	June 1916

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth; 1913–1919

S.No	Name	Rank	Assumed office	Left office
1	Sir Frederick Hamilton	Admiral	June 1916	October 1917
2	Sir Cecil Burney	Admiral	October 1917	March 1919

Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland; 1919–1939

S.No	Name	Rank	Assumed office	Left office
1	Sir Herbert Heath	Admiral	March 1919	April 1922
2	Sir John Green	Vice-Admiral	April 1922	June 1923
3	Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Bt.	Rear-Admiral	June 1923	June 1925
4	Sir Walter Cowan	Vice-Admiral	June 1925	June 1926
5	Humphrey Bowring	Rear-Admiral	June 1926	June 1928
6	John Cameron	Rear-Admiral	June 1928	July 1929
7	Theodore Hallett	Rear-Admiral	July 1929	July 1931
8	the Hon. William Leveson-Gower	Vice-Admiral	July 1931	July 1933
9	Everard Hardman-Jones	Rear-Admiral	July 1933	July 1935
10	Robert Davenport	Rear-Admiral	July 1935	July 1937
11	Evelyn Thomson	Vice-Admiral	July 1937	August 1939

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth; 1939–1946

S.No	Name	Rank	Assumed office	Left office
1	Sir Charles Ramsey	Admiral	August 1939	June 1942
2	Sir Wilbraham Ford	Admiral	June 1942	June 1944
3	Sir William Whitworth	Admiral	June 1944	July 1946

Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland; 1946–1994

S.No	Name	Rank	Assumed office	Left office
1	Sir Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton	Admiral	July 1946	July 1948
2	Sir Ernest Archer	Vice-Admiral	July 1948	July 1950
3	Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham	Vice-Admiral	July 1950	August 1951
4	John Crombie	Rear-Admiral	August 1951	October 1953
5	Sir Geoffrey Robson	Vice-Admiral	October 1953	March 1956
6	Sir John Cuthbert	Vice-Admiral	March 1956	July 1958
7	David Luce	Vice-Admiral	July 1958	December 1959
8	Sir Royston Wright	Vice-Admiral	December 1959	September 1961
9	Sir Arthur Hezlet	Vice-Admiral	September 1961	June 1964
10	Sir David Gregory	Vice-Admiral	June 1964	July 1966
11	Sir John Hayes	Vice-Admiral	July 1966	July 1968
12	Sir Ian McGeoch	Vice-Admiral	July 1968	May 1970
13	David Dunbar-Nasmith	Rear-Admiral	May 1970	July 1972
14	Martin Lucey	Rear-Admiral	July 1972	August 1974
15	Sir Anthony Troup	Vice-Admiral	August 1974	June 1977
16	Sir Cameron Rusby	Vice-Admiral	June 1977	November 1979
17	Sir Thomas Baird	Vice-Admiral	November 1979	January 1982
18	Robert Squires	Vice-Admiral	January 1982	December 1983
19	Sir Nicholas Hunt	Vice-Admiral	December 1983	May 1985
20	Sir George Vallings	Vice-Admiral	May 1985	October 1987
21	Sir Jock Slater	Vice-Admiral	October 1987	February 1989
22	Sir Michael Livesay	Vice-Admiral	February 1989	March 1991
23	Sir Hugo White	Vice-Admiral	March 1991	November 1992
24	Sir Christopher Morgan	Vice-Admiral	November 1992	April 1996

Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland; 1994–2015

Note: From 2005, the post holder also held the title of Flag Officer, Reserves and Flag Officer Regional Forces.^[12]

S.No	Name	Rank	Assumed office	Left office
1	John Tolhurst	Rear-Admiral	April 1996	September 1997
2	Michael Gregory	Rear-Admiral	September 1997	August 2000
3	Derek Anthony	Rear-Admiral	August 2000^[13]	May 2003
4	Nick Harris	Rear-Admiral	May 2003	April 2006
5	Philip Wilcocks	Rear-Admiral	April 2006	December 2006
6	Tony Johnstone-Burt	Rear-Admiral	December 2006	February 2008
7	Philip Jones	Rear-Admiral	February 2008^[14]	September 2008
8	Martin Alabaster	Rear Admiral	September 2008^[14]	September 2011
9	Christopher Hockley	Rear-Admiral	September 2011	August 2014
10	John Clink	Rear-Admiral	August 2014	July 2015

Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland; 2015–2020

S.No	Name	Rank	Assumed office	Left office
1	John Weale	Rear-Admiral	July 2015^[15]	May 2020^[16]

References

^ Royal Navy official site, FOSNNI
^ Army Quarterly and Defence Journal, Volume 124, page 230 (West of England Press, 1994).
^ "Submariners Association Newsletter In Depth 68" (PDF). Submariners Association. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
^ Watson, Graham. "Royal Navy Organisation in World War 2, 1939–1945". www.naval-history.net. Graham Smith, 19 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
^ Admiralty, Great Britain (December 1919). "Other Senior Naval Officers or Officers in Charge at Ports in the United Kingdom". Navy List. London England: HM Stationery Office. p. 699.
^ Admiralty, Great Britain (December 1942). "Flag Officers in Commission". Navy List. London England: HM Stationery Office. p. 1336.
^ Admiralty, Great Britain (January 1919). "The Royal Navy". Navy List. London England: HM Stationery Office. p. 769.
^ Smith, Peter C. (2008). The Great Ships: British Battleships in World War II. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States: Stackpole Books. p. 70. ISBN 9780811749350.
^ Archives, The National (1940–1967). "Aultbea Naval Base, Loch Ewe, Ross and Cromarty: a short history. With photographs and plan". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. London England: The National Archives. Retrieved 19 October 2018. ADM 1/31049
^ Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ Admiralty. British. (November 1914). The Navy List. List of Admirals by Seniority. Admirals. H.M.S.O. London. England. p86.
^ Committee, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence (2013). House of Commons - Defence Committee: The Defence Implications of Possible Independence - Volume I: HC 198: Sixth Report of Session 2013-14, Vol. 1: Report, Together with an Appendix, Formal Minutes and Oral Evidence. London: The Stationery Office. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-215-06246-8.
^ Warships Magazine, FLAG OFF SCOTLAND SPECIAL
^ ^a ^b Royal Navy official site Base Braves the Elements to Wave Fond Farewell to Admiral, Tuesday, 6 September 2008
^ Lochside Press, New admiral takes the helm at Faslane, 27 July 2015
^ "No. 63039". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 June 2020. p. 11075.

Navy Command (Ministry of Defence)

oversight

Defence Board−
- Chief of the Defence Staff Group
- Permanent Under Secretary (PUS) Group

TLB holder

First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (TLB Holder)

TLB group
under TLB holder

- Fleet Commander
- Second Sea Lord, (2SL) and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
- Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)
- Finance Director (Navy)
- Non-Executive Director, Navy Board

Fleet
Command

Fleet Commander–
- Commander United Kingdom Strike Force
- Commander Maritime Operations
- Director Force Generation
- Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training
- Commandant General Royal Marines

maritime forces

Commander United Kingdom Strike Force–
- Commander UK Carrier Strike Group
- Commander Littoral Strike Group
- Assistant Chief of Staff Land and Littoral Manoeuvre and Deputy Commandant General Royal Marines

amphibious forces

Commander Littoral Strike Group

maritime operations

Commander Maritime Operations–
- Deputy Commander Operations
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- Commander Surface Flotilla
- Commander Submarine Flotilla

naval training

Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training–
- Deputy Director Future Training
- Commanding Officer Maritime Warfare School

regional forces

Commander Regional Forces and Naval Regional Commander Eastern England
Naval Regional Commander Wales & Western England
Naval Regional Commander Northern England
Naval Regional Commander Scotland & Northern Ireland

navy personnel
and capability

Second Sea Lord, (2SL) and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff–
- Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)
- Director People & Training and Naval Secretary
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- Director Develop
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- Chief of Staff Navy Command (HQ)

naval personnel

Director People & Training and Naval Secretary
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naval capability

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- Assistant Chief of Staff Warfare
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- Chief Technology Officer

aviation and carriers

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submarines

Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines)/Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland–
- Assistant Chief of Staff, Submarines

surface ships

Commodore RFA and Deputy Director Royal Navy Afloat Support

support

Director Naval Support
Assistant Chief of Staff Engineering Support
Base Commander HM Naval Base Portsmouth
Base Commander HM Naval Base Devonport
Base Commander HM Naval Base Clyde

policy

Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)–
- Commodore, Naval Staff

finance
and resources

Finance Director (Navy)–
- Assistant Chief of Staff Resources and Plans
- Command Secretary (Command Secretariat)
- Navy Safety Director

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under c-in-c home fleet, far east fleet mediterranean fleet, western fleet	Flag Officer Second-in-Command Far East Fleet Chief of Staff, Far East Fleet Commodore, Amphibious Forces, Far East Fleet Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong Mediterranean Fleet Chief of Staff Mediterranean Fleet Flag Officer, Gibraltar Commodore (D) Commanding, Mediterranean Fleet Destroyers Rear-Admiral (D) Commanding, Mediterranean Fleet Destroyers Vice-Admiral (D) Commanding, Mediterranean Fleet Destroyers Western Fleet Chief of Staff, Western Fleet
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Naval Legal	Office of the Counsel to the Navy Department, Ministry of Defence Office of the Judge Advocate of the Fleet Office of the Chief Naval Judge Advocate

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Direction of Naval Finance	Department of the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
Departments under the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary	Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty Accountant-General's Department Comptroller of the Navy Department of the Surveyor of the Navy
Direction of Naval Administration and the Admiralty Secretariat	Department of the Permanent Secretary
Branches and offices under the Permanent Secretary	Admiralty Central Copying Branch Admiralty Central Registry Branch Admiralty Record Office Admiralty Library Admiralty Secretariat Air Branch Civil Branch Legal Branch Military Branch Naval Branch Ship Branch
Civil Administration	Department of the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Department of the Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty
Departments under the Civil Lords	Accountant-General's Department Contract and Purchase Department Department of the Director of Contract Labour Department of the Surveyor of Buildings Department of the Director of Works Greenwich Hospital Department Works Loan Department
Legal	Admiralty Judicial Department Admiralty court High Court of Admiralty Office of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty High Court of Justice Office of the Judge Advocate of the Fleet Office of the Marshall High Court of the Admiralty Office of the Admiralty Advocate Office of the Admiralty Proctor Office of the Chief Naval Judge Advocate Office of the Counsel for the Affairs of the Admiralty and Navy Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty Office of the Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet Office of the Receiver of Droits High Court of Admiralty Office of the Registrar High Court of the Admiralty Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of the Admiralty Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty and Navy Office of the Solicitor to the Admiralty Office of the Counsel to the Admiralty Court of Admiralty for the Cinque Ports King's Bench Division (Admiralty) Queens's Bench Division (Admiralty) Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division Vice Admiralty courts Colonial Courts of Admiralty

v t e Historic fleets and naval commands of the Royal Navy
North and Irish Seas and English Channel	First Fleet Second Fleet Third Fleet Atlantic Fleet Battle Cruiser Fleet Channel Fleet Channel Squadron Coast of Ireland Coast of Scotland Devonport Dover Commander-in-Chief Fleet Grand Fleet British Naval Forces Germany Humber Home Fleet Irish Squadron Leith Nore North Sea Squadron Orkneys and Shetlands Plymouth Portsmouth Rosyth Reserve Fleet Western Approaches Western Naval Home Command Eastern English Channel Downs Channel Squadron (Navy Royal) Narrow Seas North North and West Western Squadron North Sea Fleet South West and Irish Sea West Yarmouth
Atlantic Ocean	Atlantic Fleet Barbadoes and Leeward Islands Good Hope Jamaica Division (1838-1905) Jamaica Station (to 1830) Leeward Islands Lisbon Newfoundland North America North America and West Indies North Atlantic Portugal South America Station South Atlantic and South America South Atlantic South East Coast of America West Africa Squadron Flag Officer, West Africa Senior Naval Officer, West Indies
Baltic, Black, Caspian, and Mediterranean Seas	Adriatic Aegean Baltic Fleet Black Sea and Caspian Caspian Coast of Spain Eastern Mediterranean Egypt and Red Sea British Naval Forces Germany Gibraltar Levant Levant and East Mediterranean Malta Mediterranean Fleet Portugal
Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean	Commodore, Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf Commander-in-Chief, Australia Commander-in-Chief, China East Indies East Indies and China East Indies Fleet Eastern Fleet Far East Fleet Egypt and Red Sea Senior British Naval Officer, Suez Canal Area Middle East New Zealand New Zealand Naval Forces Pacific Fleet Pacific Station Red Sea and Canal Area/Red Sea South America Station Persian Gulf