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The '''Flag Officer, Third Flotilla''' was the senior [[Royal Navy]] appointment in command of the '''[[Third Flotilla]]''' from 1979 to 1992.
The '''Flag Officer, Third Flotilla''' was the senior [[Royal Navy]] appointment in command of the '''[[Third Flotilla]]''' from 1979 to 1992.


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The [[Western Fleet (United Kingdom)|Western Fleet]] and [[Far East Fleet]] were merged into the single [[Commander-in-Chief Fleet]] in 1971. He had three new seagoing subordinates: [[Flag Officer First Flotilla]], [[Second Flotilla]] and [[Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships]] (FOCAS) each commanded by a rear admiral.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roberts|first1=John|title=Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy|date=2009|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, England|isbn=9781848320437|page=89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNbZAwAAQBAJ&q=First+Flotilla%2C++1971&pg=PT88|language=en}}</ref> In December 1979 the post of FOCAS was re-named ''Flag Officer, Third Flotilla'' (FOF3).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tailyour|first1=Ewen Southby|title=Reasons in Writing A Commandos View of the Falklands War|date=1990|publisher=Pen and Sword|location=Barnsley, England|isbn=9781844150144|page=113|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0NWkAwAAQBAJ&q=Flag+Officer%2C+Carriers+and+Amphibious+Ships&pg=PA113|language=en}}</ref>
==History==

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Following the further downsizing of the Royal Navy the [[Western Fleet (United Kingdom)|Western Fleet]] and [[Far East Fleet]] were merged into the single [[Commander-in-Chief Fleet]] in 1971. Within this new structure three major sub-commands were created the [[First Flotilla]], [[Second Flotilla]] and [[Carriers and Amphibious Ships Command|Carriers and Amphibious Ships]] each commanded by a Flag Officer.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roberts|first1=John|title=Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy|date=2009|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, England|isbn=9781848320437|page=89|url=https://books.google.lk/books?id=jNbZAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT88&dq=First+Flotilla,++1971&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1y-fk_7DZAhVIuo8KHS5YAPYQ6AEISTAG#v=onepage&q=First%20Flotilla%2C%20%201971&f=false|language=en}}</ref> In December 1979 the [[Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships]] (FOCAS) re-named ''Flag Officer, Third Flotilla'' (FOF3)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Tailyour|first1=Ewen Southby|title=Reasons in Writing A Commandos View of the Falklands War|date=1990|publisher=Pen and Sword|location=Barnsley, England|isbn=9781844150144|page=113|url=https://books.google.lk/books?id=0NWkAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=Flag+Officer,+Carriers+and+Amphibious+Ships&source=bl&ots=lUseXPPuG9&sig=tQEadBHz16XwMkleM7sZmmnmn7k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjkrcz5277YAhUML48KHdrpDeUQ6AEIXDAJ#v=onepage&q=Flag%20Officer%2C%20Carriers%20and%20Amphibious%20Ships&f=false|language=en}}</ref> - reporting to [[CINCFLEET]]. In April 1992, the system was changed when the Third Flotilla was abolished and the remaining two flotilla commanders became: [[Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Dr Graham |last2=Smith |first2=Gordon |title=Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment 1947-2013 |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1947-2013.htm |website=www.naval-history.net |publisher=G. Smith |accessdate=6 August 2018 |date=12 July 2015}}</ref> - responsible for operational readiness and training and [[Commander United Kingdom Task Group]] (COMUKTG), who would command any deployed task group.
From 1981-1992 the Flag Officer Third Flotilla commanded the aircraft carriers; amphibious Ships; the Fleet Training Ship; and destroyers not allocated to First or Second Flotillas.<ref>Smith.2015.</ref>

In April 1992, the Third Flotilla was abolished, and the remaining two flotilla commanders became [[Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Watson |first1=Graham |last2=Smith |first2=Gordon |title=Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment 1947-2013 |url=https://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1947-2013.htm |website=www.naval-history.net |publisher=G. Smith |accessdate=6 August 2018 |date=12 July 2015}}</ref> - responsible for operational readiness and training and [[Commander United Kingdom Task Group]] (COMUKTG), who would command any deployed task group.


==Flag Officer Third Flotilla==
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| post = Flag Officer, Third Flotilla (FOF3)
| post = Flag Officer, Third Flotilla (FOF3)
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==Flag Officers commanding==



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===Flag officers commanding===


Included:<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mackie |first1=Colin |title=Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865 |url=http://www.gulabin.com/ |website=gulabin.com |publisher=C. Mackie |accessdate=6 August 2018 |page=217 |date=August 2018}}</ref>
Included:<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mackie |first1=Colin |title=Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865 |url=http://www.gulabin.com/ |website=gulabin.com |publisher=C. Mackie |accessdate=6 August 2018 |page=217 |date=August 2018}}</ref>
* Rear-Admiral [[Peter Herbert (Royal Navy officer)|Peter G.M. Herbert]]: November 1979-December 1979
* Rear-Admiral [[Peter Herbert (Royal Navy officer)|Peter G.M. Herbert]]: November 1979-December 1979
* Vice-Admiral Sir [[John Cox (Royal Navy officer)|John M.H. Cox]]: December 1979 – 1981
* Vice-Admiral Sir [[John Cox (admiral)|John M.H. Cox]]: December 1979 – 1981
* Vice-Admiral Sir [[John Cox (Royal Navy officer)|John M.H. Cox]]: December 1981-March 1982
* Vice-Admiral Sir [[John Cox (admiral)|John M.H. Cox]]: December 1981-March 1982
* Rear-Admiral [[Derek Reffell|Derek R. Reffell]]: March 1982-August 1983
* Rear-Admiral [[Derek Reffell|Derek R. Reffell]]: March 1982-August 1983
* Vice-Admiral Sir [[Richard Fitch|Richard G.A. Fitch]]: August 1983-October 1985
* Vice-Admiral Sir [[Richard Fitch|Richard G.A. Fitch]]: August 1983-October 1985
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* Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir [[Nicholas Hill-Norton|Nicholas J. Hill-Norton]]: March 1990-April 1992
* Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir [[Nicholas Hill-Norton|Nicholas J. Hill-Norton]]: March 1990-April 1992


==Third Flotilla components==
{{Infobox command structure
{{Infobox command structure
| name = Flotilla structure<ref>Smith.2015.</ref>
| name = Flotilla structure<ref>Smith.2015.</ref>
| date =
| date =
| parent = [[Commander-in-Chief Fleet|Fleet Command]]<br />
| parent = [[Commander-in-Chief Fleet]]
| subordinate =
| subordinate =
: [[Third Flotilla]] (1979-1980)
: [[Third Flotilla]] (1979-1980)
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* Fleet Training Ship
* Fleet Training Ship
* Unallocated destroyers
* Unallocated destroyers
<br />
:[[Third Flotilla]]
'''Units
*[[3rd Destroyer Squadron (United Kingdom)|3rd Destroyer Squadron]] (1980-1990)
*[[1st Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)|1st Frigate Squadron]] (1981-1990)
*[[2nd Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)|2nd Frigate Squadron]] (1981-1990)
*[[5th Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)|5th Frigate Squadron]] (1981-1990)
*[[6th Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)|6th Frigate Squadron]] (1981-1990)
}}
}}


===Main components===
== Notes ==
At various times included:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Unit !! Date !! Notes
|-
| Single ship elements ||1979-1980 || <ref>Smith.2015.</ref>
|-
| [[3rd Destroyer Squadron (United Kingdom)|3rd Destroyer Squadron]] ||1980-1990 || <ref>Smith.2015.</ref>
|-
| [[1st Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)|1st Frigate Squadron]] || 1981-1990 || <ref>Smith.2015.</ref>
|-
| [[2nd Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)|2nd Frigate Squadron]] || 1981-1990 || <ref>Smith.2015.</ref>
|-
| [[5th Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)|5th Frigate Squadron]]|| 1981-1992 || <ref>Smith.2015.</ref>
|-
| [[6th Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)|6th Frigate Squadron]] || 1981-1992 || <ref>Smith.2015.</ref>
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Royal Navy Surface Fleet]]

==References==
=== Footnotes ===
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


=== Sources ===
== References ==
* Mackie, Colin. (2018) "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Scotland, UK.
* Mackie, Colin (2018). "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Scotland, UK.
* Roberts, John (2009). Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN|9781848320437}}.
* Roberts, John (2009). Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing. {{ISBN|9781848320437}}.
* Smith, Gordon. (2015) "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment 1947-2013:FLEET ORGANISATION, 1981-2002". www.naval-history.net. Gordon Smith.
* Smith, Gordon (2015). [https://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1947-2013.htm "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment 1947-2013]: Fleet Oorganisation, 1981-2002".


{{Navy Department (Ministry of Defence)|state=collapsed}}
{{Naval Service (British)|state=collapsed}}
{{Naval Service (British)|state=collapsed}}


Revision as of 20:35, 15 November 2023

Flag Officer, Third Flotilla
Active1979 – 1992
Land Vereinigtes Königreich
Branch Royal Navy
SizeFlotilla
Part ofCommander-in-Chief Fleet
Garrison/HQHMNB Portsmouth
Commanders
FirstRear-Admiral Peter G.M. Herbert
LastVice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Nicholas J. Hill-Norton

The Flag Officer, Third Flotilla was the senior Royal Navy appointment in command of the Third Flotilla from 1979 to 1992.

The Western Fleet and Far East Fleet were merged into the single Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1971. He had three new seagoing subordinates: Flag Officer First Flotilla, Second Flotilla and Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships (FOCAS) each commanded by a rear admiral.[1] In December 1979 the post of FOCAS was re-named Flag Officer, Third Flotilla (FOF3).[2]

From 1981-1992 the Flag Officer Third Flotilla commanded the aircraft carriers; amphibious Ships; the Fleet Training Ship; and destroyers not allocated to First or Second Flotillas.[3]

In April 1992, the Third Flotilla was abolished, and the remaining two flotilla commanders became Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla[4] - responsible for operational readiness and training and Commander United Kingdom Task Group (COMUKTG), who would command any deployed task group.

Flag Officer, Third Flotilla (FOF3)
Ensign of the Royal Navy
Navy Department, Ministry of Defence
Reports toCommander-in-Chief, Fleet
NominatorSecretary of State for Defence
AppointerPrime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council
Term lengthNot fixed (typically 1–4 years)
Inaugural holderRear-Admiral Peter G.M. Herbert
Formation1979-1992

Flag Officers commanding

Included:[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Roberts, John (2009). Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 9781848320437.
  2. ^ Tailyour, Ewen Southby (1990). Reasons in Writing A Commandos View of the Falklands War. Barnsley, England: Pen and Sword. p. 113. ISBN 9781844150144.
  3. ^ Smith.2015.
  4. ^ Watson, Graham; Smith, Gordon (12 July 2015). "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment 1947-2013". www.naval-history.net. G. Smith. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ^ Mackie, Colin (August 2018). "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865". gulabin.com. C. Mackie. p. 217. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  6. ^ Smith.2015.

References

  • Mackie, Colin (2018). "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). gulabin.com. Colin Mackie. Scotland, UK.
  • Roberts, John (2009). Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Modern Royal Navy. Barnsley, England: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848320437.
  • Smith, Gordon (2015). "Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment 1947-2013: Fleet Oorganisation, 1981-2002".
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