Naval Home Command administered training and garrison functions for the
Royal Navy
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from 1969 to 2012. Its commander was Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command (CINCNAVHOME).
History
As the Royal Navy's size decreased during the
Cold War
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, commands were amalgamated. In 1969, the Home and Mediterranean Fleets were amalgamated, and on shore, the great historical garrison commands of
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
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and
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
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were combined in July 1969. The result was Naval Home Command.
In 1992 establishments under the command's jurisdiction included
Flag Officer, Portsmouth
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Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland
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; Commodore
HMNB Clyde
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; Training; Reserves; and Chief Executive Marine Services.
In 1976 the last
Admiral Commanding, Reserves
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History
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Royal Navy shore establishments
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also reported to CINCNAVHOME.
From 1994
In 1994 the post of Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command was unified with that of the
Second Sea Lord
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following the rationalisation of the British Armed Forces following the end of the Cold War. The staff were housed in a new Victory Building at Portsmouth. By 2006, the primary responsibility of the CNH/2SL was to maintain operational capability by providing correctly trained manpower to the fleet.
In 2012, the appointments of both remaining Commanders-in-Chief were discontinued, with full operational command being vested instead in the
First Sea Lord
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. when the several separate existing commands were discontinued.
Commanders-in-Chief, Naval Home Command
Included:
*Admiral Sir John Frewen, 1969 – March 1970
*Admiral Sir
Horace Law
Admiral Sir Horace Rochfort Law, (23 June 1911 – 30 January 2005) was Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command.
Naval career
Educated at Sherborne School and the Royal Naval College Dartmouth,Andrew Lewis, May 1972 – July 1974
*Admiral Sir Derek Empson, July 1974 – November 1975
*Admiral Sir Terence Lewin, November 1975 – March 1977
*Admiral Sir David Williams, March 1977 – March 1979
*Admiral Sir Richard Clayton, March 1979 – July 1981
*Admiral Sir
James Eberle
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Educated at Clifton College and the Brita ...
, July 1981 – December 1982
*Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi, December 1982 – October 1985
*Admiral Sir
Peter Stanford
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, October 1985 – October 1987
*Admiral Sir
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*John D ...
, October 1987 – October 1989
*Admiral Sir Jeremy Black, October 1989 – March 1991
*Admiral Sir John Kerr, March 1991 – March 1994
Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command
*Admiral Sir Michael Layard, March 1994 – March 1995
*Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, May 1995 – September 1997
*Admiral Sir John Brigstocke, September 1997 – 2000
*Admiral Sir
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, January 2000 – January 2003
*Admiral Sir
James Burnell-Nugent
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, January 2003 – October 2005
*Vice-Admiral Sir
Adrian Johns
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Joh ...
, October 2005 – July 2008
*Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Massey, July 2008 – July 2010
*Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Montgomery, July 2010 – October 2012
James Carine
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: April 1989 – October 1991
* Rear-Admiral J. Robert Shiffner: October 1991 – May 1993
* Rear-Admiral Jeremy J. Blackham: May 1993 – February 1995
* Rear-Admiral Rodney B. Lees : February 1995 – January 1998
* Rear-Admiral Peter A. Dunt: January 1998 – August 2000
* Rear-Admiral Roger G. Lockwood: August 2000 – September 2002
* Rear-Admiral Richard F. Cheadle: September 2002 – December 2003
* Rear-Admiral Richard G. Melly: December 2003 – March 2005
* Rear-Admiral Michael Kimmons: March 2005 – 2008