Navy Command (Royal Navy)
| Navy Command | |
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| Active | 2008 - present |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Allegiance | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Branch | Royal Navy |
| Type | Navy Command |
| Part of | Ministry of Defence, Naval Service |
| Garrison/HQ | HQ HMS Excellent, Whale Island, Hampshire 50°48′53.7″N 1°5′59.1″W / 50.814917°N 1.099750°W |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Admiral Sir Philip Jones |
| Ceremonial chief | Queen Elizabeth II |
Navy Command is a military formation and the senior command organisation of the British Royal Navy. It was formed in 2008 from the merger of Fleet Command and Naval Home Command. Prior to this the responsibilities of the command had been undertaken by different commands. The entire active Royal Navy is controlled by Navy Command which overseas all aspects of maritime activities including operations, administration, personnel and logistics. The Royal Navys surface fleet and submarine service, the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Marines and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary all come under this command.
Prior to 1964 responsibility for control and direction of the British Naval Affairs lay with Admiralty, naval command lay with the Admiralty Naval Staff. Following the merger of the Admiralty in 1964 into the new Ministry of Defence it became known as the Navy Department . The Royal Navy was historically divided into a number of fleets and ashore commands, prominent examples being the Home Fleet and Portsmouth Command. By the 1960s a system was introduced to change the previous, globally dispersed assets, the fleet system was replaced at first by a Western Fleet and Eastern Fleet. However these were also eventually abolished and their units amalgamated into a Fleet Command . At the same time, the commands established to manage individuals naval bases were replaced in 1969 after the post's of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth was merged with that of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth to form Naval Home Command. As overseas bases continued to be reduced, the Navy's shore establishments became more concentrated in the UK, under Naval Home Command. At the beginning of the early 2000's the staffs of both Fleet Command and Naval Home Command were gradually integrated in a process to create a single Navy Command this culminated in 2008, making the Royal Navy the first among the three British Armed Forces to merge its operational command with that of personnel and training.
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