Commander Operations (Royal Navy)

{{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 =

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| incumbent = Major-General Richard Cantrill

| incumbentsince = 26 April 2022

| department = Ministry of Defence

| member_of = Navy Command

| reports_to = Fleet Commander

| nominator = Secretary of State for Defence

| appointer = Prime Minister

| appointer_qualified = Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council

| 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){{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}} is a senior Royal Navy officer based at Northwood Headquarters who exercises operational command of all national maritime operations on behalf of the Fleet Commander.{{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}} 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).[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{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{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}}