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Portsmouth Devonport The Nore Channel squadron Mediterranean North America South America Pacific East Indies and China China East Indies and Cape of Good Hope East Indies Australia Cape of Good Hope and west coast of Africa | Portsmouth | |
| Dates | 23 April 1830 - 23 January 1833 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Thomas Foley |
| Dates | 23 January 1833 - 28 March 1836 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Thomas Williams |
| Dates | 28 March 1836 - 19 April 1839 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham |
| Dates | 19 April 1839 - 22 November 1839 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming |
| Dates | 22 November 1839 - 26 December 1842 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Edward Codrington |
| Dates | 26 December 1842 - 30 September 1845 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Charles Rowley |
| Dates | 30 September 1845 - 13 September 1848 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Charles Ogle |
| Dates | 13 September 1848 - 30 September 1851 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Thomas Bladen Capell |
| Dates | 13 September 1851 - 18 December 1852 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Thomas Briggs |
| Dates | 18 December 1852 - 1 January 1856 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane |
| Dates | 1 January 1856 - 1 March 1859 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Francis Seymour |
| Note | Adm. 14 May 1857 |
| Dates | 1 March 1859 - 1 March 1860 |
| C-in-C | Admiral William Bowles |
| Dates | 1 March 1860 - 1 March 1863 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Henry William Bruce |
| Dates | 1 March 1863 - 1 March 1866 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Michael Seymour |
| Note | Adm. 5 March 1864 |
| Dates | 1 March 1866 - 25 February 1869 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Thomas Sabine Pasley |
| Note | Adm. 20 November 1866 |
| Dates | 25 February 1869 - 1 March 1872 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral James Hope |
| Note | Adm. 21 January 1870 |
| Dates | 1 March 1872 - 1 March 1875 |
| C-in-C | Admiral George Rodney Mundy |
| Dates | 1 March 1875 - 1 March 1878 |
| C-in-C | Admiral George Augustus Elliot |
| Dates | 1 March 1878 - 27 November 1879 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Edward Gennys Fanshawe |
| Dates | 27 November 1879 - 28 November 1882 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Alfred Phillipps Ryder |
| Dates | 28 November 1882 - 28 November 1885 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby |
| Dates | 28 November 1885 - 20 June 1888 |
| C-in-C | Admiral George Ommanney Willes |
| Dates | 20 June 1888 - 22 June 1891 |
| C-in-C | Admiral John Edmund Commerell |
| Dates | 22 June 1891 - 22 June 1894 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Richard James, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam |
| Dates | 22 June 1894 - 3 August 1897 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Nowell Salmon |
| Dates | 3 August 1897 - 3 October 1900 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour |
| Devonport | |
| Dates | 22 April 1830 - 27 April 1833 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Manley Dixon |
| Dates | 27 April 1833 - 27 April 1836 |
| C-in-C | Admiral William Hargood |
| Dates | 27 April 1836 - 24 April 1839 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk |
| Dates | 24 April 1839 - 21 April 1842 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Graham Moore |
| Dates | 21 April 1842 - 15 April 1845 |
| C-in-C | Admiral David Milne |
| Dates | 15 April 1845 - 17 April 1848 |
| C-in-C | Admiral John West |
| Dates | 17 April 1848 - 17 April 1851 |
| C-in-C | Admiral William Hall Gage |
| Dates | 17 April 1851 - 1 May 1854 |
| C-in-C | Admiral John Acworth Ommanney |
| Dates | 1 May 1854 - 4 May 1857 |
| C-in-C | Admiral William Parker |
| Dates | 4 May 1857 - 8 June 1860 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Barrington Reynolds |
| Dates | 8 June 1860 - 11 October 1860 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Arthur Fanshawe |
| Dates | 11 October 1860 - 27 October 1863 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Houston Stewart |
| Note | Adm. 10 November 1862 |
| Dates | 27 October 1863 - 26 October 1866 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle |
| Note | Adm. 9 February 1864 |
| Dates | 26 October 1866 - 1 November 1869 |
| C-in-C | Admiral William Fanshawe Martin |
| Dates | 1 November 1869 - 1 November 1872 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Henry John Codrington |
| Dates | 1 November 1872 - 1 November 1875 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Henry Keppel |
| Dates | 1 November 1875 - 1 November 1878 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds |
| Dates | 1 November 1878 - 9 January 1880 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Arthur Farquhar |
| Dates | 9 January 1880 - 1 December 1881 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot |
| Dates | 1 December 1881 - 1 December 1884 |
| C-in-C | Admiral William Houston Stewart |
| Dates | 1 December 1884 - 25 May 1887 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Augustus Phillimore |
| Dates | 25 May 1887 - 15 December 1888 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Lord John Hay |
| Dates | 15 December 1888 - 4 August 1890 |
| C-in-C | Admiral William Montagu Dowell |
| Dates | 4 August 1890 - 2 June 1893 |
| C-in-C | Admiral H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh |
| Dates | 2 June 1893 - 10 June 1896 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Algernon McLennan Lyons |
| Dates | 10 June 1896 - 10 June 1899 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Edmund Robert Fremantle |
| Dates | 10 June 1899 - 20 March 1900 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Henry Fairfax |
| Note | Died in commission |
| The Nore | |
| Dates | 30 July 1830 - 23 July 1833 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral John Poo Beresford |
| Dates | 23 July 1833 - 16 August 1834 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Richard King |
| Dates | 16 August 1834 - 23 February 1837 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Elphinstone Fleeming |
| Dates | 23 February 1837 - 27 July 1840 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Robert Waller Otway |
| Dates | 27 July 1840 - 8 December 1841 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Henry Digby |
| Note | Adm. 23 November 1841 |
| Dates | 8 December 1841 - 13 January 1844 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Edward Brace |
| Dates | 13 January 1844 - 18 April 1845 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral John Chambers White |
| Dates | 18 April 1845 - 9 May 1848 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Edward Durnford King |
| Dates | 9 May 1848 - 23 June 1851 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Elliot |
| Dates | 23 January 1851 - 1 July 1854 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Josceline Percy |
| Dates | 1 July 1854 - 1 July 1857 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral William Gordon |
| Dates | 1 July 1857 - 28 June 1860 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Edward Harvey |
| Note | Adm. 9 June 1860 |
| Dates | 28 June 1860 - 25 June 1863 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral William James Hope Johnstone |
| Dates | 25 June 1863 - 1 March 1864 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Robert Lambert |
| Note | Adm. 15 December 1863 |
| Dates | 1 March 1864 - 5 April 1866 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Talbot |
| Dates | 5 April 1866 - 5 April 1869 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Baldwin Wake Walker |
| Dates | 5 April 1869 - 1 July 1870 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Richard Laird Warren |
| Note | Adm. 1 April 1870 |
| Dates | 1 July 1870 - 11 February 1873 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot |
| Dates | 11 February 1873 - 14 February 1876 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Fowler Hastings |
| Dates | 14 February 1876 - 17 September 1877 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Henry Chads |
| Dates | 17 September 1877 - 4 August 1879 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral William King Hall |
| Dates | 4 August 1879 - 21 July 1882 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Reginald John James George Macdonald |
| Dates | 21 July 1882 - 30 October 1884 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Edward Bridges Rice |
| Dates | 30 October 1884 - 1 July 1885 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral John Corbett |
| Note | Adm. 7 April 1885 |
| Dates | 1 July 1885 - 1 July 1887 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral H.S.H. Ernest L.V.C.A.J.E. Prince of Leiningen |
| Dates | 1 July 1887 - 2 July 1888 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Ludovic Darley Waddilove |
| Dates | 2 July 1888 - 4 August 1890 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Thomas Bridgeman Lethbridge |
| Dates | 4 August 1890 - 19 February 1892 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Thomas Curme |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 27 February 1892 - 10 December 1894 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage |
| Dates | 10 December 1894 - 10 June 1896 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Richard Wells |
| Dates | 10 June 1896 - 10 December 1897 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Henry Frederick Nicholson |
| Note | Adm. 16 September 1897 |
| Dates | 10 December 1897 - 13 July 1899 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Frederick Hotham |
| Channel squadron | |
| Dates | 13 July 1858 - 10 October 1860 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle |
| Dates | 10 October 1860 - 29 January 1861 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford |
| Dates | 29 January 1861 - 24 April 1863 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Robert Smart |
| Dates | 24 April 1863 - June 1866 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Sydney Colpoys Dacres |
| Dates | June 1866 - 1 May 1867 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Hastings Reginald Yelverton |
| Dates | 1 May 1867 - 12 December 1868 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Frederick Warden |
| Dates | 12 December 1868 - 18 July 1870 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds |
| Dates | 18 July 1870 - 25 October 1870 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Hastings Reginald Yelverton |
| Dates | 25 October 1870 - 2 September 1871 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Greville Wellesley |
| Dates | 2 September 1871 - 1 October 1874 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby |
| Note | Vice-Adm. Jan. 1, 1875 |
| Dates | 1 October 1874 - 10 November 1877 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour |
| Note | Vice-Adm. Dec. 31, 1876 |
| Dates | 10 November 1877 - 10 December 1879 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay |
| Note | Vice-Adm. Dec. 31, 1877 |
| Dates | 10 December 1879 - 17 April 1882 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Arthur William Acland Hood |
| Note | Vice-Adm. Jul. 23, 1880 |
| Dates | 17 April 1882 - 3 December 1883 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral William Montagu Dowell |
| Dates | 3 December 1883 - December 1884 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh |
| Dates | December 1884 - May 1885 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey |
| Dates | May 1885 - 8 March 1886 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Fellowes |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 18 March 1886 - 17 April 1888 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral William Nathan Wrighte Hewett |
| Dates | 17 April 1888 - 3 May 1890 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral John Kennedy Erskine Baird |
| Dates | 3 May 1890 - 10 May 1892 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour |
| Dates | 10 May 1892 - 27 May 1895 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Henry Fairfax |
| Dates | 27 May 1895 - 7 June 1897 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Lord Walter Talbot Kerr |
| Dates | 7 June 1897 - 20 December 1898 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Henry Frederick Stephenson |
| Mediterranean | |
| Dates | 30 March 1831 - 3 May 1833 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Henry Hotham |
| Dates | 3 May 1833 - 18 December 1833 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm |
| Dates | 18 December 1833 - 9 February 1837 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Josias Rowley |
| Dates | 9 February 1837 - 14 October 1841 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Robert Stopford |
| Dates | 14 October 1841 - 27 February 1845 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Edward William Campbell Rich Owen |
| Dates | 27 February 1845 - 17 January 1852 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral William Parker |
| Dates | 17 January 1852 - 1854 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral James Whitley Deans Dundas |
| Note | Vice-Adm. 17 December 1852 |
| Dates | 1854 - 22 February 1858 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons |
| Note | Vice-Adm. 19 March 1857 |
| Dates | 22 February 1858 - 19 April 1860 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Arthur Fanshawe |
| Dates | 19 April 1860 - 20 April 1863 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin |
| Dates | 20 April 1863 - 28 April 1866 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Robert Smart |
| Dates | 28 April 1866 - 28 April 1869 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence Edward Paget |
| Dates | 28 April 1869 - 25 October 1870 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Alexander Milne |
| Note | Adm. 1 April 1870 |
| Dates | 25 October 1870 - 13 January 1874 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Hastings Reginald Yelverton |
| Dates | 13 January 1874 - 15 January 1877 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral James Robert Drummond |
| Dates | 15 January 1877 - 5 February 1880 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby |
| Note | Adm. 15 June 1879 |
| Dates | 5 February 1880 - 7 February 1883 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour |
| Note | Adm. May 6, 1882 |
| Dates | 7 February 1883 - 5 February 1886 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Lord John Hay |
| Note | Adm. 8 July 1884 |
| Dates | 5 February 1886 - 11 March 1889 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh |
| Note | Adm. Oct. 18, 1887 |
| Dates | 11 March 1889 - 20 August 1891 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Anthony Hiley Hoskins |
| Note | Adm. 20 June 1891 |
| Dates | 20 August 1891 - 22 June 1893 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Tryon |
| Note | Died in commission; lost in Victoria |
| Dates | 29 June 1893 - 10 November 1896 |
| C-in-C | Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour |
| Dates | 10 November 1896 - 1 July 1899 |
| C-in-C | Admiral John Ommanney Hopkins |
| North America | |
| Dates | 20 February 1830 - 6 December 1832 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Edward Griffith Colpoys |
| Dates | 6 December 1832 - 12 February 1836 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Cockburn |
| Dates | 12 February 1836 - 11 February 1837 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Peter Halkett |
| Note | Adm. 10 January 1837 |
| Dates | 11 February 1837 - 27 January 1839 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Paget |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 22 March 1839 - 28 May 1841 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Thomas Harvey |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 17 August 1841 - 27 December 1844 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Adam |
| Dates | 27 December 1844 - 12 January 1848 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Francis William Austen |
| Dates | 12 January 1848 - 13 January 1851 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Thomas, Earl of Dundonald |
| Dates | 13 January 1851 - 23 November 1853 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Francis Seymour |
| Dates | 23 November 1853 - 26 November 1856 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Arthur Fanshawe |
| Dates | 26 November 1856 - 13 January 1860 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart |
| Note | Vice-Adm. 30 July 1857 |
| Dates | 13 January 1860 - 7 January 1864 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Alexander Milne |
| Dates | 7 January 1864 - 10 January 1867 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral James Hope |
| Dates | 10 January 1867 - 30 June 1869 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Rodney Mundy |
| Note | Adm. 26 May 1869 |
| Dates | 30 June 1869 - 13 September 1870 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Greville Wellesley |
| Dates | 13 September 1870 - 9 September 1873 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Edward Gennys Fanshawe |
| Dates | 9 September 1873 - 22 December 1875 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Greville Wellesley |
| Dates | 22 December 1875 - 1 April 1878 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Astley Cooper Key |
| Dates | 1 April 1878 - 27 November 1879 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Edward Augustus Inglefield |
| Dates | 27 November 1879 - 7 November 1882 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Francis Leopold McClintock |
| Dates | 7 November 1882 - 25 August 1885 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral John Edmund Commerell |
| Dates | 25 August 1885 - 4 September 1886 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Richard James, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam |
| Dates | 4 September 1886 - 15 December 1888 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Algernon McLennon Lyons |
| Dates | 15 December 1888 - 15 December 1891 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Willes Watson |
| Dates | 15 December 1891 - 17 April 1895 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral John Ommanney Hopkins |
| Dates | 17 April 1895 - 15 September 1897 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral James Elphinstone Erskine |
| Dates | 15 September 1897 - 1 May 1899 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher |
| South America (renamed Pacific in 1837) | |
| Dates | 9 January 1829 - January 1833 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Thomas Baker |
| Dates | 1 January 1833 - 9 July 1834 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 16 September 1834 - 4 September 1837 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Graham Eden Hamond |
| Note | Vice-Adm. 10 January 1837 |
| Pacific | |
| Dates | 4 September 1837 - 5 May 1841 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Charles Bayne Hodgson Ross |
| Dates | 5 May 1841 - 14 May 1844 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas |
| Dates | 14 May 1844 - 25 August 1847 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral George Francis Seymour |
| Dates | 25 August 1847 - 21 August 1850 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby |
| Dates | 21 August 1850 - 17 August 1853 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Fairfax Moresby |
| Dates | 17 August 1853 - 30 August 1854 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral David Price |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 25 November 1854 - 8 July 1857 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Henry William Bruce |
| Dates | 8 July 1857 - 5 May 1860 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Robert Lambert Baynes |
| Dates | 5 May 1860 - 31 October 1862 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Thomas Maitland |
| Dates | 31 October 1862 - 10 May 1864 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral John Kingcome |
| Dates | 10 May 1864 - 21 November 1866 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Joseph Denman |
| Dates | 21 November 1866 - 1 November 1869 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral George Fowler Hastings |
| Dates | 1 November 1869 - 9 July 1872 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Arthur Farquhar |
| Dates | 9 July 1872 - 6 June 1873 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Charles Farrel Hillyar |
| Dates | 6 June 1873 - 15 April 1876 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane |
| Dates | 15 April 1876 - August 1876 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral George Hancock |
| Dates | 20 September 1876 - 21 July 1879 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey |
| Dates | 21 July 1879 - 10 December 1881 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Frederick Henry Stirling |
| Dates | 10 December 1881 - 13 September 1884 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Algernon McLennan Lyons |
| Dates | 13 September 1884 - 4 July 1885 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral John Kennedy Erskine Baird |
| Dates | 4 July 1885 - 20 September 1887 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour |
| Dates | 20 September 1887 - 4 February 1890 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage |
| Dates | 4 February 1890 - 4 May 1893 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick Hotham |
| Dates | 4 May 1893 - 19 June 1896 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Henry Frederick Stephenson |
| Dates | 19 June 1896 - 22 June 1899 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Henry St. Leger Bury Palliser |
| Dates | 22 June 1899 - 15 October 1900 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Lewis Anthony Beaumont |
| East Indies and China (separated 17 January 1865) | |
| Dates | 16 December 1831 - 30 May 1834 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral John Gore |
| Dates | 30 May 1834 - 26 July 1837 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Thomas Bladen Capell |
| Note | Vice-Adm. 10 January 1837 |
| Dates | 26 July 1837 - 30 December 1830 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Frederick Lewis Maitland |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 17 January 1840 - 7 July 1840 |
| C-in-C | Commodore James John Gordon Bremer |
| Dates | 7 July 1840 - 30 November 1840 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral George Elliot |
| Dates | 30 November 1840 - 7 October 1841 |
| C-in-C | Commodore James John Gordon Bremer |
| Dates | 12 May 1841 - 1844 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral William Parker |
| Note | Vice-Adm. 23 November 1841 |
| Dates | 1844 - 24 June 1846 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane |
| Dates | 24 June 1846 - 7 April 1848 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield |
| Dates | 7 April 1848 - 28 October 1849 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Francis Augustus Collier |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 14 January 1850 - 7 October 1852 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Charles John Austen |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 6 December 1852 - 19 January 1854 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew |
| Note | Vice-Adm. 22 April 1853 |
| Dates | 19 January 1854 - 18 February 1856 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral James Stirling |
| Dates | 18 February 1856 - 25 January 1859 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour |
| Dates | 25 January 1859 - 8 February 1862 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral James Hope |
| Dates | 8 February 1862 - 15 February 1864 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Augustus Leopold Kuper |
| Dates | 15 February 1864 - 17 January 1865 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral George St. Vincent King |
| China (established 17 January 1865) | |
| Dates | 17 January 1865 - 18 January 1867 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral George St. Vincent King |
| Dates | 18 January 1867 - 17 July 1869 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Henry Keppel |
| Dates | 17 July 1869 - 30 August 1871 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Henry Kellett |
| Dates | 30 August 1871 - 31 August 1874 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell |
| Dates | 31 August 1874 - 31 August 1877 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Alfred Phillipps Ryder |
| Dates | 31 August 1877 - 26 September 1878 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Charles Farrel Hillyar |
| Dates | 26 September 1878 - 3 January 1881 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Robert Coote |
| Dates | 3 January 1881 - 3 January 1884 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral George Ommanney Willes |
| Dates | 3 January 1884 - 1 September 1885 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral William Montagu Dowell |
| Dates | 1 September 1885 - 17 December 1887 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Richard Vesey Hamilton |
| Dates | 17 December 1887 - 29 November 1890 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Nowell Salmon |
| Dates | 29 November 1890 - 16 February 1892 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Frederick William Richards |
| Dates | 16 February 1892 - 28 May 1895 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Edmund Robert Fremantle |
| Dates | 28 May 1895 - 19 February 1898 |
| C-in-C | Vice-Admiral Alexander Buller |
| East Indies and Cape of Good Hope (established 17 January 1865) | |
| Dates | 17 January 1865 - 26 September 1865 |
| C-in-C | Commodore Frederick Byng Montresor |
| Dates | 26 September 1865 - 29 July 1867 |
| C-in-C | Commodore Charles Farrel Hillyar |
| East Indies (Cape of Good Hope restored to separate command in 1867) | |
| Dates | 29 July 1867 - 6 September 1870 |
| C-in-C | Commodore Leopold George Heath |
| Dates | 6 September 1870 - 10 February 1872 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral James Horsford Cockburn |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 14 February 1872 - 4 March 1875 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Arthur Cumming |
| Dates | 4 March 1875 - 2 April 1877 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Reginald John James George Macdonald |
| Dates | 2 April 1877 - 4 August 1879 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral John Corbett |
| Dates | 4 August 1879 - 11 April 1882 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral William Gore-Jones |
| Dates | 11 April 1882 - 18 May 1885 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral William Nathan Wrighte Hewett |
| Dates | 18 May 1885 - 25 February 1888 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Frederick William Richards |
| Dates | 25 February 1888 - 26 February 1891 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Edmund Robert Fremantle |
| Dates | 26 February 1891 - 26 January 1892 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Frederick Charles Bryan Robinson |
| Dates | 26 January 1892 - 16 March 1895 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral William Robert Kennedy |
| Dates | 16 March 1895 - 15 January 1898 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Edmund Charles Drummond |
| Dates | 15 January 1898 - 5 June 1899 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Archibald Lucius Douglas |
| Australia (established 26 March 1859) | |
| Dates | 26 March 1859 - 10 March 1860 |
| C-in-C | Commodore William Loring |
| Dates | 10 March 1860 - 21 July 1862 |
| C-in-C | Commodore Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour |
| Dates | 21 July 1862 - 7 February 1863 |
| C-in-C | Commodore William Farquharson Burnett |
| Note | Lost in Orpheus |
| Dates | 20 April 1863 - 23 May 1866 |
| C-in-C | Commodore William Saltonstall Wiseman |
| Dates | 23 May 1866 - 28 May 1867 |
| C-in-C | Commodore Rochfort Maguire |
| Dates | 28 May 1867 - 8 April 1870 |
| C-in-C | Commodore Rowley Lambert |
| Dates | 8 April 1870 - 22 May 1873 |
| C-in-C | Commodore Frederick Henry Stirling |
| Dates | 22 May 1873 - 20 August 1875 |
| C-in-C | Commodore James Graham Goodenough |
| Note | Died in commission |
| Dates | 7 September 1875 - 12 September 1878 |
| C-in-C | Commodore Anthony Hiley Hoskins |
| Dates | 12 September 1878 - 21 January 1882 |
| C-in-C | Commodore John Crawford Wilson |
| Dates | 21 January 1882 - 12 November 1884 |
| C-in-C | Commodore James Elphinstone Erskine |
| Dates | 12 November 1884 - 1 February 1887 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral George Tryon |
| Dates | 1 February 1887 - 10 September 1889 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Henry Fairfax |
| Dates | 10 September 1889 - 12 September 1892 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas Scott |
| Dates | 12 September 1892 - 1 November 1894 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Nathaniel Bowden-Smith |
| Dates | 1 November 1894 - 1 November 1897 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Cyprian Arthur George Bridge |
| Dates | 1 November 1897 - 1 October 1900 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Hugo Lewis Pearson |
| Cape of Good Hope and west coast of Africa (between 1864 and 1867 part of East Indies command) | |
| Dates | 1 April 1857 - 10 February 1860 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Frederick William Grey |
| Dates | 10 February 1860 - 6 February 1861 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Henry Keppel |
| Dates | 6 February 1861 - 17 January 1865 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Baldwin Wake Walker |
| Dates | 9 September 1867 - 16 February 1871 |
| C-in-C | Commodore William Montagu Dowell |
| Dates | 16 February 1871 - 2 October 1873 |
| C-in-C | Commodore John Edmund Commerell |
| Dates | 2 October 1873 - 16 October 1876 |
| C-in-C | Commodore William Nathan Wrighte Hewett |
| Dates | 16 October 1876 - 17 March 1879 |
| C-in-C | Commodore Francis William Sullivan |
| Dates | 17 March 1879 - 11 April 1882 |
| C-in-C | Commodore Frederick William Richards |
| Dates | 11 April 1882 - 6 March 1885 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Nowell Salmon |
| Dates | 6 March 1885 - 29 March 1888 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Walter James Hunt-Grubbe |
| Dates | 29 March 1888 - 1 September 1890 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Richard Wells |
| Dates | 1 September 1890 - 10 August 1892 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Henry Frederick Nicholson |
| Dates | 10 August 1892 - 4 May 1895 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Frederick George Denham Bedford |
| Dates | 4 May 1895 - 27 April 1898 |
| C-in-C | Rear-Admiral Harry Holdsworth Rawson |
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