| 1772-74 Commodore Molyneaux Shuldham |
| 1775 Rear-Admiral Robert Duff |
| 1776-78 Vice-Admiral John Montagu |
| 1779-81 Rear-Admiral Richard Edwards |
| 1782-85 Vice-Admiral John Campbell |
| 1786-88 Rear-Admiral John Elliot |
| 1789-91 Vice-Admiral Mark Milbanke |
| 1792-93 Vice-Admiral Sir Richard King |
| 1794-96 Rear-Admiral Sir James Wallace |
| 1797-99 Vice-Admiral Hon William Waldegrave |
| 1800 Rear-Admiral Charles Pole |
| 1801 |
| 1802-03 Vice-Admiral James Gambier |
| 1804-06 Vice-Admiral Erasmus Gower |
| 1807-09 Vice-Admiral John Holloway |
| 1810-12 Admiral Sir John Duckworth |
| 1813-15 Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Keats |
| 1816-18 Vice-Admiral Francis Pickmore |
| 1818 Commodore John Bowker* |
| 1818-24 Vice-Admiral Charles Hamilton |
| 1825-34 Captain Sir Thomas Cochrane |
| 1834-41 Captain Henry Prescott |
