| 1774-78 Vice-Admiral Robert Man |
| 1778-80 Vice-Admiral Robert Duff |
| 1780-83 No fleet present |
| 1783-84 Commodore John Lindsay |
| 1785-89 Commodore Phillips Cosby |
| 1789-92 Rear-Admiral Joseph Peyton |
| 1792-93 Rear-Admiral Samuel Goodall |
| 1793-94 Vice-Admiral Lord Hood |
| 1794-95 Admiral Sir William Hotham |
| 1796-99 Admiral Earl of St Vincent |
| 1799-02 Vice-Admiral Lord Keith |
| 1802-03 Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton |
| 1803-05 Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson |
| 1805-10 Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood |
| 1810-11 Admiral Sir Charles Cotton |
| 1811-14 Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew |
| 1814-15 Rear-Admiral Charles Penrose |
| 1815-16 Admiral Lord Exmouth |
| 1816-18 Rear-Admiral Charles Penrose |
| 1818-19 Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Fremantle |
| 1820-23 Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Moore |
| 1823-26 Vice-Admiral Sir Harry Neale |
| 1826-28 Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Codrington |
| 1828-31 Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm |
| 1831-33 Vice-Admiral Hon Sir Henry Hotham |
| 1833 Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm |
| 1833-37 Vice-Admiral Sir Josias Rowley |
| 1837-41 Admiral Hon. Sir Robert Stopford |
| 1842-45 Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Owen |
| 1845-52 Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker |
| 1852-54 Rear-Admiral Sir James Deans Dundas |
| 1854-58 Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons |
| 1858-60 Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe |
