| 1776-78 Vice-Admiral John Amherst |
| 1778-83 Vice-Admiral Lord Shuldham |
| 1783-86 Vice-Admiral Mark Milbanke |
| 1786-89 Vice-Admiral Thomas Graves |
| 1789-92 Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton |
| 1790 Vice-Admiral Thomas Graves # |
| 1792-93 Rear-Admiral Phillips Cosby |
| 1793 Vice-Admiral Thomas Graves |
| 1794 Rear-Admiral Rowland Cotton |
| 1794-96 Admiral Sir Richard King |
| 1796 Vice-Admiral Richard Onslow* |
| 1797 Rear-Admiral Sir John Orde* |
| 1798-99 Admiral Sir Richard King |
| 1799-02 Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley |
| 1802-03 Rear-Admiral James Richard Dacres |
| 1803 Admiral George Montagu |
| 1803-04 Admiral Sir John Colpoys |
| 1804-10 Admiral William Young |
| 1810-13 Admiral Sir Robert Calder |
| 1813-15 Vice-Admiral Sir William Domett |
| 1815-17 Admiral Sir John Duckworth |
| 1817-21 Admiral Viscount Exmouth |
| 1821-24 Admiral Hon. Sir Alexander Cochrane |
| 1824-27 Admiral Sir James Saumaurez |
| 1827-30 Admiral Earl of Northesk |
| 1830-33 Admiral Sir Manley Dixon |
| 1833-36 Admiral Sir William Hargood |
| 1836-39 Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk |
| 1839-42 Admiral Sir Graham Moore |
| 1842-45 Admiral Sir David Milne |
| 1845-48 Admiral Sir John West |
| 1848-51 Admiral Sir William Gage |
| 1851-54 Admiral Sir John Ommanney |
| 1854-57 Admiral Sir William Parker |
| 1857-60 Vice-Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds |
| #Temporary command whilst Admiral Bickerton |
| joined the Grand Fleet |