| 1774-77 Vice-Admiral Sir James Douglas |
| 1777-83 Admiral Sir Thomas Pye |
| 1779 Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes * |
| 1783-86 Admiral John Montagu |
| 1786-89 Vice-Admiral Lord Hood
1788 Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Affleck # |
| 1789-92 Vice Admiral Robert Roddam |
| 1792-93 Vice-Admiral Lord Hood |
| 1793-99 Admiral Sir Peter Parker |
| 1799-03 Admiral Mark Milbanke |
| 1803 Admiral Lord Gardner |
| 1803-09 Admiral Sir George Montagu |
| 1809-12 Admiral Sir Roger Curtis |
| 1812-14 Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton |
| 1815-18 Admiral Sir Edward Thornborough |
| 1818-21 Admiral Sir George Campbell |
| 1821-24 Admiral Sir James Hawkins Whitshed |
| 1824-27 Admiral Sir George Martin |
| 1827-30 Admiral Hon. Sir Robert Stopford |
| 1830-33 Admiral Sir Thomas Foley |
| 1833-36 Admiral Sir Thomas Williams |
| 1836-39 Admiral Sir Philip Durham |
| 1839 Admiral Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming |
| 1839-42 Admiral Sir Edward Codrington |
| 1842-45 Admiral Sir Charles Rowley |
| 1845-48 Admiral Sir Charles Ogle |
| 1848-51 Admiral Hon. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel |
| 1851-52 Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs |
| 1852-56 Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Cochrane |
| 1856-59 Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour |
| 1859-60 Admiral Sir William Bowles |
| * Temporary command whilst Admiral Pye presiding
## Died within weeks of assuming position. Lord Hood |
| over Admiral Keppel’s court-martial |