This article is a list of all senior personnel in the British Naval Service in 1983. This includes all Flag Officers (but not all officers of flag rank). Admiralty Board * Michael Heseltine, MP - Chairman and Secretary of State for Defence * Geoffrey Pattie, MP - Vice-Chairman, Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence, Minister of State for Defence Procurement * Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse - Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord * Vice-Admiral Sir Simon Cassels - Chief of Naval Personnel and Second Sea Lord * Vice-Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson - Controller of the Navy * Vice-Admiral Sir John Kennon - Chief of Fleet Support * Vice-Admiral P M Stanford - Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff Commanders-in-Chief * Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi - Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command * Admiral Sir William Staveley - Commander-in-Chief Fleet Flag Officers ;Naval Air Command * Vice-Admiral Sir John Cox ;Flag Officer Sea Training * Rear-Admiral J M Webster ;Gibraltar * Rear-Admiral D J Mackenzie ;Medway * Rear-Admiral W A Higgins ;Plymouth * Vice-Admiral D W Brown ;Portsmouth * Vice-Admiral A S Tippet ;Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland * Vice-Admiral R R Squires ;Hydrographer of the Navy * Rear-Admiral D W Haslam Royal Marines ;Commandant-General * Lieutenant-General Sir Steuart Pringle ;Chief of Staff to Commandant-General * Major-General J C Hardy ;Major-General Training and Reserve Forces * Major-General H J A Thompson ;Major-General Commando Forces * Major-General M C L Wilkins