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Active April 1992–current Country Gibraltar Branch Strategic Command[1] Part of Strategic Command. Subordinate to Director of Overseas Bases. Headquarters Devil's Tower Camp Anniversaries Battle of Trafalgar Commanders Commander of British Forces Gibraltar Commodore Tom Guy Commanding Officer, Royal Gibraltar Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Moore Commanding Officer, Gibraltar Squadron Lieutenant Commander Simon Holden Commanding RAF Gibraltar Wing Commander Jackson Brown MBE RAF
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British Forces Gibraltar is the British Armed Forces stationed in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Gibraltar is used primarily as a training area, thanks to its good climate and rocky terrain, and as a stopover for aircraft and ships en route to and from deployments East of Suez or in Africa.
British Forces Gibraltar as a formation was established in mid-1992 after the last Royal Navy-lead commander, Rear Admiral Geoffrey Biggs, Flag Officer Gibraltar , hauled down his flag. Thereafter the new command took on a more tri-service character.
History Entrance to HMS Rooke at Queensway, Gibraltar – headquarters of Gibraltar Defence Police. British Armed Forces in Gibraltar had been predominantly naval-led since the 1890s. In the 1950s discussions about the creation of NATO's Allied Forces Mediterranean led to the Flag Officer Gibraltar being placed in command of NATO forces in the area.[2]
However, many years later, the British Royal Navy captain serving as Head of Sea Section in Operations Division, SHAPE, was to have to deal with the re-absorption of Spain into NATO in the early 1990s. Arranging the NATO-Spain-Gibraltar-UK linkages involved "delicate negotiations," but British plans, to Captain Peter Melson's knowledge "committed no forces to defence of the Strait, while Spain was willing to commit substantial elements of their ORBAT [order of battle, their armed forces]."[3]
The last UK based army battalion, 3rd Battalion Royal Green Jackets, left Gibraltar in 1991 and the Royal Gibraltar Regiment took charge of local defence under the new headquarters British Forces Gibraltar.[4]
HM Dockyard, Gibraltar HM Dockyard, Gibraltar was active from 1895 to 1984. The dockyard was used extensively by the Royal Navy, docking many of the Navy's most prestigious ships. In the early 1980s a decision by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence to cut back the Royal Navy surface fleet meant that the dockyard was no longer financially viable.[5]
In 1984 the dockyard passed into the hands of the UK ship repair and conversion company, A&P Group. A government grant and a prospect of lucrative Royal Fleet Auxiliary refit contracts did not help A&P Group however and they passed the yard into the hands of the Government of Gibraltar .
The current dockyard is still used by the Royal Navy and is referred to as 'His Majesty's Naval Base Gibraltar (HMNB Gibraltar)'.[1]
The base is the permanent home to the Royal Navy's Gibraltar Squadron , equipped with two Cutlass -class patrol vessels and three Pacific 24 rigid inflatable boats .[6] Gibraltar Defence Police , as well as diving platforms and harbour work boats. The base is also home to the offshore patrol vessel HMS Trent .[7] [8]
Permanent units Though Gibraltar's current garrison is much smaller than it had been before the end of the Cold War, a sizable force still exists, including:[1]
Ministry of Defence (MoD) /HQ British Forces Gibraltar (145 military personnel as of 2023 plus 528 civilians under contract)[9]
Army
Navy (28 personnel as of 2023, plus additional personnel assigned to HMS Trent )[11]
Windmill Hill Signal Station[1] His Majesty's Naval Base, Gibraltar [1] Air Force (16 personnel as of 2023)[23]
Gibraltar Defence Police [25]
Flag officer commanding Senior Officer, Gibraltar Post holders included:[28] [29]
Captain Claude E. Buckle: August 1889 – February 1892 Captain Atwell P.M. Lake : February 1892 – January 1895 Captain James A.T. Bruce : January 1895 – January 1898 Captain Charles C. Drury : January 1898 – September 1899 Captain William H. Pigott: September 1899 – October 1902 (later V.Adm Sir William Harvey Pigott) Flag Officer, Gibraltar Post holders included:[28]
Vice-Admiral Sir William A. Dyke Acland , Bt.: October 1902 – July 1904 Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, Bt.: July 1904 – September 1906 Rear-Admiral Sir James E.C. Goodrich: September 1906 – September 1909 Vice-Admiral Frederick S. Pelham: September 1909 – October 1912 Vice-Admiral Frederic E.E.Brock : October 1912 – October 1915 Rear-Admiral Bernard Currey : October 1915 – July 1917 (and as Senior Naval Officer and in charge of all Naval Establishments, Gibraltar) Rear-Admiral Sir Heathcoat S.Grant : July 1917 – July 1919 Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Y.Tyrwhitt , Bt.: July 1919 – January 1921 Rear-Admiral Henry B.Pelly: January 1921 – January 1923 (also Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar Yard) Rear-Admiral Walter M. Ellerton : January 1923 – April 1925 Rear-Admiral Richard G.A.W.Stapleton-Cotton : April 1925 – April 1927 (also Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar) Rear-Admiral Cyril S. Townsend : April 1927 – April 1929 (also Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar) Rear-Admiral Berwick Curtis : April 1929 – April 1931 Rear-Admiral Thomas N. James: April 1931 – May 1933 Rear-Admiral Francis M. Austin : May 1933 – May 1935 Vice-Admiral Sir James M. Pipon: May 1935 – May 1937 Rear-Admiral Alfred E. Evans: May 1937 – May 1939, as Rear Admiral-in-Charge, and Admiral-Superintendent HM Dockyard Gibraltar[30] Flag Officer, Gibraltar and North Atlantic Flag Officer, Gibraltar and Mediterranean Approaches Post holders included:
Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Edward Collins: December 1942 - January 1943 Admiral Sir Frederick Edward Collins: January 1943 - August 1943 Vice-Admiral Sir Harold M. Burrough : September 1943 – January 1945[31] Vice-Admiral Sir Victor A.C. Crutchley : January 1945 – December 1946[32] Flag Officer, Gibraltar Post holders included:[28]
Vice-Admiral Ernest R. Archer: December 1946 – June 1948 Vice-Admiral Patrick W.B. Brooking: June 1948 – June 1950 Vice-Admiral Lord Ashbourne : June 1950 – May 1952 Rear-Admiral St. John A. Micklethwait: May 1952 – October 1953 Rear-Admiral Harry P. Currey: October 1953 – May 1956 Rear-Admiral Roy S. Foster-Brown: May 1956 – February 1959[33] Rear-Admiral Philip F. Powlett: February 1959 – March 1962 Rear-Admiral Erroll N. Sinclair: March 1962 – July 1964 Rear-Admiral Thomas W. Best: July 1964 – November 1966 Rear-Admiral Michael F. Fell: November 1966 – April 1968 Rear-Admiral Ian W. Jamieson: April 1968 – October 1969 Rear-Admiral A. Rodney B. Sturdee : October 1969 – January 1972 Rear-Admiral Hubert W.E. Hollins: January 1972 – May 1974 Rear-Admiral Sefton R. Sandford: May 1974 – September 1976 Rear-Admiral Michael L. Stacey: September 1976 – January 1979 Rear-Admiral Gwynedd Pritchard : January 1979 – January 1981 Rear-Admiral D. John Mackenzie: January 1981 – January 1983 Rear-Admiral George Vallings : January 1983 – March 1985 Rear-Admiral Peter G.V. Dingemans : March 1985 – September 1987 Rear-Admiral the Hon. Nicholas J. Hill-Norton : September 1987 – January 1990 Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Biggs (January 1990 – April 1992)[34] Commander British Forces, Gibraltar Commodores Tim Henry (left) and Steve Dainton Post holders included:[35]
Rear Admiral Jeremy Sanders (April 1992 – December 1994) Major-General Simon Pack (December 1994 – April 1997)Commodore Alastair Taylor (April 1997 – June 1999) Commodore Andrew Willmett (June 1999 – December 2001) Commodore Richard Clapp (December 2001 – May 2004) Commodore David White (May 2004 – 8 January 2005)[36] Commodore Allan Adair (19 January 2005 – 1 May 2007)[37] Commodore Matt Parr (1 May 2007 – February 2009)[38] Commodore Adrian Bell (February 2009 – September 2010)[39] Commodore Tom Karsten (September 2010 – November 2012)[40] Commodore John Clink (November 2012 – August 2014)[41] Commodore Ian McGhie (August 2014 – July 2016)[42] Commodore Mike Walliker (July 2016 – September 2018)[43] Commodore Timothy Henry (September 2018 – July 2020)[44] Commodore Steve Dainton (July 2020 – present)[45] See also Notes ^ a b c d e f g "FOI(A) regarding British Forces Gibraltar" (PDF) . What do they know? . 5 May 2021. 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The Diplomat . 25 April 2023. ^ "Some 14,000 British servicemen pass through Gibraltar each year". The Diplomat . 25 April 2023. ^ "Some 14,000 British servicemen pass through Gibraltar each year". The Diplomat . 25 April 2023. ^ "QHM Gibraltar". GOV.UK . Retrieved 23 April 2021 . ^ "All change at the top for Gibraltar Squadron | Royal Navy". www.royalnavy.mod.uk . Retrieved 13 April 2021 . ^ "FOI(A) regarding Forces overseas" (PDF) . What do they know? . 23 November 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021 . ^ "HMS Trent (P224) | Royal Navy". www.royalnavy.mod.uk . Retrieved 1 April 2021 . ^ HMS TRENT Heads To Gibraltar For LENGTHY DEPLOYMENT 🚢⚓ , archived from the original on 13 December 2021, retrieved 31 March 2021 ^ "Defence review will forge a growing Navy with expanding horizons". www.royalnavy.mod.uk . Retrieved 31 March 2021 . ^ "BMT completes successfully trials for High-Speed Patrol Craft HMS Cutlass". Navy Recognition . ^ "The second new @RNGibSqn patrol boat, HMS Dagger has been delivered to Gibraltar". Twitter. Retrieved 31 March 2022 . ^ "Gibraltar Squadron". Royal Navy . Retrieved 12 April 2024 . ^ "Sixth and final support boat delivered to Royal Navy diving group". www.royalnavy.mod.uk . Retrieved 25 February 2023 . ^ "SEA Class Marine Craft". Atlas Elektronik . Retrieved 25 February 2023 . ^ "Some 14,000 British servicemen pass through Gibraltar each year". The Diplomat . 25 April 2023. ^ Ministry of Defence (13 May 2021). "British Forces Gibraltar explained". Voices Of The Armed Forces . Retrieved 14 March 2022 . ^ Culatto, John (19 January 2023). "GIBRALTAR DEFENCE POLICE FACE UP TO DETAILED INSPECTION FOR FIRST TIME IN 85-YEAR HISTORY". The Olive Press . Retrieved 6 March 2024 . ^ "Two new vessels for GDP as part of £36m MoD contract". Gibraltar Chronicle . 17 June 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2023 . ^ "Gibraltar Defence Police learn advanced power boat skills". Gov.UK . 10 June 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2024 . ^ a b c Mackie, Colin. "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865". gulabin.com . Colin Mackie. pp. 163–164. March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018 . ^ Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony. "Gibraltar – The Dreadnought Project". dreadnoughtproject.org . Harley and Lovell, 26 November 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018 . ^ Svonavec, Stephen. "Royal Navy Flag Officers, December 1, 1937". Fleet Organization Web Site . Stephen Svonavec. Retrieved 6 July 2014 . ^ Whitby, Michael (2011). Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layard . Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press. p. 362. ISBN 9780774840378 . ^ "Naval Commands and Flag Officers (Hansard, 10 April 1946)". Hansard: vol 421 cc1897-9. Retrieved 4 July 2020 . ^ "Obituary: R. A. Foster-Brown". The Independent . 2 February 1999. Retrieved 9 January 2016 . ^ page 125 ^ Mackie. 2018. ^ "Body of Gibraltar commander found". BBC News . 9 January 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2014 . ^ "The Permanent Joint Headquarters". Gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2014 . ^ "Military teams triumph in the Gibraltar Triathlon". News. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2014 . ^ "Gibraltar: British could have fired on Spanish police launch". News Focus. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2014 . ^ "CBF Gibraltar promotion to Rear-Admiral". Gibraltar Chronicle. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2014 . ^ "Commodore John Clink is new CPF". Gibraltar Chronicle. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014 . ^ "New CBF for Gibraltar as Commodore Clink Accepts Rear Admiral Promotion". Your Gibraltar. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014 . ^ GBC News (13 July 2016), CBF Retires, and Stays in Gibraltar , archived from the original on 13 December 2021, retrieved 14 July 2016 ^ GBC News (31 August 2018), CFormer Gibraltar Squadron commander, Commodore Tim Henry, to take over as CBF on Tuesday , retrieved 2 September 2018 ^ GBC NEWS (1 July 2020), Gibraltar's new Commander British Forces will be Commodore Steve Dainton External links British Forces Gibraltar Community Site British Army – Gibraltar RAF Gibraltar Ministry of Defence
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