James Burnell-Nugent

James Burnell-Nugent

Infobox Military Person
name= Sir James Burnell-Nugent
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caption= Sir James Burnell-Nugent
Picture: Crown copyright
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allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
serviceyears= 1971 - 2007
rank= Admiral
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commands= Commander-in-Chief Fleet
HMS Invincible
HMS Brilliant
HMS Conqueror
HMS Olympus
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battles= Kosovo War
Iraq War
awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Admiral Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent KCB, CBE, ADC was the Commander-in-Chief Fleet of the Royal Navy.

Burnell-Nugent joined the Royal Navy in 1971 after reading Mathematics at Cambridge. He has commanded in every rank from Lieutenant to Admiral, including flying his flag in all three aircraft carriers. He took up his final post in November 2005. As Commander-in-Chief Fleet he was responsible for the preparation and operation of the ships, submarines and aircraft of the Royal Navy. He also has a NATO appointment as Commander Allied Maritime Component Command Northwood. He was awarded the CBE in 1999 and KCB in 2004.

He commanded the conventional submarine HMS "Olympus" 1979-80 and the nuclear powered submarine HMS "Conqueror" 1984-86, carrying out many Cold War patrols. In command of the frigate HMS "Brilliant" 1992-93, he was involved in the early stages of the Bosnia Crisis. He was in command of the aircraft carrier HMS "Invincible" when she made two joint operational deployments to the Gulf for air operations over Iraq and then conducted further air operations during the Kosovo War. As Commander UK Maritime Forces 2001–02, he was Maritime Commander of the UK Joint Force and the Deputy Maritime Commander of the Coalition for the first 6 months of the War on Terror, a force of 40,000 men and women in 104 ships.

In between these operational duties he has served in several appointments in the Ministry of Defence, both on the Central and Naval Staffs, and gained cross-Whitehall experience while seconded to HM Treasury for a year. In most of these appointments he has been involved in leadership and management of change issues. In 1999–2000 he was on the Navy Board as the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff.On promotion to Vice Admiral, he took up the post of Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.

On 15 November 2005, he was promoted to Admiral and took up his position as Commander-in-Chief Fleet.

He stood down from this position in November 2007 in which he was replaced by Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope.

External links

* [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.1755 Small career biography]


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