RFA Commodores
The rank of Commodore RFA was established in 1951 and since that date holders of this rank have been:
| From | To | |
| Stanley Guy Kent OBE | August 1951 | May 1954 |
| William Brunswick Browne OBE | June 1954 | December 1955 |
| Thomas H Card OBE | December 1955 | January 1957 |
| Thomas Elder CBE DSC | January 1957 | March 1962 |
| Albert E Curtain OBE RD | March 1962 | August 1964 |
| Eric Payne CBE | September 1964 | June 1966 |
| Griffith O W Evans CBE DSC | June 1966 | January 1968 |
| Joe Dines CBE RD | January 1968 | May 1971 |
| Henry O L’Estrange DSC RD | June 1971 | December 1972 |
| George Robson CBE | December 1972 | May 1977 |
| Samuel C Dunlop CBE DSO | May 1977 | March 1983 |
| James G M Coull | March 1983 | September 1985 |
| Barry H Rutterford | June 1986 | May 1989 |
| Richard Montgomery Thorn CBE | May 1989 | May 1994 |
| Norman D Squire CBE | May 1994 | March 1999 |
| Peter J Lannin CBE | March 1999 | September 2003 |
| Robert C Thornton CBE | October 2003 | September 2008 |
| William M Walworth CBE | September 2008 | September 2013 |
| Robert William Dorey | September 2013 | October 2015 |
| Duncan Lawrence Lamb MA CMMar | October 2015 | October 2020 |
| David Eagles CMMar | November 2020 |
The rank of Commodore Chief Engineer and more recently Commodore (E) was first established in 1960 and since that date holders to this rank have been: –
| From | To | |
| David C. Leathley OBE | January 1960 | September 1961 |
| Reginald R. Darroch OBE | September 1961 | July 1963 |
| J. A. MacPhearson | March 1964 | May 1966 |
| William E. Young | August 1966 | May 1972 |
| John R. Warne | June 1972 | December 1978 |
| George S. Burnett | December 1978 | January 1982 |
| Albert C. Hawke | March 1982 | August 1984 |
| Thomas J.W. Humphrey | August 1984 | September 1985 |
| Allan Forster | September 1985 | March 1989 |
| Kenneth Lacy | March 1989 | April 1993 |
| Peter W. Goodman | April 1993 | October 1995 |
| Nicholas K. Ball | October 1995 | April 2002 |
| Michael D. Norfolk | April 2002 | February 2008 |
| David Preston OBE | February 2008 | March 2014 |
| Ian Schumacker | March 2015 | June 2019 |
| David Smith MNM | June 2019 | January 2022 |
| Nick Fox | January 2022 |