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Vice admiral (Australia)

Second-highest active rank of the Royal Australian Navy

Field	Value
name	Vice admiral
image	Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svgborder
image_size	100px
caption	Vice admiral's command flag
image2	Australia-Navy-OF-8-collected.svg
image_size2	150
caption2	The VADM insignia
country	Australia
service branch	Royal Australian Navy
abbreviation	VADM
rank group	Flag officer
rank	Three-star
Non-NATO rank	OF-8
pay grade	O-9
formation
higher rank	Admiral
lower rank	Rear admiral
equivalents	Lieutenant general (Army)
Air marshal (RAAF)

| Non-NATO rank = OF-8 Air marshal (RAAF)

Vice admiral (abbreviated as VADM) is the second-highest active rank of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). It is a three-star rank, and was created as a direct equivalent of the British rank of vice admiral. The rank is held by the Chief of Navy and, when the positions are held by navy officers, by the Vice Chief of the Defence Force, the Chief of Joint Operations, the Chief of Joint Capabilities, or equivalent position.

Vice admiral is a higher rank than rear admiral, but lower than admiral. Vice admiral is the equivalent of air marshal in the Royal Australian Air Force and lieutenant general in the Australian Army.

Since the mid-1990s, the insignia of a Royal Australian Navy vice admiral is the Crown of St. Edward above a crossed sabre and baton, above three silver stars, above the word "AUSTRALIA". The stars have eight points as in the equivalent Royal Navy insignia. Prior to 1995, the RAN shoulder board was identical to the British shoulder board.

List of vice admirals

The following people have held the rank of vice admiral in the Royal Australian Navy:

Name	Year of promotion	Senior command(s) or appointment(s) in rank	Notes
	1922		title=Naval Forces of the Commonwealth	url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232527190	newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette	date=14 September 1922	access-date=24 July 2020}}
	1922	Third Naval Member (1911–22)	title=Naval Forces of the Commonwealth	url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/232527871	newspaper=Commonwealth of Australia Gazette	date=21 December 1922	access-date=26 June 2023}}
*	1932	First Naval Member and Chief of Staff (1931–37)
	1950	First Naval Member and Chief of Staff (1948–55)
	1955	First Naval Member and Chief of Staff (1955–59)
	1959	First Naval Member and Chief of Staff (1959–62)
	1962	First Naval Member and Chief of Staff (1962–65)
	1965	First Naval Member and Chief of Staff (1965–68)
*	1968	First Naval Member and Chief of Staff (1968–70)
	1970	First Naval Member and Chief of Staff (1970–73)
	1973	First Naval Member and Chief of Staff (1973–76)
*	1976	Chief of Naval Staff (1976–79)
	1979	Chief of Naval Staff (1979–82)
	1982	Chief of Naval Staff (1982–85)
*	1985	Chief of Naval Staff (1985–91)
	1987	Vice Chief of the Defence Force (1987–89)
*	1989	Vice Chief of the Defence Force (1989–92)
	1991	Chief of Naval Staff (1991–94)
	1991	Chief of Naval Staff (1994–97)
	1995	Vice Chief of the Defence Force (1995–97)
	1997	Chief of Navy (1997–99)
*	1997	Vice Chief of the Defence Force (1997–98)
	1999	Chief of Navy (1999–2002)
	2002	Chief of Navy (2002–05)
	2002	Chief of Navy (2005–08), Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2002–05)
	2007	Chief Capability Development Group (2007–10)
	2008	Chief of Navy (2008–11)
	2011	Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2014–18), Chief of Navy (2011–14)
	2011	Chief Capability Development Group (2011–14)
*	2014	Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2018–24), Chief of Joint Operations (2014–18)
	2014	Chief of Navy (2014–18)
	2018	Chief of Navy (2018–22)
	2019	Deputy Commander United Nations Command (2019–21)
^	2020	Chief of the Nuclear-Powered Submarine Task Force (2021–), Chief of Joint Capabilities (2020–21)
^	2022	Chief of Navy (2022–)

Notes

References

"Uniform Ranks". [[Australian Government]].
(14 September 1922). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(21 December 1922). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(10 November 1932). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(8 June 1950). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(23 June 1955). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(12 March 1959). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(25 May 1961). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(26 November 1964). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(2 November 1967). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(15 October 1970). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
(15 October 1970). "Naval Forces of the Commonwealth". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.
"Admiral Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Guido James Willis". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral David Willoughby Leach". Royal Australian Navy.
"Admiral Michael Wyndham Hudson". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Ian Knox". Royal Australian Navy.
"Admiral Alan Lee Beaumont". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Ian Donald George MacDougall". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Rodney Graham Taylor". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Robert Andrew Kevin Walls". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Donald Bruce Chalmers". Royal Australian Navy.
"Admiral Christopher Alexander Barrie". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral David John Shackleton". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Christopher Angus Ritchie". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Russell Edward Shalders". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Matthew John Tripovich". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Russell Harry Crane". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Ray Griggs". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Peter David Jones". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral David Lance Johnston". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Tim Barrett". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Michael Joseph Noonan". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Stuart Campbell Mayer". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Jonathan Dallas Mead". Royal Australian Navy.
"Vice Admiral Mark Hammond". Royal Australian Navy.

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