Royal Navy Navy currently operates from three bases in the United Kingdom where commissioned ships are based; Portsmouth, Clyde and Devonport, Plymouth—Devonport is the largest operational naval base in the UK and Western Europe. Each base hosts a flotilla command under a commodore, or, in the case of Clyde, a captain, responsible for the provision of operational capability using the ships and submarines within the flotilla. 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines is similarly commanded by a brigadier and based in Plymouth. Historically, the Royal Navy maintained Royal Navy Dockyards around the world. Dockyards of the Royal Navy are harbours where ships are
Chief of the Royal Danish Navy giving power to the Chief of Defence. The current Chief of the Naval Staff is Rear admiral Torben Mikkelsen (appointed 1 June 2017). Chief of the Royal Danish Navy The Chief of the Royal Danish Navy is the professional head of the Royal Danish Navy. Originally the position was held by the , which existed from 1660 until the end of absolute monarchy in 1848. Following the end of absolutism, the Minister of the Navy was created becoming the highest position in the Navy. With the collection of the Ministry of the Navy and the War Minister in 1905, command