Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)
The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (V.C.N.S.) was a senior appointment in the Royal Navy usually a three-star rank and had a NATO ranking code of OF-8 that existed from 1941 to 1985 and was a member of the Admiralty Naval Staff.
Image: Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore TR2390
Image: Vice Admiral Syfret WWII IWM A 21413
Image: Admiral Jerauld Wright and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick Mc Grigor (cropped)
Image: John Edelsten (1953)
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)
The Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS) is a senior appointment in the Royal Navy currently held by the Second Sea Lord. The incumbent is usually a three-star rank and had a NATO ranking code of OF-8, but the position has previously been held by an acting two-star ranked officer and a four-star ranked officer.
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)
Image: Vice admiral Sir Henry Francis Oliver, Kcb, Mvo Art.IWMART1763
Image: Rear admiral Osmond de Beauvoir Brock Cb Cmg Art.IWMART1722
Image: Sir Roger Keyes