| Michael Utley | |
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File:File:190927-N-XO654-0215 Commodore Mike Utley, OBE Royal Navy.jpg Commodore Mike Utley on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1990–present |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Exploit HMS Leeds Castle HMS Tyne HMS Portland HMS Illustrious Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group United Kingdom Maritime Forces |
| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Rear Admiral Michael Keith Utley, OBE is a senior Royal Navy officer.
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Educated at Cowbridge School,[1] Utley joined the Royal Navy in 1990.[2] He became the commanding officer of the patrol ship HMS Exploit in 1995,[1] of the patrol ship HMS Leeds Castle in 2003[3] and of the patrol ship HMS Tyne in 2004[1] before becoming commanding officer of the frigate HMS Portland in 2006.[4] He went on to become Commander Sea Training in 2010[1] before being appointed the last commanding officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in May 2013[5] and in that role was deployed to provide humanitarian aid in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in November 2013.[6] After that he became commander of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in June 2017,[7] Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group in October 2018[8] and Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces in December 2019.[9]
He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services in Afghanistan in the 2015 Special Honours.[10]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Mike Utley RN". Royal Navy. https://docecity.com/queue/mike-utley-royal-navy.html. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ↑ "No. 52575". 17 June 1991. p. 9325. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52575/supplement/9325
- ↑ "Appointments". Navy News. 26 December 2002. https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/200212/26. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ↑ "Navy ship in massive cocaine haul". BBC. 27 October 2017. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7065418.stm. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ↑ "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships". http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIP1.pdf. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ↑ "Portsmouth Navy Officers Honoured For Typhoon Relief". Capital FM. 30 March 2016. https://www.capitalfm.com/southcoast/radio/news/local/portsmouth-navy-officers-honoured-typhoon-relief/. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ↑ "Royal Navy hands over command of NATO task group in Portugal". Royal Navy. 3 July 2018. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2018/july/03/180703-royal-navy-hands-over-command-of-nato-task-group-in-portugal. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ↑ "F-35 pilot makes history with revolutionary method of landing jets on HMS Queen Elizabeth". Royal Navy. 15 October 2018. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2018/october/15/181015-f35-revolutionary-landing. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ↑ "Surface fleet awarded for outstanding performance". Royal Navy. 20 December 2019. https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2019/december/19/191219-surface-fleet-awarded.
- ↑ "No. 61155". 26 February 2015. p. 3471. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61155/supplement/3471
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