Naval Service FOI Coordination Cell 
Navy Command Headquarters 
MP 1-4, Leach Building 
Navy Command 
Whale Island 
   
Portsmouth  
 
PO2 8BY 
 
 
 
Telephone:  02392 625081 
Our Reference: 02-09-2010-145136-001 
Fax: 02392 625279 
Email: [email address] 
 
 
   
Ms M Sykes 
Via Email: [FOI #46165 email]   
03 September 2010 
 
 
Dear Ms Sykes 
 
Request for Information – Acknowledgement 
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 02 September 2010.  Your enquiry 
has been considered to be a request for information in accordance with the Freedom of 
Information Act 2000. 
 
This letter is to acknowledge receipt of your request and to inform you that generally, in 
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 a response is to be given within 20 
working days of your application i.e. 30 September 2010.  However, if your request is 
voluminous or complex it may take some time to process in which case we will advise you 
further. 
 
A copy of your question as received by this office is attached.   
 
Yours sincerely 
 
Amy Pay 
 
 
 
 
 

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Request for Information 
 
Dear Ministry of Defence, 
      
     As of 1 September 2010 how many senior officers of the Royal Navy 
     were serving at sea? 
     1. in command of a Fleet 
     2. In command of a Flotilla. 
     3. In command of a Warship. 
      
     By Senior Officers--- Captains Commodores and Admirals 
      
     Yours faithfully, 
      
     Maggie Sykes 
 

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