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This is a complete list of the Flag Officers of His Majesty's Fleet between 1 January 1803 and 31 December 1815, a time period encompassing the Napoleonic Wars (18 May 1803 to 11 April 1814 and 20 March to 8 July 1815) and the War of 1812 (18 June 1812 to 18 February 1815).

Only those officers of the Red, White and Blue Squadrons are included; captains who retired as Superannuated Rear-Admirals (such as Chichester Fortescue and Shuldham Peard) are omitted, although some (such as Frederick Watkins and Richard Dacres) were subsequently restored to the active list. However, many of the admirals listed here never actually held a command at sea during this time, if ever. Dates of promotion through the various flag ranks before and after 1803-1815 are included for the sake of completeness. As promotion as an admiral was based on seniority as a captain, dates of appointment as post captain are also given.

Names are given as they appeared in contemporary editions of the London Gazette, with changes of name or title noted. Changes that occurred after 1815 (such as Pellew's promotion from Baron to Viscount in 1816 and Clarence's accession as King William IV in 1830) are not noted.

To do

 * Check gaps with the Gazette and other sources
 * Convert all the dates to proper format with inline citations
 * Add colours
 * Work through individuals with the DNB etc