Steve Moorhouse Explained

Stephen Moorhouse
Birth Date:5 February 1973
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Navy
Serviceyears:1991–present
Rank:Rear Admiral
Commands:Combined Task Force 150
UK Carrier Strike Group




Battles:Sierra Leone Civil War
War in Afghanistan
Iraq War
Awards:Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Rear Admiral Stephen Mark Richard Moorhouse, (born 5 February 1973) is a Royal Navy officer who currently serves as Director of Force Generation at Navy Command.

Naval career

Moorhouse joined the Royal Navy on 18 September 1991. After qualifying as an airborne early warning specialist, he became successively commanding officer of the offshore patrol vessel,, the offshore patrol vessel,, and the frigate, .[1] He went on to command the landing platform helicopter, and then, from September 2018, the aircraft carrier, . In May 2019, he was appointed the Commanding Officer of the Prince of Wales' sister ship on short notice after the reassignment of her former captain.[2]

Moorhouse became Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group in December 2019, which role included leading the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment to the Far East and a tour as commander of Combined Task Force 150; he then became Director of Force Generation in January 2022.[3]

Moorhouse was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours, and promoted to Commander of the same order (CBE) in Operational Honours on 25 November 2022.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Captain Steve Moorhousde. Royal Navy . 6 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Commodore Steve Moorhouse: Who Is The Former HMS Queen Elizabeth Captain?. 14 January 2020. Forces.net. 6 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Admirals February 2022 . Mackie . Colin . gulabin.com . Colin Mackie . 6 February 2022.