All the captains that have sailed in command of QE2 and the date of their first appointment.
Commodore W. E. Warwick, C.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
23 December 1968
Captain G. E. Smith
19 June 1969
Captain F. J. Storey, R.D., R.N.R.
17 October 1969
Captain J. E. Wolfenden, R.D., R.N.R
8 May 1970
Captain W. J. Law, R.D., R.N.R.
19 June 1970
Captain M. Hehir
3 June 1971
Captain P. Jackson
6 August 1973
Captain R. H. Arnott, R.D., R.N.R.
22 May 1976
Captain L. R. W. Portet, R.D., Cdr., R.N.R.
13 April 1977
Commodore T. D. Ridley, R.D., Captain R.N.R.
26 August 1978
Captain A. J. Hutcheson, R.N.R.
13 March 1982
Captain R. Wadsworth
15 May 1983
Captain K. H. Stanley, R.N.R.
9 April 1984
Captain A. C. Bennell, R.D., R.N.R.
10 July 1987
Captain R. A. Woodall, R.D., R.N.R.
1 November 1987
Commodore J. Burton-Hall, R.D., Cdr. R.N.R.
7 March 1990
Captain R. W. Warwick, Lt. Cdr. R.N.R., F.N.I.
26 July 1990
Captain R. Hasell
12 April 1997
Captain P. Wright
22 August 1999
Captain G. R. Heath
29 August 2001
Captain I. McNaught
17 April 2003
Captain N. Bates
18 September 2004
Captain P. Russell
14 March 2005
Captain C. Rynd
3 July 2005
Captain D. W. Perkins
16 May 2006