Rear Admiral Christopher Erson Smith, AM, CSM is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy.
He has commanded the ships HMAS Gladstone (2002–04), HMAS Darwin (2008–10) and the flagship HMAS Canberra (2015–17), and served as Deputy Chief of Navy from September 2020 to December 2022.
He was appointed Commander Australian Fleet on 16 December 2022.
[1] Smith joined the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1989 as a midshipman at the Royal Australian Naval College, HMAS Creswell.
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