Admiral Sir Frederick Robertson Parham, GBE, KCB, DSO[2] (9 January 1901 – 20 March 1991) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

[4] He saw active service in the Second World War as Captain of the destroyer HMS Gurkha, which was sunk by enemy action in 1940.

[5] From 1942 he had command of the cruiser HMS Belfast which remains permanently moored as a museum ship in London.

[4] After the War Parham commanded the battleship HMS Vanguard and then, in 1949 became Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel.

[4] He was made Flag Officer (Flotillas) and Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1951 and Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport in 1954.