countries. A squadron admiral or squadron vice-admiral is typically senior to a vice admiral and junior to an admiral. Squadron admiral is commissioned...
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rear of the squadron, a third admiral commanded the remaining ships and, as this section was considered to be in the least danger, the admiral in command...
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the admiral commanding the Red squadron was called Admiral of the Fleet. When the duties of Admiral of the Fleet were separated from Red squadron in 1805...
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enough to be organised into squadrons. The squadron's admiral flew a red ensign, the vice admirals white, and the rear admirals blue on the aft mast of his...
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Grand admiral is a historic naval rank, the highest rank in the several European navies that used it. It is best known for its use in Germany as Großadmiral...
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White Squadron Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Rear-Admiral of the Red Squadron Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron Rear-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Admirals...
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White Squadron Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Rear-Admiral of the Red Squadron Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron Rear-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Admirals...
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White Squadron Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Rear-Admiral of the Red Squadron Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron Rear-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Admirals...
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An admiral of the fleet or shortened to fleet admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to Field marshal and Marshal of the air force...
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1805) Admiral of the White squadron Admiral of the Blue squadron Vice-admiral of the Red squadron Vice-admiral of the White squadron Vice-admiral of the...
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Red Squadron Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Rear-Admiral of the Red Squadron Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron Rear-Admiral...
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White Squadron Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Rear-Admiral of the Red Squadron Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron Rear-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Admirals...
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Red Squadron Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Rear-Admiral of the Red Squadron Rear-Admiral of the White Squadron Rear-Admiral...
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Squadron Admiral of the Blue Squadron Vice-Admiral of the Red Squadron Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron Rear-Admiral of...
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List of command flags of the Royal Navy (section Vice and Rear Admirals command flags in the Lord Admirals squadron (1596))
his squadron fly a single cross of Saint George at the top of the fore masthead. The Admiral of the Wyng or (Rear-Admiral) of the rear squadron to display...
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army or the air force. Admiral is ranked above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, or fleet admiral. The word admiral in Middle English comes...
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rank of vice-amiral d'escadre (literally, "squadron vice-admiral", with more precision, "fleet vice-admiral") equals a NATO OF-8 rank. In the ancien régime...
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groups, destroyer squadrons, submarine squadrons, etc., had held the honorary title of "commodore" for decades. Also, many commodore admirals found that their...
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in the days of naval sailing squadrons when each naval squadron would be assigned an admiral as its head. The admiral would command from the centre vessel...
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Mediterranean Fleet (redirect from British Mediterranean Squadron)
From 1957 to 1959, Rear Admiral Charles Madden held the post of Flag Officer, Malta, with responsibilities for three squadrons of minesweepers, an amphibious...
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was named chefe de esquadra (chief of squadron), both in the Portuguese and in the Brazilian navies. Kontr-admiral was the lowest flag officer rank of the...
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reformed. In September 1920 Rear Admiral Richard Webb was posted to the Mediterranean as Rear-Admiral 4th Battle Squadron and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean...
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staff. 2 The rank of "ammiraglio di squadra con incarichi speciali" (squadron admiral with special assignments) is assigned to the naval officer promoted...
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divided into three squadrons distinguished by colour in 1558, the Admiral of the English fleet, the Lord Admiral of England's squadron, flew a plain red...
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from the 1st Battle Squadron. By this time the squadron was in the Home Fleet and consisted of: HMS Royal Oak Flagship of Rear Admiral Henry Blagrove; Captain...
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the composition of the 1st Battle Squadron was as follows: Sixth Division HMS Marlborough Flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney; Captain G. P. Ross;...
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Squadron, formed part of the Special Service Squadron, under command of Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Field. The Squadron departed Devonport on 27 November 1923...
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General admiral or Admiral general was first a Dutch then Danish, German, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish naval rank. Its historic origin is a...
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below a squadron admiral. It is equivalents to divisional general the Italian Army and the Air Force. In addition, another designation is vice admiral just...
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1916. At the time of the Battle of Jutland, the squadron consisted of: Dreadnought (flagship of Vice-Admiral E. E. Bradford), Africa, Commonwealth, Hibernia...
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