Counter admiral is a rank found in many navies of the world, but no longer used in English-speaking countries, where the equivalent rank is rear admiral...
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admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies. In most European navies, the equivalent rank is called counter admiral. Rear admiral is...
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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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Component. Divisional admiral (Italian: Ammiraglio di divisione) is a rank used by the Italian Navy. It ranks directly above a counter admiral and immediately...
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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 flotilla admiral, counter admiral, or senior captain as an equivalent, although counter admiral may also correspond to rear admiral lower half abbreviated...
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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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Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear...
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Forces of Ukraine. There are three admiral ranks in the Ukrainian Navy and other two include Vice Admiral and Counter Admiral. Mykhailo Yezhel (2000) Ihor Tenyukh...
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Flotilla admiral is the lowest flag rank, a rank above captain, in the modern navies of Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden and Lithuania...
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while in the navy it is below Contraamiral de flotilă (lit. 'Flotilla counter admiral'). The rank was also used in the Royal Romanian Air Force and Navy...
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Schout-bij-nacht (category Admirals)
admirals (Danish: Vice-Admiral), and above Commander-captains (Commandeur-Capitainer til Søes). In 1771, the rank was replaced with Counter admiral....
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age of 60 years old; 5) the persons at the rank of major general (counter admiral in naval service) or higher (supreme officers) and not reached the...
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César-Joseph Bourayne (category French Navy admirals)
Counter-Admiral César-Joseph de Bourayne (22 February 1768 – 5 November 1817) was a French Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and...
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Military star ranking (redirect from Four star admiral)
flag officer. This rank is usually a field marshal, general of the army, admiral of the fleet or marshal of the air force. In the United States Armed Forces...
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on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2013. "A Dane giving the orders". Admiral Danish Fleet. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved...
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achieved. It is equivalent to the rank of general in the Army and counter admiral in the Navy. Each brigadier general is appointed by the Executive with...
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general or army corps general Vice admiral Air marshal Major general or divisional general Rear admiral or counter admiral Air vice-marshal Brigadier or brigadier...
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which was protected by the French Atlantic Squadron, commanded by Counter-admiral Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse. The two forces clashed in the Atlantic...
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damaged ships of the British fleet attacked the French rear, forcing Counter-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve to pull away for the mouth of the bay. Four...
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Corps. In 1880, the ranks of vice admiral and counter admiral were reintroduced. At the same time, the rank of admiral was made exclusively for royalty...
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Commodore admiral (COMO) was a short-lived military rank of the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard that existed for less than 11 months...
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Port admiral is an honorary rank in the United States Navy, and a former appointment in the British Royal Navy. In British naval usage, the term 'port...
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general or army corps general Vice admiral Air marshal Major general or divisional general Rear admiral or counter admiral Air vice-marshal Brigadier or brigadier...
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general or army corps general Vice admiral Air marshal Major general or divisional general Rear admiral or counter admiral Air vice-marshal Brigadier or brigadier...
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January 1725, Copenhagen — 19 January 1787, Copenhagen) was a Danish counter-admiral of the 18th century. Fontenay was enrolled in the Royal Danish Navy...
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the line commanded by Counter-admiral Corentin Urbain de Leissègues were captured or destroyed. The Royal Navy led by Vice-admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth...
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officer is a senior officer of the navy, specifically one holding any of the admiral ranks; the term may or may not include the rank of commodore. In some countries...
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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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Rear admiral Admiral-superintendent Port admiral Counter admiral Divisional admiral Commodore Flotilla admiral Schout-bij-nacht Senior officers Captain...
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