vice-admiral in English

noun
1
a naval officer of very high rank, in particular an officer in the US Navy or Coast Guard ranking above rear admiral and below admiral.
Congress named him the first U.S. Navy rear admiral, vice admiral , and admiral.

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1. He retired as a Vice-Admiral.

2. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson led the main attack.

3. Vice Admiral Patey was appointed to command this squadron.

4. Currently Vice-Admiral, Acting Commander of the Russian Baltic fleet.

5. Vice - Admiral Teizo Hara signed and affixed his seal first , and Lt .

6. Balus is the Commander-in-chief Vice Admiral of Parpaldia Imperial Navy

7. There she was temporary headquarters ship for Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher.

8. Walter Raleigh, knight, vice admiral of the fleets, and warden of the stannary

9. On 28 March 1943, Vice Admiral Shiro Kawase assumed command of the IJN 5th Fleet.

10. Interview opportunities with both Vice-Admiral Buck and Vice-Admiral MacLean can be co-ordinated to take place after the ceremony. Please contact Lieutenant (Navy) Paul Pendergast, Navy Public Affairs at 613-945-0902 email:

11. He was named vice admiral in 1869 and served on the Admiralty Council (Conseil d'amirauté).

12. In 1994, Vice Admiral Dr. Joycelyn Elders spoke at a United Nations conference on AIDS.

13. He was succeeded by Vice Admiral William F. Moran and retired after 34 years of service.

14. In 1874, Enomoto was given the rank of vice-admiral in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy.

15. Both boards of enquiry exonerated Vice-Admiral Holland from any blame regarding the loss of Hood.

16. He became vice admiral and commander-in-chief of the Readiness Fleet on 10 August 1897.

17. Alexei Stukov was the vice admiral and second-in-command of the United Earth Directorate's expeditionary force.

18. In former days, the Vice-Admiral of England (or Vice-Admiral of Great Britain following the 1707 union with Scotland) was the second most powerful position in the Royal Navy, and until 1801 was officially called the Lieutenant of the Admiralty.

19. Vice Admiral Joseph J. Clark, commander of the 7th Fleet, brought his staff onboard on 19 October.

20. Admiral is a higher rank than vice admiral, but is a lower rank than admiral of the fleet.

21. Later that month, on 26 October 1942 Vice Admiral Baron Tomoshige Samejima assumed command of the Fourth Fleet.

22. Navy Vice-Admiral Balus’s spirit blazed intensely, even though he still had never laid eyes on Japan’s navy

23. Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer, the commander of III Squadron, lowered his flag on 24 January and transferred it to König.

24. In many navies, vice admiral is a three-star rank with a NATO code of OF-8, although in some navies like the French Navy it is an OF-7 rank, the OF-8 code corresponding to the four-star rank of squadron vice-admiral.

25. Ostfriesland flew the flag of Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral) Erhardt Schmidt, the squadron commander during the battle and Scheer's deputy commander.

26. Admiral is the second highest rank in the Marines organization, senior to a vice Admiral and junior to the fleet Admiral

27. After refitting at Mare Island, Indianapolis moved to Hawaii as flagship of Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, commanding the 5th Fleet.

28. Vice Admiral Scott Ray Van Buskirk, is a retired United States Navy officer who was the 56th Chief of Naval Personnel.

29. During the two-day battle, Vice Admiral Mitscher's fliers had done well, turning back the enemy raids before they reached the American fleet.

30. At 18:07 on 8 August, Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher recommended to Ghormley, at Nouméa, that the air support force be withdrawn.

31. At 02:40 on 25 October, Halsey detached TF 34, built around the 3rd Fleet's six battleships and commanded by Vice Admiral Willis "Ching" Lee.

32. The admiral would in turn be assisted by a vice admiral, who commanded the lead ships which would bear the brunt of a naval battle.

33. On 20 May 1946, Vicksburg became the flagship for Vice Admiral Frederick C. Sherman, Commander, 3rd Fleet, who shifted his flag from Iowa on that date.

34. Under the direction of Vice-Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, this force was responsible for the initial occupation of the Ominato Naval Base and surrounding areas.

35. Okinawa Campaign: Pre-Landing Bombardments: March-April 1945 In order to neutralize the island prior to the D-Day invasion, Task Force 58, led by Vice Admiral Marc A

36. In 1992, within months of her divorce, Anne married Commander (now Vice Admiral) Sir Timothy Laurence, whom she had met while he served as her mother's equerry between 1986 and 1989.

37. In honour and respect to Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Dashwood (1765-1847) Braganza (his home 1823- 1847) has been recognised by the Torbay Civic Society to be awarded a historic blue plaque

38. That night, as the transports unloaded, the Allied warships screening the transports were surprised and defeated by an Imperial fleet of seven cruisers and one destroyer, commanded by Japanese Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa.

39. On 24 September 1650, General-at-Sea Robert Blake had defeated the Portuguese fleet in a violent gale, sinking the Portuguese Vice-Admiral and taking seven prizes, compelling Portugal to cease protecting Rupert.

40. Given a 21-gun salute by the cruiser, Farouk met Vice-Admiral Louis Mountbatten and the Ambassador to Egypt and later expressed his "pleasure at the visit and at renewing my acquaintance with the Royal Navy."

41. In early February, DesRon1 accompanied the Carrier Striking Force in an unsuccessful pursuit of Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr's Task Force 8, after the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise raided Kwajalein and Wotje in the Marshall Islands.

42. On 23 January 1778 Darby became a rear-admiral and on 19 March 1779 he was promoted to vice-admiral, thanks to his association with Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, during the court martial of Admiral Palliser.

43. "England expects that every man will do his duty" was a signal sent by Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, from his flagship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar was about to commence on 21 October 1805.

44. Admiral is the second highest rank in the Marines organization, senior to a vice admiral and junior to the fleet admiral. There are only three Admirals serving at a given time, and as the strongest Marine officers, they count among the most powerful characters in the series.

45. On Monday, 20 October 1941, the crew of Electra got word that they, together with Express, would be escorting HMS Prince of Wales to the Far East under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, where the ships would form the nucleus of a new Eastern Fleet intended to deter Japanese aggression.

46. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805), also known simply as Admiral Nelson, was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy.His inspirational leadership, grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics brought about a number of decisive British naval victories, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars.

47. Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies, and in many navies is the highest rank.In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, or fleet admiral.In NATO, Admirals have a rank code of OF-9 as a four-star rank.

48. After a briefing at the LFAA TC, Colonel Christopher Davis, commander of the CTC, accompanied the Vice-Admiral and Brigadier-General to the Gagetown training area where they observed soldier qualification in the form of a field training exercise involving checkpoints, voice procedure security and urban patrolling. "The Soldier Qualification course is designed to take a soldier from basic training, where they were taught drill and general military training, to basic soldiering skills such as personal weapons handling and field craft," said Sgt Scott Cairns, an instructor with the Atlantic Area Training Center (AATC).