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English seaman and privateer. Captain of the Susan Constant and commander of the 1607 Virginia Company voyage to establish the first North American settlement at Jamestown. England: Yes 1561 1617 Noonan, Fred. British-American merchant mariner and Royal Navy officer, working his way up from ordinary seaman to merchant captain.
Promotion path of British flag officers. Flag rank advancement in the 18th and 19th century Royal Navy was determined entirely by seniority. Initial promotion to flag rank from the rank of captain occurred when a vacancy appeared on the admirals' seniority list due to the death or retirement of a flag officer.
This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) British Admirals. Britannia Viewing the Conquerors of the Seas, 1800 Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, formally ...
27 Third Naval Lords and Controllers of the Navy 1869–1872, 1882-1904 28 Controllers of the Navy, 1872-1882, 1917-1918, 1965–present 29 Third Sea Lord and Controllers of the Navy 1904–1912, 1918-1965
William Bolton (Royal Navy officer, died 1817) Charles George Bonner; William Booth (Royal Navy officer) Maurice Bourke; Peter Bover; Richard Bowen (Royal Navy officer) Robert Boyle-Walsingham; Edward Boys (Royal Navy officer) William Boys (Royal Navy officer) Edward Braye; Edward Pelham Brenton; James Brisbane; David Brodie (Royal Navy officer)
Director of Force Generation and Director Naval Aviation, Navy Command: Warfare/Fleet Air Arm: 1 November 2022 [28] Jeremy J. Bailey: Director of Submarine Support, Navy Command: Engineering: 28 February 2023 [29] Timothy Christopher Woods: UK Defence Attaché to the USA Head of the British Defence Staff, United States: Engineering: CBE: 16 ...
John Gregson, actor, conscripted to serve on minesweepers in the Royal Navy during World War II. Used this experience playing the Captain of HMS Exeter, in the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate. Alec Guinness, actor, served during World War II, initially as a rating, but later commissioned in 1941. He commanded a landing craft taking part ...
British naval commanders in the War of the Spanish Succession (26 P) Pages in category "18th-century Royal Navy personnel" The following 137 pages are in this category, out of 137 total.