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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 ...
In 1321 Sir John de Beauchamp was also appointed Admiral of the South, North and West, effectively the English Navy's first Admiral of the Fleet. [32] The first Admiral to be granted a patent by the monarch was Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel as High Admiral of England, Ireland and Aquitaine given by King Richard II in 1385. [33]
Admiral of the Fleet (flag of England or union flag or royal standard if instructed to fly it or flag of the commonwealth of England to 1864) Admiral of the Red (plain red flag 1805 to 1864) Admiral of the White (plain white flag 1625 to 1705) Admiral of the White (St George flag 1702 to 1864) Admiral of the Blue (plain blue flag 1625 to 1864)
Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. After serving in the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations against the French coast as part of Britain's policy of naval descents during the Seven Years' War.
The first British Holland No. 1 (Type 7) submarine (assembled by Vickers) was 63 feet 4 inches long. [84] Major reforms of the British fleet were undertaken, particularly by Admiral Jackie Fisher as First Sea Lord from 1904 to 1909. During this period, 154 obsolete ships, including 17 battleships, were scrapped to make way for newer vessels.
The office of Admiral of England (later Lord Admiral, and later Lord High Admiral) was created around 1400; there had previously been Admirals of the northern and western seas. [8] King Henry VIII established the Council of the Marine—later to become the Navy Board —in 1546, to oversee administrative affairs of the naval service.
The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734 – 1995. Great Britain: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 0-85052-835-6. Howarth, David (1980). The Dreadnoughts. Time Life. ISBN 978-0809427116. Hough, Richard (1969). Admiral of the Fleet: The Life of John Fisher. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1111875800. Hough, Richard (1992). Edward and Alexandra: Their Private And ...
Admiral of the Blue George Churchill (20 February 1654 – 8 May 1710) was an English naval officer, who served as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1699 to 1702 and sat on the Lord High Admirals Council from 1702 to 1708.