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	Admiral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Admiral is a word from the Arabic term Amir-al-bahr (commander of the sea).
		As the word was used by people speaking Latin or Latin-based languages it gained the "d" and endured a series of different endings and spellings leading to the English spelling "admyrall" in the 14th century and to "admiral" by the 16th century.
		The word Admiral has today come to be almost exclusively associated with the highest naval rank in most of the world's navies, equivalent to the rank of (Full) General.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Admiral (341 words)

	Definition of Admiral - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Admiral is a word from either the Arabic term amir-al-bahr, or the Irish term Ard muirfhear or Ardmurar, both meaning "commander of the seas." Crusaders learned the term during their encounters with the Arabs, perhaps as early as the 11th century.
		When the Admiral commanded from the middle portion of the fleet his deputy, the Vice Admiral, would be in the leading portion or van.
		When the Rear Admiral rank started in 1862 the sleeve arrangement was three stripes of three-quarter-inch lace alternating with three stripes of quarter-inch lace.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Admiral (1728 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rear Admiral of the Red (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The admiral's squadron wore a red ensign, the vice admiral's white, and the rear admiral's blue.
		The Red Ensign was allocated to the Merchant Marine, the White Ensign became the flag of the Royal Navy, and the Blue Ensign was allocated to the naval reserve and naval auxiliary vessels.
		The rank of Commodore in the Royal Navy is not considered a flag rank, and Commodores fly swallow-tailed pennants bearing the cross of St George and a single red ball in the upper hoist.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rear-Admiral-of-the-Red (1577 words)

	Rear admiral Article, Rearadmiral Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The admiral's squadron wore a red ensign, the vice admiral's white, and therear admiral's blue.
		The Red Ensign was allocated to the Merchant Marine, the White Ensign became the flag of theRoyal Navy, and the Blue Ensign was allocated to the naval reserve and navalauxiliary vessels.
		In 1996, the rank of Admiral of the Fleet was put in abeyance in peacetime, except formembers of the Royal family.
	www.anoca.org /navy/vice/rear_admiral.html (1292 words)

	TORRINGTON - LoveToKnow Article on TORRINGTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		During the year 1688, he had an active share in bringing the fleet over to the prince of Orange, and by the success of the revolution his fortune was made.
		In 1702 he was appointed to the command of the " Nassau," and was at the taking and burning of the French fleet at Vigo, and the next year he was made rear-admiral of the red.
		In 1708 as admiral of the blue he commanded the squadron which baffled the attempt of the Old Pretender to land in Scotland.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TO/TORRINGTON.htm (959 words)

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		The minister was asked to inform Admiral de Grasse of the strength and situation of the British naval and land forces, and of the intention of the allied commanders after a junction of the armies had been made.
		Admiral Hood, commanding the van division, impatiently awaited the signal to draw near the van of the antagonist and open the action.
		Admiral Graves realized that he had permitted the situation to get out of hand and now turned his ships northward, with the hope that it was not yet too late to gain the Chesapeake ahead of the French.
	www.webroots.org /library/usamilit/tvcasiy5.html (9739 words)

	Squadron colours info sheet
		In 1805, after the battle of Trafalgar, the rank of Admiral of the Red was introduced to reward the most successful admirals and acted as a compliment to the Navy for the successes it had achieved during the Napoleonic Wars.
		The Red Ensign was allocated to the merchant navy of Britain, the Royal Navy adopted the White Ensign, and the Blue Ensign was used by naval auxiliary vessels.
		Admirals of the Fleet flew the Union Flag, Admirals flew the St. George Flag, Vice-Admirals the St George Flag with a red sphere in the top left quarter, and Rear-Admirals flew the same but with a red sphere in the top and lower left quarters of the flag.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheet_squadron_colours.htm (545 words)

	American Flag
		Rear Admiral of the Blue Rear Admiral of the White Rear Admiral of the Red Vice Admiral of the Blue Vice Admiral of the White Vice Admiral of the Red Admiral of the Blue Admiral of the White Admiral of the Red Admiral of the Fleet
		Vice Admiral of the White Horatio Nelson, KCB, Viscount Nelson of the Nile, Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk, Duke of Bronte.
		It used the red field of the red fleet's ensign with a white canton surcharged with a green pine tree.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/usa/usflag.htm (658 words)

	SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL - LoveToKnow Article on SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVEL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		1650-1707), English admiral, was baptised at Cockthorpe in Norfolk on the 25th of November 1650, and went to sea under the care of his kinsman Sir Christopher Mynns.
		In 1692 he was appointed rear-admiral of the red, and joined Admiral Russell, under whom he greatly distinguished himself at La Hogue, by being the first to break through the enemy's line.
		Not long after, when Admiral Russell was superseded, Shovel was put in joint command of the fleet with Admiral Killigrew and Sir Ralph Delaval.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SH/SHOVEL_SIR_CLOUDESLEY.htm (676 words)

	Admiral Sir John Balchen
		Rear Admiral Sir John Balchen (sic) was born of very obscure parentage, February 4th 1669 at Godalming in Surrey and rose to the Eminence noticed above solely by his own Exertions and Services for which he was Rewarded by his Sovereign with the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital.
		Admiral Sir John Balchen was rewarded at age seventy-five for an astonishingly long and active career in the service of his country by being appointed Governor of the Naval Hospital at Greenwich.
		Admiral Balchen appears in the early pages of the narrative as he assisted in the fitting-out of the squadron, and accompanied it part way with his own fleet when it sailed in August 1740 for the Pacific.
	www.balchin-family.org.uk /family_history/people/admiral (6873 words)

	"Sailing and Fighting Instructions for His Majesty's Fleet", 1775.
		As soon as the Admiral shall hoist a Red Flag on the Flag-staff at the Fore-top-mast-head, and fire a Gun, every Ship in the Fleet is to use their utmost Endeavour to engage the Enemy in the Order the Admiral has prescribed unto them.
		When the Admiral hoists a White Flag at the Mizen-peek, and fires a Gun, then all the small Frigates of his Squadron that are not of the Line of Battle, are to come under his Stern.
		If the Admiral and his Fleet have the Wind of the Enemy, and they have stretched themselves in a Line of Battle, the Van of the Admiral's Fleet is to steer with the Van of the enemies, and there to engage them.
	www.bruzelius.info /Nautica/Signalling/SFI(1775)-8.html (1074 words)

	Sir Clowdisley Shovell
		Their fleet consisted of fifty-two ships, and twenty-four gallies, the greater part of which was attached to the van and rear, as being comparatively weak to the centre, in which was Count Thoulouse, high admiral of France, with the white squadron, in the van the white and blue flag, and in the rear the blue.
		On the 6th of August, the admiral was desired to embark the sick and wounded, and withdraw the cannon.
		At the time of his death, he was rear-admiral of England, admiral of the white, and commander-in-chief of her Majesty`s fleet, one of the council to Prince George of Denmark, as Lord High Admiral of England, Elder Brother of the Trinity House, and one of the Governors of Greenwich Hospital.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/3682/csbionavchron.html (10071 words)

	Holmes à Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Admiral, Governor of the Isle of Wight (1622 -1692)
		From the reputation he acquired here, he requested promotion to the Flag of Rear Admiral of the White, vacant by the death of Sansum, but was denied in favour of Harman.
		The king (with the Duke of York and Prince Rupert) was present at the ceremony and conferred on Holmes the honour of knighthood.
	www.a-court.fsnet.co.uk /d2/i0000393.htm (1037 words)

	Broadside. Patronage and promotion
		Power to appoint was the single biggest source of friction between admirals and the Admiralty, it was the glue that kept the officers loyal to a particular commander.
		Admirals could be appointed to an unspecified squdron, commonly known as the yellow squadron, if the Admiralty had no confidence in a captains ability to command a fleet.
		An intermediate step was commodore, often appointed by the admiral at sea, and in charge of a small squadron operating independantly from the main fleet.
	www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk /patronage.html (659 words)

	18th c. British Navy
		The plain white admiral's flag and the white ensign were easily confused with the white flags used by the French navy; accordingly, in 1702, the white flag of flag officers of the white squadron was replaced by a flag of St George throughout.
		While a rear admiral he flew his flag at the mizzen; while a vice admiral, at the fore; and when he became a full admiral, at the main.
		The Admiral of the Fleet flew the Union at the main.
	www.kipar.org /piratical-resources/british-navy.html (627 words)

	HISTORY OF - Online Information article about HISTORY OF
		admiral, and the provincial or thematic squadrons, under their strategoi.
		title of " admiral "; but it was not till much later that the word became, first as " admiral and captain," then as " admiral " alone, the title of an officer commanding a squadron.
		Henry's board, commonly known as the navy board, continued, with some periods of suspension, and with the addition of different departments--the victualling board, the transport board, the pay office, andc., added at various times—to be the administrative machinery of the navy till 1832.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HIG_HOR/HISTORY_OF.html (4802 words)

	Dry Dock Models Forum :: View topic - Royal Navy Flags and Pennants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		I was wondering if anyone knows the origin of the term Rear in "Rear Admiral." I noticed from the diagrams above that the Admiral flies his flag from the main mast, while the Vice Admiral uses the foremast and the Rear Admiral flies his on the mizzen (rear mast).
		One area that I researched stated that the term Admiral is Arabic in origin and means "Commander of the Seas." Vice (as in Vice Admiral) is Latin in origin and implies being a deputy or serving under.
		Rear Admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank that originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy.
	forum.drydockmodels.com /viewtopic.php?t=162 (851 words)

	HOTHAM, 1ST BARON - LoveToKnow Article on HOTHAM, 1ST BARON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Here he continued till the spring of 1781, whenhe was sent home in charge of a large convoy of iiierchantmen~ Off Scilly Hotham fell in with a powerful French squadron, against which he could effect nothing, and many of the merchantmen went to France as prizes.
		In 1782 Commodore Hothhm was with Howe at the relief of Gibraltar, and at the time of the Spanish armament of 1790 he flew his flag as rear-admiral of the red.
		As Hoods second-in-command in the Mediterranean he was engaged against the French Revolutionary navy, and when his chief retired to England the command devolved upon him.
	7.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HO/HOTHAM_1ST_BARON.htm (1142 words)

	Admiral sir Jhon Balchen
		He became Rear Admiral of the Blue in 1728, Rear Admiral of the White in 1729, Rear Admiral of the Red in 1732 and Vice-Admiral of the White in 1734, whereupon he commanded a squadron at Portsmouth for several months.
		Further advancement to Vice-Admiral of the Red occurred in 1735.
		Admiral Sir John Balchen was then in his 75th year, and the appointment was considered to be an honourable retirement from the active list.
	sapiens.ya.com /rojea/balchen.htm (530 words)

	Royal Navy rank flags, 1801 -- 1864 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		After 1824, the red broad pennant was used by commodores with captains under them, now called commodores of the first class, while the blue broad pennant was used by commodores who were also captains of their own ships, now called commodores of the second class.
		Most vessels had no admiral or commodore aboard, and the captain was their highest officer.
		In the early 1700’ a different system of flags was devised for admirals to fly in their barges.
	users.sisna.com /justinb/admflgs.html (299 words)

	THE SEA BATTLE OFF THE CAPES OF VIRGINIA
		Prior to going to sea in search of Colonel Laurens, Admiral Graves had discussed with General Clinton the matter of attacking the French post at Newport, now that the land defenses were so weakly held, and upon the return of the British squadron to New York further consideration was given to this enterprise.
		Admiral Hood's caustic comments on the battle, as noted in his "Sentiments," indicate how keenly disappointed he was in not getting into action with the rear division:
		It was resolved, that the British Squadron under the command of Thomas Graves Esqr., Rear Admiral of the Red,Sir.
	www.hmsrichmond.org /degrasse.htm (5363 words)

	Leaders and Battles: Nelson, Horatio
		In 1796, tapped commander of flagship HMS Captain, he went on claim British victory at the battle of Cape St Vincent that garnered him an appointment to Rear Admiral of the Blue.
		In 1799 he was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Red and assigned to Foudroyant where he aided in the retaking of Naples.
		In 1801, still ascending the naval chain of command, he was promoted to Vice Admiral of the Blue and was shortly involved in the Battle of Copenhagen, which nullified the fleet of the Danes in order to break up the armed neutrality of Denmark, Sweden and Russia.
	www.lbdb.com /TMDisplayLeader.cfm?PID=5829 (494 words)

	Nelson & The Royal Navy
		Admiral Lord Nelson, born September 29 1758 in the parsonage house, the third eldest of eight children to Rev.
		An Admiral commanded a fleet or a sub division of it.
		A plain flag of the color appertaining to the Admiral's squadron was flown at the masthead of the flagship, for mast for a Vice-Admiral, main mast for an Admiral and mizzen mast for a Rear-Admiral.
	www.daliatrevino.com /Nelson&TheRoyalNavy.htm (6183 words)

	American Red Cross - St. Louis Area Chapter - NEW ON THE JOB: A Rear Admiral Takes Helm of Red Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In the past year, the American Red Cross has received an unprecedented amount of public scrutiny following allegations of mismanagement related to donations raised after the September 11 attacks, a public fight between the charity's former president and its board of governors, and a fund-raising scandal at its San Diego chapter.
		But if you look at the Red Cross in the way it has touched and continues to touch and will touch in the future the lives of not only Americans but people around the world, it's on a level that's different from all the others.
		Since the mission of the Red Cross encompasses the notion of serving all Americans, then we should have as a goal to recruit, retain, and train a diverse volunteer force, as well as a diverse staff force, so that we can ensure that we are positioned to meet the needs of all the population.
	www.redcrossstl.org /newsroom1.asp?offset=60&ReleaseID=149 (1217 words)

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