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Admiral of the Blue was a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, immediately outranked by the rank Admiral of the White (see order of precedence below). From 1688 to 1805 this rank was in order of precedence third; after 1805 it was the fourth.
- Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Vice-Admiral of the Blue was a senior rank of the Royal Navy...
- Vice-Admiral of the Blue
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Six days later he reached the rank of rear admiral of the Blue (see squadronal colours), and was made a Knight of the Bath for his conduct in battle. On the night of 24–25 April Nelson led a daring attack on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, but was wounded in the right arm, which had to be amputated, and his force was defeated.
Hace 2 días · Promotion of admirals also took place in this order, a rear admiral of the Blue on promotion becoming a rear admiral of the White as his first step in flag rank, and a rear admiral of the Red becoming a vice admiral of the Blue when he received promotion. Only in the Red, or senior, squadron was this hierarchy not followed.
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. English: Admiral of the Blue Sir Henry Digby, GCB (20 January 1770 - 19 August 1842) was a senior British naval officer, who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in the Royal Navy.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue was a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, immediately outranked by the rank Rear-Admiral of the White. Royal Navy officers currently holding the ranks of commodore, rear admiral, vice admiral and admiral of the fleet are sometimes considered generically to be admirals.
