Admiralissimo
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Admiralissimois an informal title for a chief naval officer,[1]usually implying supreme naval command. It does not correspond to any particular rank, probably[weasel words]derives from Italian,[original research?]and is a naval equivalent ofgeneralissimo.
List of senior naval officers referred to asadmiralissimo
[edit]- Hayreddin Barbarossa- 15th/16th century Turkish admiral[2]
- Albrecht von Wallenstein- admiral of the Baltic Sea
- John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe- British admiral of the fleet.[3]
- Lord Charles Beresford- British 19th/20th century admiral.[4]
- Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère- Commander-in-Chief of France's Mediterranean forces
- George Dewey- AmericanAdmiral of the Navy[5]
- Deodoro da Fonseca
References
[edit]- ^Charles à Court Repington (1 March 2001).The First World War: Personal Experiences.Simon Publications LLC. p. 317.ISBN978-1-931313-72-8.
- ^Edward Hamilton Currey (1928).Sea Wolves of the Mediterranean.Library of Alexandria.ISBN978-1-4655-3746-1.
- ^Robert K. Massie (1 September 2013).Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.Head of Zeus. p. 70.ISBN978-1-78185-669-7.
- ^Dr Robert L Davison (28 July 2013).The Challenges of Command: The Royal Navy's Executive Branch Officers, 1880-1919.Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.ISBN978-1-4094-8241-3.
- ^CHAP 378, "An act creating the office of Admiral of the Navy",United States Congress