flag-captain

But the expression in Fell's face showed that his flag-captain by no means looked on it in the same light.

Hornblower In The West Indies Forester, C. S. 1958

His offer, however, as well as Admiral Napier's wish for his assistance, were both disregarded by the Admiralty, and his appointment as flag-captain refused.

Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir Lady Biddulph of Ledbury

Thomas Hardy, the founder of Rochester Grammar School in 1569, was the ancestor of Admiral Hardy, Nelson's flag-captain, who received the great hero in his arms when the fatal shot was fired at Trafalgar, and whose monument we could see on Blackdown Hill in the distance.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

He was now on the _Namur_ as flag-captain to Sir Thomas Williams, and his wife and two small children were living with him on board.

Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

"What would not Nelson give to be here!" said Collingwood to his flag-captain.

Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale

Frank, as his flag-captain, took part in the chase after Villeneuve to the West Indies and back.

Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

On Francis Austen's promotion (already mentioned), Admiral Gambier seems rather to have gone out of his way to choose him as his flag-captain on the _Neptune_; but on the Peace of Amiens, he, like many others, went on half-pay.

Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

In 1778 the duke's flag-captain became rear-admiral and went to the West Indies, while in conjunction with the army he took the island of Santa Lucia from the French, and repulsed the attempt of the Comte d'Estaing to retake it.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

In a quarter of an hour his flag-captain, Rotherham, grasped

Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale

And as though the spirits of the two men were in communion with each other, Collingwood, knowing that the Commander-in-Chief's eager eye was fixed upon him in fond admiration, called out to the flag-captain near him, “Rotherham, what would Nelson give to be here?”

Drake Nelson and Napoleon Runciman, Walter 1919