rear-admiral's

Towering over him stood Byron Abdullah al-Alghafeki, his rear-admiral's uniform incongruous on his gi­gantic frame.

Behold the Stars Bulmer, Kenneth, 1921- 1965

Lieutenant Nesbit, having immediately applied his neck-handkerchief as a tourniquet to the rear-admiral's arm, carried him on his back to the beach; where, with the assistance of some sailors, he conveyed him into one of the boats, and put off to the Theseus, under a tremendous, though happily ill-directed, fire from the enemy's batteries.

The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 James Harrison

The Frenchman has hoisted his tri-colour, with a rear-admiral's flag. '

The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897

There was also a dispute between the two services as to the amount of Mr. Clive's share, which the army insisted should be equal to a rear-admiral's, while the navy would not allow it to be more than a post-captain's.

Athelstane Ford Allen Upward 1894

That the rear-admiral's squadron should keep most strict and special watch to see what squadrons or ships distressed of our fleet should need extraordinary relief, and what advantage might be had upon the enemy, that a speedy and present course might be taken to perform the service enjoined.

Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. 1888

If any squadron shall happen to be overcharged or distressed, the next squadron or ships are _speedily_ [8] to make towards their relief and assistance upon a signal given them; which signal shall be, in the admiral's squadron a pennant on the fore topmast-head, the vice-admiral or he that commands in chief in the second place a pennant on the main topmast-head, [and] the rear-admiral's squadron the like.

Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. 1888

But the enemy, having thoroughly reconnoitered the sandbank and shoals, discovered a channel where they could enter, and thereupon entered on the morning of the next day, flying their red rear-admiral's banners.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Emma Helen Blair 1884

_Hartford_, which continued at minute intervals until she had completed thirteen, a rear-admiral's salute.

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life 1877

As a further element in the compromise, instead of the broad swallow-tailed pendant of a commodore, our previous flag-rank, we carried the square flag at the mizzen indicative in all navies of a rear-admiral, to which we gave a rear-admiral's salute of thirteen guns, and expected the same from foreigners; while all the time the recipient stood on our _Navy

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life 1877

The _Hartford_ then fired a farewell rear-admiral's salute, at the thirteenth and final gun of which his flag came down inch by inch, in measured dignity, to be raised no more; all others descending with it in silent haulage.

From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life 1877