flag officer

British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)

English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)

English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)

Japanese admiral who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (1884-1943)

the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral

an admiral of the highest rank

an admiral junior to a vice admiral

an admiral ranking below a full admiral and above a rear admiral