Admiral of the Fleet
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Taken in Windsor Castle, it is a very traditional formal portrait of the King in an Admiral of the Fleet uniform, with medals and honours on display.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
It was the first official mention of the participation by the frigate, "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov," which is armed with Zircon missiles.
From Reuters ● Jan. 23, 2023
The final Waterloo dispatch will be presented to the current Lord Warden, Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Boyce, on Sunday at Walmer at the end of this year's celebrations.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2015
Britain's First Sea Lord and chief of its naval staff, Admiral the Earl Mountbatten, 56, was upped to Admiral of the Fleet, top rank in Her Majesty's Navy.*
From Time Magazine Archive
The exception was a large oil painting of the Kaiser in the uniform of a German Admiral of the Fleet.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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