flag captain
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Dewar: "Did you ever say you were fed up with the ship on which I was your flag captain?"
From Time Magazine Archive
He then died of a shattered spine after bidding farewell to his flag captain, Thomas Hardy.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Nevertheless the credit of certain developments which were introduced at this time must still remain with the duke and his advisers: Rupert, Sandwich, Lawson, and probably above all Penn, his flag captain.
From Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)
The work of loading was finished soon after the calamity to my bark, and a Spanish sailing-master was engaged to take her to Montevideo; my son Victor going as flag captain.
From Voyage of the Liberdade by Slocum, Joshua
He left all that to his flag captain, my friend Bruat, a most energetic officer.
From Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville by Loyd, Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson)
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