flag captain

British

noun

the captain of a flagship

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Mortally wounded, he called to his flag captain, "Fight the ship as long as she swims," and then fell dead.

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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.

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Love was also a member of it, but probably as treasurer of the expedition and not as flag captain.

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At length an overt act was committed in the appointment of Captain Spry as my flag captain on board the O'Higgins, which had been repaired at Valdivia, and was now come down to Valparaiso.

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His flag captain, Cay, went down with him.

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