flag captain
Britishnoun
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Early in the action a shot destroyed the Peruvian’s conning tower, killing Grau and his staff, and another entered her turret, killing the flag captain and nearly all the crew of the turret guns.
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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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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.
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The point was immediately conceded, and Captain Crosbie was appointed flag captain.
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