flag lieutenant
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He was aide and flag lieutenant in Battleship Force One when Washington called him ashore, gave him a job in the Naval Overseas Transportation Service.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adolph Marix was the flag lieutenant of the Dispatch, the same who was afterwards the judge- advocate of the court of inquiry on the Maine disaster.
From Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by White, Trumbull
The flag lieutenant of the squadron rushed to the telephone leading to the wireless room, and ordered a message forwarded to all of the ships of the squadron to proceed at full speed.
From Banzai! by Parabellum by Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich
"Shall we go up to the conning-tower?" inquired the flag lieutenant of the admiral.
From Banzai! by Parabellum by Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich
These were the admiral, G. O. Willes, of Devonport dockyard celebrity and traditionally known to us; the commander, nephew to the admiral; and the flag lieutenant.
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by Smith, J. J.
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