Rear Admiral of the White

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Rear Admiral of the White was a senior flag rank in the British Royal Navy’s historical color-coded admiralty system, positioned below Vice Admiral of the White and above Rear Admiral of the Blue.

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Surface form Occurrences
Rear-Admiral of the White 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy rank
abolished 1864
abolishedBy Admiralty reorganisation of 1864
associatedWith British maritime supremacy
colourSquadron White Squadron NERFINISHED
commandLevel squadron-level command
subordinate fleet command
country Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
doctrineRole helped determine order of battle and command succession
equivalentTo two-star rank (approximate, modern comparison)
flagColour white
flagType command flag
flagUse flown at the masthead of the admiral’s flagship
higherRank Vice Admiral of the White NERFINISHED
historical true
historicalContext British naval colour-squadron hierarchy
insigniaFeature white squadron colour
introduced 17th century
language English title
lowerRank Rear Admiral of the Blue
militaryBranch Royal Navy
notableFeature distinguished officers by both rank and squadron colour
parallelRank Rear Admiral of the Blue
Rear Admiral of the Red NERFINISHED
Rear Admiral of the White (post-1864 undifferentiated rear admiral) NERFINISHED
partOf Royal Navy NERFINISHED
Royal Navy colour squadron system
precedenceWithinSquadron junior flag rank of the White Squadron
promotionPath from Captain
to Vice Admiral of the White
rankClass rear admiral
rankGroup flag rank
regulationSource Admiralty regulations of the Royal Navy NERFINISHED
replacedBy Rear Admiral (single undivided rank)
seniorityRelation junior to Rear Admiral of the Red
junior to Vice Admiral of the White
senior to Rear Admiral of the Blue
status obsolete rank
system three-squadron colour system (Red, White, Blue)
timePeriod 19th century
early modern period
titleForm naval rank style used before the officer’s surname
usedBy Royal Navy officers commissioned as admirals
usedFor command of squadrons and fleets
usedIn Age of Sail NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Admiral of the White lowerRank Rear Admiral of the White
this entity surface form: Rear-Admiral of the White
George Brydges Rodney promotedToRank Rear Admiral of the White