Mountbatten arrives on board HMS Glasgow at Malta to assume command of the Mediterranean Fleet, 16 May 1952After India, Mountbatten served as commander of the 1st cruiser squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet and, having been granted the substantive rank of vice admiral on 22 June 1949, he became Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in April 1950.

In the town, the Marine brigade, still under the command of the British admiral Sir John Leake, and the governor, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt ( who had commanded the land forces in August ), and reinforced shortly before by a further 400 Royal Marines, held the fortress against repeated attacks.

Barbarossa ( Ottoman admiral ) | Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha defeats the Holy League under the command of Andrea Doria at the Battle of Preveza in 1538

* February 27 – WWII – Battle of the Java Sea: An allied ( ABDA ) task force of 14 vessels under Dutch command, trying to stem a Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, is defeated by a 19 vessel Japanese task force in the Java Sea ; 2. 300 sailors die, including the commander, admiral Karel Doorman ; Japanese attain naval hegemony in East-Asia

* September 12 – Eighty Years ' War: A Spanish fleet under the command of admiral Antonio de Oquendo defeats a Dutch fleet off the coast of Brazil in the Battle of Albrolhos.

He encouraged maritime trade by negotiating a commercial treaty with England ( 1294 ) and forming a royal navy ( 1317 ) under the command of a Genoese admiral named Emanuele Pessagno ( Manuel Pessanha ).

In 1790 Russian naval forces under the command of admiral Fyodor Ushakov defeated the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Kerch Strait.

The son of an aristocratic Sardinian admiral, Mameli was born in Genoa where his father was in command of the fleet of the kingdom of Sardinia.

* With the outbreak of the war between Sparta and the Persians, the Athenian admiral, Conon, obtains joint command, with Pharnabazus, of a Persian fleet.

* The Persians assemble a joint Phoenician, Cilician, and Cypriot fleet, under the command of the experienced Athenian admiral, Conon, and seize Rhodes.

Alexander appoints Nearchus, a Cretan with naval experience, as admiral and places under his command all in the ranks of his army with any knowledge of seafaring.

A vice-admiral generally holds only the most senior command or administrative appointments, barring only Chief of Defence Staff, which is held by a full admiral or general.

Each naval squadron would be assigned an admiral as its head, who would command from the centre vessel and direct the activities of the squadron.

In the rear of the naval squadron, a third admiral would command the remaining ships and, as this section of the squadron was considered to be in the least danger, the admiral in command of the rear would typically be the most junior of the squadron admirals.

Because of the command and staff experience, the rear admiral rank is generally highly superior to commodore and captain.

Again, although he was the admiral, in command of the fleet, great seamanship was not required – the naval responsibilities were Onesicritus ’.

* Charles C. Carpenter ( 1834 – 1899 ), United States Navy rear admiral, rose to command of the Asiatic Squadron

Kirk is demoted to the rank of captain after a prior promotion to admiral, but is assigned to command the USS Enterprise-A.

Because of the attack, he was removed from his command and was reduced to his permanent two-star rank of rear admiral.

After Admiral James O. Richardson was removed as Commander in Chief, U. S. Fleet and Pacific Fleet in February 1941, Kimmel assumed command with the temporary rank of admiral.

In The World at War, a naval serviceman — who had been alongside Admiral Kimmel during the attack — recalled that as Kimmel watched the destruction of the fleet, he tore off his four-star shoulder boards and replaced them with those of a rear admiral, in apparent recognition of the impending end of his command of the Pacific Fleet.

* 1859 – John Jellicoe, English admiral ( d. 1935 )

Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO SGM ( 5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935 ) was a British Royal Navy admiral who commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in World War I.

* December 5 – John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, British admiral ( d. 1935 )

* November 20 – John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, British admiral ( b. 1859 )

British cigarette card, early 20th century, showing then-Captain ( later admiral ) John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe | J. R. Jellicoe.

John Rushworth Jellicoe, admiral of the Grand Fleet, was perpetually nervous about the possibility of submarine or destroyer attacks on Scapa Flow, therefore starting in 1914 the base was reinforced with minefields, artillery, and concrete barriers.

On the basis of this information, Frost decided to divide the company into five groups of forty men for the raid, each named after a famous Royal Navy admiral: Nelson, Jellicoe, Hardy, Drake and Rodney.

Because the Army Distinguished Service Medal is principally awarded to general officers, a list of notable recipients would include nearly every general and admiral since 1918, many of whom received multiple awards, as well as a few civilians and sergeants major prominent for their contributions to national defense.

Promoted to vice admiral on 1 June 1917, he brought the cruisers and to San Francisco in early 1918 with 1, 000 cadets, and was received by U. S. Navy Rear Admiral William Fullam.

The show, titled Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-shin ( 불멸의 이순신 ), dealt mostly with the events related to the Japanese invasions of Korea, as well as the life of the admiral, played by Kim Myung-min, who later received the Best Actor's Award for this role.

King Stephen Tvrtko received Nicholas Baseja from Venetia, who became admiral of the new Bosnian fleet.

About the same time the news was received of a major defeat a Dutch fleet under admiral Jacob van Heemskerk had dealt the Spanish navy in the Battle of Gibraltar of 25 April 1607.

Du Pont received commendations from U. S. Congress for his brilliant tactical success, and was appointed rear admiral on July 16, 1862.

The citizens of Sulci received in their port the fleet of Nasidius, the admiral of Pompey, and furnished Pompey with supplies ; for which service they were severely punished by Caesar, on his return from Africa, 46 BCE.

One hour later, Foch, accompanied by a British admiral, presented himself at the Ministry of War, where he was immediately received by Georges Clemenceau, the Prime Minister of France.

No longer able to fight, Commander James D. Johnston, captain of Tennessee, requested and received permission from the wounded admiral to surrender.

Kilty was placed on the Retired List on November 25, 1868, and received promotion to rear admiral on July 13, 1870.

At the time of his selection as Chief of Naval Operations, he was the youngest full admiral in the navy, and had only received his fourth star a month prior.

Numerous historians have commented on these unexplained omissions, William James noting that Douglas and Queen Charlotte were particularly unfortunate in this regard as the admiral normally aboard, Rear-Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, was ashore at the court-martial of Captain Anthony Molloy and consequently the ship received no recognition despite being the most heavily engaged of any in the British fleet.

Fieldhouse became Commander-in-Chief Fleet and NATO Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic in April 1981 and received promotion to full admiral on 23 July 1981.