Admiralissimo is an informal title for a chief naval officer,[1] usually implying supreme naval command. It does not correspond to any particular rank, probably[weasel words] derives from Italian,[original research?] and is a naval equivalent of generalissimo.
List of senior naval officers referred to as admiralissimo
edit- Hayreddin Barbarossa - 15th/16th century Turkish admiral[2]
- Albrecht von Wallenstein - admiral of the Baltic Sea
- John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe - British admiral of the fleet.[3]
- Lord Charles Beresford - British 19th/20th century admiral.[4]
- Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère - Commander-in-Chief of France's Mediterranean forces
- George Dewey - American Admiral of the Navy[5]
- Deodoro da Fonseca
References
edit- ^ Charles à Court Repington (1 March 2001). The First World War: Personal Experiences. Simon Publications LLC. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-931313-72-8.
- ^ Edward Hamilton Currey (1928). Sea Wolves of the Mediterranean. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 978-1-4655-3746-1.
- ^ Robert K. Massie (1 September 2013). Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea. Head of Zeus. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-78185-669-7.
- ^ Dr Robert L Davison (28 July 2013). The Challenges of Command: The Royal Navy's Executive Branch Officers, 1880-1919. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4094-8241-3.
- ^ CHAP 378, "An act creating the office of Admiral of the Navy", United States Congress