| 单词 | admiral of the red |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(Rear, Vice) Admiral of the Red 9. = red squadron n. at Compounds 1f(c)(i); esp. in (Rear, Vice) Admiral of the Red. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > squadron > specific Irish guard1644 blue1653 Blue Squadron1665 white squadron1666 white1668 red1690 red squadron1702 1690 London Gaz. No. 2541/3 A second Rate, and Rear-Admiral of the Red. 1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) iii. 600 Rear-Admiral of the Red. 1805 Admiralty Notice in Naval Chron. 14 439 His Majesty having been pleased to order the rank of Admirals of the Red to be restored to His Majesty's Navy. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 126/2 Admirals of the Red bear their flag at the main-top-gallant-mast-head. 1862 Queen's Regulations for Govt. Naval Service 17 The Admiral of the Fleet, and the Admirals of the Red, White, and Blue, shall wear their proper Flag. 1929 C. L. Lewis Famous Old-World Sea Fighters vi. 134 During this day, the English Vice Admiral of the ‘Red’, John Lawson, particularly distinguished himself. 2006 J. Derriman Marooned (ed. 2) 148 The captain, John Rolles, far from being dismissed the service, eventually became Rear-Admiral of the Red. < as lemmas |
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