| 单词 | admiral of the white |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAdmiral of the White 19. Also with capital initial. = white squadron n. at Compounds 1f. Also in Admiral of the White: a commander of the white squadron. 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 1653 List Common-wealth of Englands Navie (single sheet) The English Colours, and White Flaggs, committed to the Conduct of William Penn, Ebs; Vice-Admirall of England, and Admirall of the White Flagg.] 1668 D. Lloyd Memoires 110 Sir William Berkley..Governor of Portsmouth, and Vice Admiral of the White in the last years Expedition. a1699 S. Pepys in A. Macgeorge Flags (1881) 69 The Lord Harvey was Rear Admirall..bearing..a white flag in the maine topp, and was Admirall of ye squadron of white colours.] 1704 J. Chamberlayne Chamberlayne's Angliæ Notitia (ed. 21) 572 Admirals of the Fleet..White, Sir Cloudesly Shovel, Admiral. James Wishart, Esq. Vice-Admiral. 1751 Court & City Reg. 168 A List of the Admirals of the Royal Navy of Great-Britain... Admirals of the White. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. iii. 48 He is rear admiral of the white. 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. 1914 C. Beresford Mem. I. iii. 37 Admiral of the White Sir John Louis, Bart., served in the Mediterranean in 1804. 1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean (1996) iii. 47 He then voluntarily proposed Peter's appointment as master and commander, as post-captain, as rear-admiral of the blue, red and white. 1999 Albion 31 655 He [sc. Prince Rupert] was Admiral of the White under the Duke of York at Solebay in 1665 and then shared command of the fleet with George Monck in 1666. < as lemmas |
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