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Rear-Admiral of the White was a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, immediately outranked by the rank Rear-admiral of the red (see order of precedence below). Royal Navy officers currently holding the ranks of commodore, rear admiral, vice admiral and admiral of the fleet are sometimes considered generically to be admirals.
He was promoted to rear-admiral of the blue on 4 July 1794 and raised his flag aboard the 74-gun HMS Defence. He soon transferred his flag to the 74-gun HMS Cumberland and sailed from Portsmouth in March 1795, through the strait of Gibraltar to reinforce the Mediterranean Fleet under Admiral Sir William Hotham off the east coast of Menorca ...
Admiral of the White was a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, immediately outranked by the rank Admiral of the Red (see order of precedence below). From 1688 to 1805 this rank was in order of precedence second; after 1805 it was the third.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 14 Feb 1799, Rear-Admiral of the White, 1 Jan 1801; Rear-Admiral of the Red, 23 Apr 1804; Vice-Admiral of the White, 9 Nov 1805; Vice-Admiral of the Red, 29 Apr 1808; Admiral of the Blue, 31 Jul 1810; Admiral of the White, 4 Jun 1814; Admiral of the Red, 27 May 1825 July 1810 [92] Peter Aplin: 1753 1817
Charles Webber (1722-1783), Rear-Admiral of the White, was a British naval commander who participated in the Battle of Toulon in 1744, the Capture of Quebec in 1759 and the Capture of Havana in 1762. [1] [2]
In 1804 the North Sea Fleet then under the command of Admiral of the White: George Elphinstone, Viscount Keith reached its largest composition consisting of some 170-179 ships (according to sources given) divided primarily between squadrons each commanded by competent admirals including one off Boulogne, France under Rear-Admiral of the Blue ...
The Rear Admiral of the Fleet to fly a green and white striped flag with the cross of saint George in the upper left canton main mast head and flag of saint George rear mast head. The Vice and Rear admirals in his squadron flew plain white flags in their respective positions (main and front) and (main and Rear) mastheads.
While at home, he learned that he was to be raised to the rank of rear-admiral (of the White 14 February 1799). [72] In June 1799, Collingwood returned to sea, hoisting his flag in the 74-gun HMS Triumph, joined the Channel Fleet and sailed to the Mediterranean where the principal naval forces of France and Spain were assembled. [73]