Admiral of the Fleet

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The King's trip has been marked by his appointment to the honorary ranks of Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal, and Marshal in the three services of the Australian Defence Force.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

Taken in Windsor Castle, it is a very traditional formal portrait of the King in an Admiral of the Fleet uniform, with medals and honours on display.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024

It was the first official mention of the participation by the frigate, "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov," which is armed with Zircon missiles.

From Reuters • Jan. 23, 2023

As he paced toweringly about his hotel drawing-room, last week, it was not hard to see him as once he was, as the stern quarterdecker, "The Admiral of the Fleet" to Tsar Nicholas the Last.

From Time Magazine Archive

His Majesty, who had left his crown and robes behind, wore the workmanlike uniform of an Admiral of the Fleet; and the Peers had forgone their scarlet and ermine in favour of khaki and sable.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 14, 1917 by Seaman, Owen, Sir