5-542: Vice Admiral Frederick Henry Stirling (1829 – November 1885) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station . He was a son of Admiral Sir James Stirling , the first Governor of Western Australia and Ellen Mangles. Having been born at sea on the barque Parmelia , off the Cape of Good Hope, Stirling was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1848. He went on to serve in
10-584: A number of times during this period. In the Royal Navy, the rank of vice-admiral should be distinguished from the office of Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom , which is an Admiralty position usually held by a retired full admiral, and that of Vice-Admiral of the Coast , a now obsolete office dealing with naval administration in each of the maritime counties. Vice-admirals are entitled to fly
15-531: Is immediately superior to the rear admiral rank and is subordinate to the full admiral rank. The equivalent rank in the British Army and Royal Marines is lieutenant-general ; and in the Royal Air Force , it is air marshal . The Royal Navy has had vice-admirals since at least the 16th century. When the fleet was deployed, the vice-admiral would be in the leading portion or van , acting as
20-575: The Black Sea during the Crimean War . Promoted to captain in 1860, he was given command of HMS Warrior and then HMS Clio . He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Australia Squadron , in 1870 and Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station , in 1879. Vice Admiral (Royal Navy) A vice-admiral ( VAdm ) is a flag officer rank of the Royal Navy and equates to the NATO rank code OF-8 . It
25-528: The deputy to the admiral. The rank of Vice-Admiral evolved from that of Lieutenant of the Admiralty (1546–1564) that being an officer who acted as secretary to the Lord Admiral of England and lapsed in 1876 but was revived in 1901 by King Edward VII . Prior to 1864 the Royal Navy was divided into coloured squadrons which determined his career path . The command flags flown by a Vice-Admiral changed
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