vice admiral
Let an agent explain the vice admiral rank, relay equivalents and insignia across navies from public sources, describe history, and distinguish it from rear admiral, admiral and vice-admiral offices.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the vice admiral rank, relay equivalents and insignia across navies from public sources, describe history, and distinguish it from rear admiral, admiral and vice-admiral offices.
A senior naval flag officer rank, above rear admiral and below admiral, equivalent to a three-star rank and to lieutenant general in armies, known as vicealmirante in Spanish-speaking navies, with historical forms such as Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy and offices such as quartermaster general of the Spanish Navy, and in some navies distinctions between effective and graduate vice-admirals; vice admirals command fleets, regions and major staffs.
What it is for: Not applicable; a naval rank.
It can be explain the rank and role; relay equivalents and insignia; describe history; distinguish adjacent ranks and offices.
Distinguishing features
Three-star rank
Fleet command
Varied national forms
Historical offices
What it looks like
Three-star insignia or three broad sleeve stripes with a loop, by navy.
Physical character
NATO code: OF-8 rank
How it is recognised
Three-star naval flag officer
Vicealmirante, Vice Admiral of the Royal Navy, effective and graduate vice-admiral
Rear admiral is two-star; admiral is four-star; lieutenant general is the army equivalent
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
ranks above - the two-star rank
ranks below - the four-star rank
is equivalent to - in armies
In practice
Families and kinds
vice admiral in the US Navy, Royal Navy and Commonwealth navies
vicealmirante in Spanish and Latin American navies
vice-amiral and equivalents in other navies
historical office of Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom
coast guard vice admirals
Identifiers
NATO STANAG 2116 OF-8 rank comparison
Standards and regulation
National naval rank regulations
NATO rank comparison standards
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing rank with historical vice-admiral offices
Mismatching equivalents
Stale insignia information
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.vice-admiral
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a vice admiral is.
Definition.
Definition
Rank and role.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a vice admiral, and what commands and posts does the rank hold? definition
- Is the question about the rank or a historical vice-admiral office? boundary
Equivalents
Equivalents.
Equivalents
Equivalents.
- How do vicealmirante and other national forms correspond, and what are effective and graduate vice-admirals? definition
- Which entry fits the specific navy? action
Systems Rank systems.
Sources.
Comparison
Comparison.
Comparison
Comparison.
- How does the rank map across NATO and other navies? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Insignia
Insignia.
Insignia
Insignia.
- What insignia do vice admirals wear in different navies? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific service? action
Career Career.
Practice.
Promotion
Promotion.
Promotion
Promotion.
- How are officers promoted to vice admiral, in general terms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Holders
Notable holders.
Holders
Holders.
- Which vice admirals have been notable, with sources? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific person? action
Context History.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the vice admiral rank develop from the age of sail squadron system? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of naval ranks? action
Offices
Historical offices.
Offices
Offices.
- What were the Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and quartermaster general of the Spanish Navy? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific office? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom be a separate entry?
- How should rank comparison sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming national forms and offices; should they be split off?