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Vice-admiral (Royal Navy)

Military rank in the Royal Navy

Field	Value
name	Vice-Admiral
image	Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg
image_size	100px
caption	Flag of a vice-admiral, Royal Navy
image2	British Royal Navy OF-8-collected.svg
image_size2	100px
caption2	Insignia shoulder board and Sleeve lace for Vice-admiral
country	United Kingdom
service branch
abbreviation	VADM / V Adm
rank	Three-star
NATO rank	OF-8
Non-NATO rank	8
higher rank	Admiral
lower rank	Rear Admiral
equivalents

Note

the British military rank

| Non-NATO rank = 8

A vice-admiral (VAdm) is a flag officer rank of the Royal Navy and equates to the NATO rank code OF-8. It 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.

History

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 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 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.

Rank insignia and personal flag

Vice-admirals are entitled to fly a personal flag. A vice-admiral flies a St George's cross defaced with a red disc in the hoist.

The rank of vice-admiral itself is shown in its sleeve lace by a broad band with two narrower bands. Since 2001, it has been designated a three-star rank, when the number of stars on the shoulder board were increased to three.

File:British Royal Navy (sleeves) OF-8.svg|Sleeve lace File:British Royal Navy OF-8.svg|Shoulder board File:British Royal Navy OF-7.svg|Shoulder board prior to 2001 File:Flag of Vice-Admiral - Royal Navy.svg|Command flag

Former command flags

Main article: List of command flags of the Royal Navy

References

Sources

Perrin, W. G. (William Gordon) (1922). "IV:Flags of Command". British flags, their early history, and their development at sea; with an account of the origin of the flag as a national device. Cambridge, England: Cambridge : The University Press.

References

(10 November 2015). "History of Naval Ranks and Rates". National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
(1922). "British flags, their early history, and their development at sea; with an account of the origin of the flag as a national device". Cambridge : The University Press.
[http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/conMediaFile.21093 royalnavy.mod.uk] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-09-27 — Uniforms and Badges of Rank: Admiral)
Vice-admiral is a three-star rank in NATO, Commonwealth and, since 2001, the Royal Navy (Refer UK DCI (Joint Service) 125/2001).

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