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Admiralissimo is an informal title for a chief naval officer,[1] usually implying supreme naval command. It does not correspond to any particular rank, probably[weasel words] derives from Italian,[original research?] and is a naval equivalent of generalissimo.

List of senior naval officers referred to as admiralissimo

  • Hayreddin Barbarossa - 15th/16th century Turkish admiral[2]
  • Albrecht von Wallenstein - admiral of the Baltic Sea
  • John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe - British admiral of the fleet.[3]
  • Lord Charles Beresford - British 19th/20th century admiral.[4]
  • Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère - Commander-in-Chief of France's Mediterranean forces
  • George Dewey - American Admiral of the Navy[5]
  • Deodoro da Fonseca

References

  1. Charles à Court Repington (1 March 2001). The First World War: Personal Experiences. Simon Publications LLC. p. 317. ISBN 978-1-931313-72-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=ouj57qDK7yQC&pg=PA317. 
  2. Edward Hamilton Currey (1928). Sea Wolves of the Mediterranean. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 978-1-4655-3746-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=wjqoPlT80p0C. 
  3. Robert K. Massie (1 September 2013). Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany and the Winning of the Great War at Sea. Head of Zeus. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-78185-669-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=MfiPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT70. 
  4. Dr Robert L Davison (28 July 2013). The Challenges of Command: The Royal Navy's Executive Branch Officers, 1880-1919. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. ISBN 978-1-4094-8241-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=GAeiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT199. 
  5. CHAP 378, "An act creating the office of Admiral of the Navy", United States Congress