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'''Vice-Admiral''' is a [[Flag Rank]] in the [[Royal Navy]], and is the third-most senior officers' rank, ranking above {{RearRN}} and below {{AdmRN}}. During the [[Dreadnought Era]] a Vice-Admiral would normally be found serving as a | '''Vice-Admiral''' is a [[Flag Rank]] in the [[Royal Navy]], and is the third-most senior officers' rank, ranking above {{RearRN}} and below {{AdmRN}}. During the [[Dreadnought Era]] a Vice-Admiral would normally be found serving as a Senior Officer of a Battle Squadron, as a Commander-in-Chief on a foreign station, or as a [[Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty]]. A number of Vice-Admirals would be unemployed, and therefore on [[Half-Pay]]. | ||
==Compulsory Retirement== | |||
Officers promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral prior to 1 April, 1914 were required to be retired after five years since their last service as a Flag Officer. If they were promoted to the rank of Admiral without service as a Vice-Admiral, they were compulsorily retired.<ref>''Navy List'' (October, 1915). p. 815.</ref> | |||
Officers promoted Vice-Admiral on or after 1 April, 1914 were retired after three years since their last service as a Flag Officer, but not until after one year on the list of Vice-Admirals.<ref>Ibid.</ref> | |||
After 1 April, 1914, Flag Officers who reached the age of sixty without hoisting their flag were to be then retired. And Flag Officer who had not hoisted their flag for a period of seven years was to be retired at the expiration of such period.<ref>Ibid.</ref> | |||
Officers who retired with the rank of Vice-Admiral were entitled to rise by seniority to the rank of Retired Admiral.<ref>Ibid.</ref> | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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Revision as of 09:56, 10 October 2010
Vice-Admiral is a Flag Rank in the Royal Navy, and is the third-most senior officers' rank, ranking above Rear-Admiral and below Admiral. During the Dreadnought Era a Vice-Admiral would normally be found serving as a Senior Officer of a Battle Squadron, as a Commander-in-Chief on a foreign station, or as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. A number of Vice-Admirals would be unemployed, and therefore on Half-Pay.
Compulsory Retirement
Officers promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral prior to 1 April, 1914 were required to be retired after five years since their last service as a Flag Officer. If they were promoted to the rank of Admiral without service as a Vice-Admiral, they were compulsorily retired.[1]
Officers promoted Vice-Admiral on or after 1 April, 1914 were retired after three years since their last service as a Flag Officer, but not until after one year on the list of Vice-Admirals.[2]
After 1 April, 1914, Flag Officers who reached the age of sixty without hoisting their flag were to be then retired. And Flag Officer who had not hoisted their flag for a period of seven years was to be retired at the expiration of such period.[3]
Officers who retired with the rank of Vice-Admiral were entitled to rise by seniority to the rank of Retired Admiral.[4]
Footnotes
Bibliography
