Admiralissimo

Common military ranks in English
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Admiral of the fleet	Marshal or Field marshal	Marshal of the air force
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Captain	Colonel	Group captain
Commander	Lieutenant colonel	Wing commander
Lieutenant commander	Major or Commandant	Squadron leader
Lieutenant	Captain	Flight lieutenant
Sub-lieutenant	Lieutenant or First lieutenant	Flying officer
Ensign	Second lieutenant	Pilot officer
Midshipman	Officer cadet	Flight cadet
Enlisted grades
Warrant officer or Chief petty officer	Warrant officer or Sergeant major	Warrant officer
Petty officer	Sergeant	Sergeant
Leading seaman	Corporal	Corporal
Seaman	Private	Aircraftman

Admiralissimo is an informal title for a chief naval officer,^[1] usually inferring supreme naval command. It does not correspond to any particular rank, probably derives from Italian, 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]

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.
2. Edward Hamilton Currey (1928). Sea Wolves of the Mediterranean. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 978-1-4655-3746-1.
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.
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.
5. CHAP 378, "An act creating the office of Admiral of the Navy", United States Congress