Admiral (disambiguation) explained

Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers.

Admiral may also refer to:

Companies

• Admiral (electrical appliances), a brand of electrical appliances
  • Admiral Overseas Corporation (AOC), a former subsidiary
• Admiral (gambling), a British high street gambling chain
• Admiral Administration, a hedge fund administrator
• Admiral Cruises, a former subsidiary of Royal Caribbean
• Admiral Group, a motor insurance company based in Cardiff, Wales
  • Admiral Insurance, part of the Admiral Group
• Admiral Sportswear, a British sportswear brand

Films

• Admiral (2008 film), a Russian historical film about Alexander Kolchak
• , a 2014 South Korean film
• Isoroku (film), also known as The Admiral and Admiral Yamamoto, a 2011 Japanese film
• Michiel de Ruyter (film), a 2015 Dutch film released internationally under the title Admiral

People

Given name or nickname

• Admiral Bailey, Jamaican dancehall deejay
• Admiral Dewey Larry (born 1958), American football player
• Admiral Muskwe (born 1998), Zimbabwean footballer
• Admiral Schofield (born 1997), American basketball player
• Jack Nimitz (1930–2009), American jazz saxophonist nicknamed "The Admiral"
• David Robinson (born 1965), American basketball player nicknamed "The Admiral"

Surname

• Jan l'Admiral (1699–1773), Dutch engraver
• Kevin Admiral, United States Army brigadier general
• Virginia Admiral (1915–2000), American painter and poet, mother of actor Robert De Niro

Places

• Admiral, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Canada
• Admiral, West Virginia, United States, a former unincorporated community
• North Admiral, Seattle, sometimes simply called Admiral or the Admiral district, a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States

Ships

• , a class of Royal Navy ships, of which only HMS Hood was completed
• , a class of six Royal Navy ships
• , three ships of the United States Navy
• SS Admiral (1890), a steamship that was renamed Rosalind in 1902
• , a Great Lakes steamer that sank in Lake Erie in 1942
• SS Admiral (1905), a steamship that was renamed Portuguese: Lourenço Marques in 1916
• , a Mississippi riverboat that was scrapped in 2011

Sports

• Admiral Vladivostok, a Russian ice hockey team
• Admiral F.C., a Kenyan association football team
• Admiral's Cup, an international yachting regatta
• Amsterdam Admirals, a defunct American football team from Amsterdam
• Milwaukee Admirals, an American Hockey League franchise
• Mobile Admirals, a professional American football team in 1999
• Norfolk Admirals (AHL), an American Hockey League franchise
• Norfolk Admirals (ECHL), an East Coast Hockey League team

Other uses

• Admiral (train), a named passenger service of the Pennsylvania Railroad
• Opel Admiral, a German luxury car
• Admiral (butterfly) or Limenitis, a genus of butterflies
• Admiral (grape), another name for the German/Italian wine grape Trollinger
• Admiral (novel), a 2016 military science fiction novel by Sean Danker
• Admirals (philately), a series of definitive stamps issued in the British Commonwealth
• Admiral Apartments, a 1909 apartment building in Portland, Oregon, United States
• Admiral Theater, a landmark film theater in West Seattle, Washington
• Admiral Theatre, an adult venue in Chicago, Illinois

See also

• Admiralty (disambiguation)