Admiralissimo Explained

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 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]
• Deodoro da Fonseca

Notes and References

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