Rear admiral (abbreviated as RADM) is the third-highest active rank of the Royal Australian Navy and was created as a direct equivalent of the British...

Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies. In most European navies, the equivalent rank is called counter admiral. Rear admiral...

The current ranks are rear admiral, vice admiral, admiral and admiral of the fleet, also known as flag ranks because admirals, known as flag officers...

have held the rank of admiral (four-star rank), vice admiral (three-star rank) or rear admiral (two-star rank). The Commonwealth Naval Forces were established...

positions since 1913 were: Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Fleet (1913–1926), Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron (1926–1949), Flag Officer...

only four persons including Admiral David Dixon Porter, Arctic explorer Rear Admiral Donald Baxter MacMillan and Rear Admiral Frederic R. Harris, to have...

Admiral David Lance Johnston, AC (born 1962) is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Deputy Commander Joint Task Force 633 on Operation...

Rear Admiral Christopher Erson Smith, AM, CSM is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He has commanded the ships HMAS Gladstone (2002–04), HMAS Darwin...

admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral...

Vice Admiral Mark David Hammond AO is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), serving as the Chief of Navy since July 2022. He joined the...

Vice admiral is a higher rank than rear admiral, but lower than admiral. Vice admiral is the equivalent of air marshal in the Royal Australian Air Force...

something from everybody. In 1884 Tryon was promoted to rear admiral and placed in command of the Australian Station. He left England on 4 December 1884 on board...

Admiral of the fleet (AF) is the highest rank in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), but is a ceremonial, not active or operational, rank. It equates to...

1944–1945 Rear-Admiral Charles Harris 1945–1947 Rear-Admiral Leslie Ashmore 1947–1948 Rear-Admiral Reginald Servaes 1948–1951 Vice-Admiral Sir Robin Bridge...

appointment in the Royal Australian Navy, responsible to the Chief of Navy (CN). The rank associated with the position is rear admiral (2-star). The following...

Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Mark...

general and air commodore. It is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral. It is either regarded as the most junior of the flag officers rank or...

comprising both Australian Border Force (ABF) and Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel, led by a rear admiral in the Royal Australian Navy. In 2024...

Rear Admiral Phillip Parker King, FRS, RN (13 December 1791 – 26 February 1856) was an early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts. King was...

of the military, are equivalent to a brigadier, air vice marshall, or rear admiral (O-8). Without prejudice to existing holders of the rank, the Army has...

Rear Admiral Peter Michael Quinn, AO, CSC is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy. He has served as Head of Navy Capability from 2017...

The Yellow admiral or Australian admiral (Vanessa itea) is a butterfly native to Australia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Islands. The Māori...

Rear Admiral Michael John Slattery, AM (born 1954) is a Royal Australian Naval Reserve officer and lawyer. He has been a justice of the Supreme Court of...

Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH (baptised 22 May 1785 – 29 July 1860) was a naval officer and the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December...

Vice Admiral Timothy William Barrett, AO, CSC (born 8 January 1959) is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve. Barrett served as Commander...

Rear Admiral Sir Richard John Trowbridge, KCVO (21 January 1920 – 4 May 2003), was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and the 25th Governor of Western...

Admiral Jonathan Dallas Mead, AO (born 3 November 1964) is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. He joined the navy via the Royal Australian...

Vice Admiral Justin Garred Jones, AO, CSC is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), serving as the Chief of Joint Operations since July 2024...

28 March 2014. "Rear Admiral Rowan Carlisle Moffitt". Who's Who in Australia Online. ConnectWeb. Retrieved 3 January 2018. "Rear Admiral Steve Gilmore,...

USS Illinois, which was berthed in Brooklyn. The Illinois was the flagship of Rear Admiral Arent S. Crowninshield, and King got to know Crowninshield's staff well...