Vice admiral (abbreviated as VADM) is the second-highest active rank of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). It is a three-star rank, and was created as a...

is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of vice admiral is held by the Chief of Navy and...

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, are...

below vice admiral. It is usually equivalent to the rank of major general in armies. In the U.S. Navy and some other navies, there are two rear admiral ranks...

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...

army or the air force. Admiral is ranked above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, or fleet admiral. The word admiral in Middle English comes...

Admiral of the fleet (AF) is the highest rank in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and is currently held by Charles III, King of Australia. The rank of Admiral...

Royal Australian Air Force and major general in the Australian Army. Since the mid-1990s, the insignia of a Royal Australian Navy vice admiral is the...

list of Australians who have attained admiral rank within the Royal Australian Navy (RAN); that is, officers who have held the rank of admiral (four-star...

Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, KBE, CB (7 January 1899 – 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in both World...

Wight) Vice-Admiral of Kent Vice-Admiral of Lancashire Vice-Admiral of Lincolnshire Vice-Admiral of Norfolk Vice-Admiral of Northumberland Vice-Admiral of...

Vice-Admiral William Bligh FRS (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was a British officer in the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best known...

Vice Admiral Russell Edward Shalders, AO, CSC (born 28 September 1951) is a retired admiral of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He served as Vice Chief...

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...

force-specific rank structure. Air vice-marshal is usually equivalent to a rear admiral or a major general. The rank of Air Vice-Marshal is immediately senior...

Admiral Christopher Alexander Barrie, AC (born 29 May 1945) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of the Defence...

Air vice-marshal (abbreviated as AVM) is the third highest active rank of the Royal Australian Air Force and was created as a direct equivalent of the...

of admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the United States Navy. It ranks above vice admiral (three-star...

Secretary of Defence. The rank associated with the position is vice admiral (3-star). Vice Admiral Mark Hammond is the current Chief of Navy; he assumed the position...

1932–1934 Vice-Admiral Sir William Kerr 1934–1935 Vice-Admiral Edward Astley-Rushton 1935–1937 Vice-Admiral Sir Gerald Dickens 1937–1939 Vice Admiral Sir Max...

States Navy admiral who served as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2007 to September 2011. Mullen was the 32nd vice chief of Naval...

Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS (5 July 1805 – 30 April 1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy, politician and scientist who served as the second...

Vice Admiral Michael Joseph Noonan, AO (born 13 December 1966) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of Navy from...

Vice Admiral Christopher Angus Ritchie AO (born 16 January 1949) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Chief of Navy...

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...

Vice Admirals Jisaburō Ozawa, Nobutake Kondō, and Ibō Takahashi, the Japanese swept the inadequate remaining American, British, Dutch and Australian naval...

the eastern Mediterranean, where she reinforced the squadron led by Vice Admiral Parker using gunboat diplomacy to secure an uneasy peace in the region...

Mikawa (三川 軍一, Mikawa Gun'ichi, 29 August 1888 – 25 February 1981) was a vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Mikawa was the...

bishops 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...

Vice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence (born 1 March 1955) is a retired Royal Navy officer and husband of Anne, Princess Royal, the only sister...