Vice-admiral
Vice-admiral : The officer next in rank and command to the admiral; his flag is displayed at the fore-top-mast-head. Vice-admiral is also a civil officer appointed by the lords-commissioners of the admiralty. There are several of these officers established in different parts of Great-Britain, with judges and marshals under them, for executing jurisdiction within their respective districts. Their decisions, however, are not final, an appeal lying to the court of admiralty in London