Admiral (admiraal) is a rank of the Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) that can be held by either an Naval officer appointed by the government or a member of the royal family. The nobility connection to the rank of Admiral possibly originated in 1830 when King William I promoted his son prince Frederik (who was already the Secretary of State for War and Navy) to the rank of Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The next promotion to Admiral took place in 1879 when King William III made his brother, Prince Hendrik, Admiral to honor him for a long career in the Navy.
In the modern Netherlands Navy, the rank of Admiral is still an offical position but at present is not used as an active rank. The seniority of all Netherlands Admiral ranks is as follows:
Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers.
The word Admiral has today come to be almost exclusively associated with the highest naval rank in most of the world's navies, equivalent to the Army rank of (Full) General.
Admiral of the Navy was only ever held by one U.S. officer; in 1945, the U.S. Navy considered creating the equivalent rank of Flag Admiral, but nothing came of the proposal.
The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) is the navy of the Netherlands.
By decree of Maximillian of Austria, on 8th of January 1488, the present Royal Netherlands Navy was formed.
The Royal Netherlands Military Flying School was established at Jackson Field, Mississippi, operating lend-lease aircraft, training all military aircrew for the Netherlands.
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