Royal Navy
Port admiral was a positional rank, now apparently defunct, in the British Royal Navy.
A port admiral was not an actual admiral, but typically a veteran captain who served as the shore commander of a British naval port and was in charge of supplying, refitting, and maintaining the ships docked at harbour. As the port admiral technically had control of a fleet of ships, albeit mostly in drydock and layup, the position was granted the status of a navy admiral.
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What we can’t or can
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