Admiral (disambiguation)

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Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers.

Admiral may also refer to:

Companies

• Admiral (electrical appliances), a brand of electrical appliances
  • Admiral Overseas Corporation (AOC), a former subsidiary
• Admiral (gambling), a British high street gambling chain
• Admiral Administration, a hedge fund administrator acquired by the Maitland Group
• Admiral Apartments, a 1909 Tudor Revival apartment building in Portland, Oregon, United States
• Admiral Cruises, a former subsidiary of Royal Caribbean
• Admiral Group, a motor insurance company based in Cardiff, Wales
• Admiral Insurance, part of the Admiral Group
• Admiral Sportswear, a British sportswear brand

Films

• The Admiral (2008 film), a 2008 Russian historical film about Alexander Kolchak
• The Admiral: Roaring Currents, a 2014 South Korean film
• Michiel de Ruyter (film), a 2015 Dutch film released internationally under the title Admiral

People

• Admiral Bailey, Jamaican dancehall deejay
• Admiral Dewey Larry (born 1958), American football player
• Admiral Schofield (born 1997), American basketball player
• Virginia Admiral (1915–2000), American painter and poet, mother of actor Robert De Niro
• David Robinson (basketball) (born 1965), American basketball player nicknamed "The Admiral"
• Jack Nimitz (1930–2009), American jazz saxophonist nicknamed "The Admiral"

Places

• Admiral, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Canada
• Admiral, West Virginia, an American unincorporated community

Naval vessels

• Admiral-class ironclad, a class of Royal Navy ships, six of which were built
• Admiral-class battlecruiser, a class of Royal Navy ships, of which only HMS Hood was completed
• USS Admiral, three ships of the U.S. Navy

Transportation

• SS Admiral, an American excursion steamboat
• SS Admiral (1890), a British steamer that was operated by the German East Africa Line
• Opel Admiral, a German luxury car
• Admiral (train), a named passenger service of the Pennsylvania Railroad

Sports

• Admiral's Cup, an international yachting regatta
• Admiral Vladivostok, a Russian ice hockey team set to join the Kontinental Hockey League in 2013–14
• Amsterdam Admirals, a defunct American football team from Amsterdam
• Milwaukee Admirals, an American Hockey League franchise
• Norfolk Admirals (AHL), an American Hockey League franchise
• Norfolk Admirals (ECHL), an East Coast Hockey League team

Other uses

• Admiral (butterfly) or Limenitis, a genus of butterflies
• Admiral (grape), another name for the German/Italian wine grape Trollinger
• Admiral (novel), a 2016 military science fiction novel by Sean Danker
• Admirals (philately), a series of definitive stamps issued in the British Commonwealth
• Admiral Theater, a landmark film theater in West Seattle, Washington
• Admiral Theatre, an adult venue in Chicago, Illinois

See also

• All pages beginning with admiral
• All pages with a title containing admiral