Talk:What is a Navy?/@comment-1715389-20130630045057

You might also want to add that there are some Navies who have the rank "Admiral of the Navy" (or an equivalent, such as Britain's "First Lord of the Admiralty", which may be temporary or permanent).

Another rank is "General-Admiral", which although never used today was in fact used once in history (during the American Civil War, a Confederate Navy Admiral was forced to command forces in a land battle, but complained to Confederate President Jefferson Davis that he had no authority over the Army as he's an Admiral; in response, Davis made him a "General-Admiral", the only confirmed case of such a thing in history).