Post-Captain Seniority List

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A fleet of ships of the line in line-ahead. Not a portrait.

Overview

The rule is already on the Royal Navy — Institutional Overview. The officer corps was strictly hierarchical. Promotion to post-captain secured a place on the seniority list.¹

The Rule

This note covers that seniority rule only. From there, promotion to admiral was automatic if you lived long enough. Named officers and extra dates stay off.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• Royal Navy — Institutional Overview

Related

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• Royal Navy — Institutional Overview
• Board of Admiralty — London
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Cross-Domain

• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. Officer corps strictly hierarchical; promotion to post-captain secured a place on the seniority list: Royal Navy — Institutional Overview. ↩

2. Promotion to admiral automatic if you lived long enough: same note. Do not invent names or dates beyond that overview. ↩