who commands a ship when an Admiral and the Captain is on a same ship?
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In a group of ships, each of the ships have a captain that is in charge of that ship.
There is an admiral in charge of the overall formation – or fleet – of ships. The admiral is said to have their “flag” on that ship, and the captain on the same ship is called the “flag captain”.
The admiral may have a separate command space in the ship known as the “flag bridge”. The admiral is in charge of the whole fleet and doesn’t concern themselves with they ship they happen to be on.
The same sort of thing happens on a single ship. The captain is in charge of strategy and planning looking forward, and the executive officer is in charge of the day-to-day operation of the ship.
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