who commands a ship when an Admiral and the Captain is on a same ship?
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The captain commands the ship; that’s an ancient and immutable naval tradition. Admirals can give orders to captains, but each captain is the master of their individual ship.
If the admiral doesn’t like what they’re doing, they can relieve the captain and either assume command personally or appoint someone else. But until the moment they do that, the captain is in charge. An admiral just countermanding the orders of a captain at sea would be grossly out of line, and IMHO a super bad example for the admiral to set.
If we aren’t talking about a movie…the two officers should talk in private and iron out any disagreements or misunderstandings there, so that when they’re in front of the crew they look harmonious and professional. If that doesn’t happen, they (and particularly the admiral, for whom the expectations are even higher) have royally screwed up.
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