Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in many navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force. Admiral is ranked above vice admiral and below admiral of ...

Archibald Peile Stoddart, CB (5 September 1860 – 18 December 1939) was a

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officer. He was best known for his participation in the

Battle of the Falkland Islands The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after their defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, ...

in 1914, where he was second-in-command to

Vice-Admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. Australia In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of vic ...

Sir Doveton Sturdee.{{Cite web , title=Archibald Peile Stoddart , url=http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Archibald_Peile_Stoddart , website=The Dreadnought Project Stoddart was the son of Rear-Admiral James Stoddart and the grandson of Rear-Admiral Pringle Stoddart. The artist Margaret Stoddart was his niece by his younger brother.

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