vice-admiral of the coast

vice-admiral of the coast
In England, a county officer formerly appointed by the admiral "to be answerable to the high admiral for all the coasts of the sea, when need and occasion shall be." He also had power to arrest ships, when found within a certain district, for the use of the king. His office was judicial as well as ministerial

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