captaincies
Fleet command roles
Captaincies is the plural of captaincy, the position or tenure of a captain.
The term applies to military, naval, or sports leadership: She held three captaincies during her naval career.
Historically, captaincies were administrative divisions in colonial territories, particularly in Portuguese and Spanish colonies: The Brazilian captaincies were granted to nobles by the crown.
Governor-led administrative region
- provinceRegional administrative district
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- dominionAuthority to rule
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
prefecture · viceroyalty · colony · mandate · regency · satrapy · emirate · sultanate
Authoritative instruction given
- admiraltyLaw of the seas
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
squadron · garrison · commission · rank · officer · naval · army · commodore
governorate
Governor-led administrative region
jurisdiction · prefecture · viceroyalty · colony · mandate · regency · satrapy · emirate · sultanate · raj
command
Authoritative instruction given
brigade · squadron · garrison · commission · rank · officer · naval · army · commodore · lieutenant
helm
Vessel's steering mechanism
crew · mariner · quartermaster · navigation · bridge · deck · sailing · seafaring · merchant · privateer
team
Organized cooperative unit
coach · club · franchise · selection · armband · locker-room · dugout · sideline · lineup · season
- BrazilRio, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Amazon River
- Portuguese EmpirePortugal, spice trade, Vasco da Gama, Age of Discovery, slave trade
- Colonial BrazilBrazil, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Sao Paulo
captainciesprivates
Lowest enlisted rank
enlisted ranks · underlings · entry-level positions · apprenticeships
capital, captain, captains, capitulate, captained, decapitate, captaining, captaincy, captainship