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Regulations & Instructions - 1808
Relating to His majesty's service at sea.
Section III - Chapter I
For Flag Officers not Commanding in Chief.
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| Article I |
| EVERY Flag Officer serving in a Fleet, but not commanding it, is to superintend with great attention all the Ships of the Squadron or Divisions put under his directions ; he is to see that their Crews are properly disciplined ; that all Orders and Regulations am punctually attended to and obeyed ; that the Stores, Provisions, and Water are kept as complete, and the Ships in every respect as fit for Service, as circumstances will admit ; that the Ship's Companies, Seamen, and Marines are frequently exercised in their respective duties ; that the Ships are perfectly clean, and that every proper precaution is taken for preserving the health of their Crews. |
General duties of Flag Officers serving in a fleet, but not commanding it. |
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| Article II |
| Every Flag Officer being responsible to the Commander in Chief for the good Order and discipline of the Squadron or Division he commands, all reports of the state of the Ships, and their defects; all applications for repairs or refitting ; all demands for Stores or Provisions; and all representations of the State of their Crews, or misconduct of their Officers or Men, are to be made to him. The Commander of a Division is to report to the Commander of the Squadron to which he belongs, and the Commander of a Squadron to the Commander in Chief, except in cases in which the Commander in Chief shall authorize either of them to give such Orders as circumstances may require. |
All reports of a Flag Officer commanding a Squadron to be made to the commander in Chief.
Commander of a division to report to the Commander of a Squadron ; and Commander of a Squadron to the Commander in Chief. |
| Article III |
| Every Flag Officer is to enjoin the Captains under his directions to observe the most rigid economy in the expenditure of Stores; he is to examine carefully every, application for Supplies, and the causes which have made them necessary, and he is to report to the Commander in Chief every instance of profusion or neglect, that the Officer guilty of it may be treated as his conduct shall deserve. |
Injunctions of Flag Officers to the Captain under their directions. |
| Article IV |
| Every Flag Officer, when at Sea, is to be particularly attentive in observing that the Ship which carries his Flag, and all the Squadron or Division under his Orders, preserve very correctly their station in whatever line or order of Sailing the Fleet may be formed. And when any Evolution is performing, he is to be very attentive to the manner in which the Ships under his directions perform it, always correcting immediately by Signal, or otherwise, as he shall think fit, every apparent want of activity and exertion, and every appearance of neglect or mistake. |
Flag Officers when at sea to be attentive to the Order of Sailing and other evolutions performed by the Squadron or Division under their Command ; And to the manner in which why are performed. |
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| Article V |
| The Commander of one Squadron or Division may correct, by Signal or otherwise, the mistake or negligence of a Ship in another Squadron or Division, whenever it is probable that, from their relative situations, that Ship cannot be distinctly seen by the Flag Officer commanding the Squadron or Division to which it belongs; or whenever, being in the presence of an Enemy, the Flag Officer commanding that Squadron or Division, whatever may be his situation, does not himself immediately correct such negligence or mistake.
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In what cases the Commander of one Squadron or division may correct the mistake or negligence of a ship belonging to another Squadron or Division. |
| Article VI |
| Every Flag Ofcer, when in Battle, is very attentively to observe the conduct of every Ship near him, whether of the Squadron or Division he commands, or not, and he is, at the end of the Battle, to report it to the Commander in Chief, that every Officer may be commended or censured as his conduct shall really deserve. And if any Flag Officer shall observe any Ship evidently avoiding the Battle, or not doing her duty properly in it, he is immediately to send an Officer to suspend the Captain of that Ship, and to take the command of her in his stead; but if it be not one of those under his directions, he is, at the same time, if circumstances will admit of it, to give notice to the Flag Officer to whose Squadron the Ship belongs, that he may, if he think fit, send one of his Officers to command her. |
Flag Officers in battle, to observe attentively the conduct of every Ship near them, whether of their Squadron or not, And report it to the Commander in Chief.
Flag Officers observing any Ship avoiding Battle or not doing her duty in it, are to send an Officer to suspend the captain of that Ship.
If the Ship belongs to another Squadron the Flag Officer to whom it belongs to be acquainted. |
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| Article VII |
| If any Flag Officer shall be killed in Battle, his Flag is to be kept flying, and signals are to be repeated, and necessary signals made on board the Ship, in the same manner as if he were still alive, until the Battle shall be finished, and the Commander in Chief shall order the Flag to be struck : but information of the death of a Flag Officer, or of his being rendered incapable of attending to his duty, is to be sent as expeditiously as possible to the Commander in Chief, and to the nearest Flag Officer. |
The Flag of the Flag Officer killed in battle to be kept flying until the battle is finished.
Commander in Chief and the nearest Flag Officer to be made acquainted. |
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