Admiral of the White was a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, immediately outranked by the rank Admiral of the Red (see order of precedence below).

The Royal Navy introduced the formal flag rank of Admiral of the Fleet in 1688.

[2] The Navy was divided into three squadrons Red, White and Blue in order of seniority.

Admirals were appointed to these squadrons and therefore their rank and squadron split the seniority into nine bands with ‘Admiral of the Fleet' forming a tenth senior to all others.

Ships of the Royal Navy flew the ensign that coincided with the squadron of their commanding officer.