[f. ADMIRAL sb. + -SHIP.]
1. The office or position of an admiral.
1617. Minsheu, Admiralship, the estate and office of the Admirall.
1872. Daily News, 5 Aug. The steamer was commanded by her own legal master, but the admiralship of the day was shared by Mr. Pegler.
2. Capability of performing the duties of an admiral.
1873. Masson, Drumm. of H., viii. 172. All faith in his generalship and admiralship for the rest of the war had been lost.
