Sir James being the last on the list, none could be found junior; and they were, therefore, under the necessity of appointing a senior officer.
After the removal of General Swift, Captain Partridge, as senior officer, again took command.
In the special cases of nomination granted to the sons of natives of the colonies a candidate will be allowed to pass a preliminary examination on board the flag or senior Officer’s ship on the Station.
The Commandant at Leopoldville nodded stiffly, and said he would confer with Captain Kettle's senior officer, Commandant Balliot, after which Kettle would probably hear something further.
It was an insane thing to do, and when he had (as senior officer) complimented Kettle on the achievement, the little sailor had coldly replied that he was only carrying out his duty and earning his pay.
The gun fired from the admiral's or senior officer's ship, to announce day-break, which is answered by the muskets of the sentries in the other ships.
A squadron may be detached under a commodore or senior officer.
A book kept for the purpose of copying such occasional successive orders as the admiral, or senior officer, may find it necessary to give.
A senior officer in command of a detached squadron.
I do not have a battle station, so I would remain here unless told otherwise by a senior officer.
She won't have any formal Navy rank, but I want her quartered in a senior officer's cabin, preferably near mine.
As it was nearly calm, we manned and armed four boats, two from the frigate, under the direction of her first lieutenant and my senior officer, and two from our ship, under my orders.
After a struggle of some minutes, in which one of the boats had not joined, my senior officer, who had five of his men wounded, ordered the boats to pull off.
My lad," he said kindly, "let this be the last time you disobey your senior officer.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "senior officer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
