Great Admiral

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The **Great Admiral** is a Great Person acquired through naval combat.

## Overview

"Great Admirals" provide the leadership necessary to guide powerful navies to victory on the open sea. They plan, implement, and execute the complex maneuvers necessary to maintain naval superiority, providing the coastal security that every civilization needs.

## Strategy

The Great Admiral is used similarly to the Great General- as a combat booster, but in sea warfare. What's different is its ability to instantly repair every naval and embarked unit in the same hex, as well as in adjacent hexes. This may be used to a crushing effect by a skilled player, or it may be wasted by an unskilled one! Note that the Admiral is consumed when using this ability.

One interesting perk of the Great Admiral is the fact that he can traverse ocean tiles, regardless of whether or not you've researched Astronomy. This is rarely useful, simply because it's incredibly difficult to earn a Great Admiral before the Renaissance Era - sea battles are just so rare in the early game, and Barbarian fights don't count towards earning Great Admiral points. However, if you do manage to get an Admiral early on, you can send him on an exploration mission and find the other continents and nations before anyone else! This gives you a strategic advantage of knowing where everything is and helps with planning early overseas expansions. Just be careful with Barbarian ships - the Admiral will be completely defenseless against them. Try to always stay in ocean tiles, where enemy Triremes and Galleys can't reach you!

## Unique Unit Replacements

* Nearby embarked units gain +2  Movement
* Cities with 3 or more  Religions generate Ammiratus points
* Becomes more powerful with advances in naval technology

## List of Names

1. Afonso de Albuquerque
2. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
3. Álvaro de Bazán
4. Calonymus of Alexandria
5. Jacques Cartier
6. Christopher Columbus
7. James Cook
8. Andrew Cunningham
9. Michiel de Ruyter
10. George Dewey
11. Don John of Austria
12. Andrea Doria
13. John Doukas
14. Francis Drake
15. Leif Ericson
16. Erik the Red
17. David Farragut
18. Vasco da Gama
19. Comte de Grasse
20. Hanno
21. Hayreddin Barbarossa
22. Henry the Navigator
23. Himilco
24. John Paul Jones
25. Ferdinand Magellan
26. Horatio Nelson
27. Chester Nimitz
28. Matthew Perry
29. Murat Reis
30. Phormio
31. Pytheas
32. Marcus Atilius Regulus
33. Roger of Lauria
34. Zinovy Rozhestvensky
35. Shi Lang
36. Alfred von Tirpitz
37. Togo Heihachiro
38. Turgut Reis
39. Fyodor Ushakov
40. Fernando Villaamil
41. Peter Wessel Tordenskjold
42. Isoroku Yamamoto
43. Yi Sun-sin
44. Zheng He

1. William Kidd
2. Edward Teach
3. Bartholomew Roberts
4. Henry Every
5. Anne Bonny
6. Henry Morgan
7. Francois l'Olonnais
8. Francis Drake
9. Edward Lowe
10. Stede Bonnet
11. Mary Read
12. Charles Vane
13. Francois Le Clerc
14. Jean Fleury
15. Jacques de Sores

1. Claus Paarss
2. Niels Juel
3. Cort Adeler
4. Peter Tordenskjold
5. Olfert Fischer
6. Steen Andersen Bille
7. Cornelis Tromp
8. Peter Christian Petersenr
9. Ove Gjedde
10. Evert Andersen
11. Lauritz Galtung
12. Corfits Ulfeldt
13. Kristoffer Throndsen
14. Christen Thomesen Sehested
15. Axel Mowat
16. Thomas Konow
17. Niels Juel
18. Jørgen Jørgensen
19. Hans Køning
20. Lauritz Galtung
21. Hans Peter Holm
22. Ivar Huitfeldt
23. Carl Wilhelm Jessen
24. Henrik Bjelke
25. Michael Bille
26. Christian Thomsen Carl
27. Jens Schou Fabricius
28. Jens Munk

1. Mei Sembiyan
2. Nannan Thagan
3. Paru Vendhi
4. Vadi Vaelaan
5. Eri Pungi
6. Vaet Thagaiyan
7. Aai Maandhi
8. Kaari Vendhi
9. Mondhuvan Monjuvan
10. Udhan Poguvan
11. Musukunthan Jembiyan
12. Nedumi Cenni
13. Nalngilli Ellagan
14. Nedungop Perunkilli
15. Kopperun Chozhan
16. Maeyan Porvaiko
17. Ambalathu Vengaiyar
18. Aai Uttamathairayar