They needed me here to teach the person who *could* command the fleet.

And such a label could critically damage his ability to command the fleet.

He commanded the fleet from 1860 to 1861, and saw action in the struggle for Italian unification.

You were going to mention when you commanded the fleet.

He commanded the army, while his deputy commanded the fleet.

When you commanded the fleet we made money.

That would be good, for Valiha had no wish to command the fleet for the rest of her life.

And then he lost an eye, and he still commanded the whole British fleet.

For the next few years he commanded the Spanish fleet in Ferrol.

He commanded the fleet of the Danube in 1690 (seeing the action on 26 March) and 1691.