Wiktionary
n. A motorboat used by flag officers for harbour transport.
Usage examples of "admiral's barge".
He regretted the interruption to his men's work when the admiral's barge came pulling by, and still more when the royal barge, with the Sicilian colours and the Bourbon lilies displayed, came pulling by to visit Ocean.
Indeed, the Caledonia's bell had time to be struck twice while Jack was talking to her commander before the Admiral's barge was seen to shove off and come racing out, pulling double-banked as though for a wager.
The admiral's barge had sheered off and the Hotspur's boat took its place, with Hornblower not too seasick and nervous to worry about the way it was handled, in case it did not reflect credit on his ship.
The Admiral's barge was still hooked on to the Lydia's chains when he returned to her.
She was standing in with the signal for dispatches flying, Haslar on her larboard bow, Southsea Castle on her starboard beam, when the Admiral's barge, double-banked and pulling hard, came out to meet her.
Port admiral's barge had come alongside, a civilian and an officer: one gent was with the captain yet.