but the pay of lieutenant, commands a troop or company in the name and place of some other person. Thus the colonel of a regiment being usually captain of the first company, that company is commanded by his deputy under the title of Captain-Lieutenant.

CAPTAIN of a Ship of War, the officer who commands a ship of the line or a frigate. Officers who command smaller vessels are called commanders. In ships of the line a commander is also appointed with the captain; the former is therefore second captain. The charge of a cap- tain in her majesty's navy is very comprehensive, inas- much as he is not only answerable for any bad conduct in the military government, navigation, and equipment of the ship he commands, but also for any neglect of duty or mis- management on the part of his inferior officers, whose sev- eral charges he is appointed to superintend and regulate.

See NAVY.

CAPTAIN of a Merchant Ship, he who has the direction of the ship, crew, lading, &c. He is more ordinarily called the master.

CAPTAIN Bashane, or Capudan Pasha, the Turkish high admiral. He possesses the third office of the empire, and is invested with the same power at sea as the vizier has on shore. Solyman II. instituted this office in favour of the famous Barbarossa, with absolute authority over the officers of the marine and arsenal.