Counter Admiral
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Counter Admiral is an Anglicisation of a naval rank found in most navies of the world. This Anglicisation, however, is rarely used, as the rank is usually kept in the original language or translated to Rear Admiral as is the case with the Canadian Navy.
Traditionally, the commander of a fleet, the Admiral, usually stationed his flagship in the middle of the formation, with his primary deputy, the Vice Admiral, in the vanguard and his second deputy, the Counter Admiral, in the rear, leading the reserve.
In most modern navies, Counter Admiral is generally the lowest flag officer rank.
[edit] Examples
- Albanian: Kundëradmiral
- Azeri: kontr-admiral
- Bulgarian: Контраaдмирал ("kontraadmiral")
- Croatian: Kontraadmiral
- Danish: Kontreadmiral
- Estonian: Kontradmiral
- Finnish: Kontra-amiraali
- French: Contre-amiral
- Georgian კონტრ-ადმირალი ("kontr-admirali")[1]
- German: Konteradmiral
- Hungarian: Ellentengernagy (ellen- "anti-, counter-" + tengernagy "admiral")
- Italian: Contrammiraglio[1]
- Latvian: Kontradmirālis
- Lithuanian: Kontradmirolas
- Norwegian: Kontreadmiral
- Polish: Kontradmirał
- Portuguese: Contra-Almirante
- Romanian: Contraamiral
- Russian: Контр-адмирал ("kontr-admiral")
- Slovenian: Kontraadmiral
- Spanish: Contra-Almirante
- Swedish: Konteramiral
- Ukrainian: Контр-адмірал ("kontr-admiral")
