Ranks and insignia of officers of NATO Navies

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Officers (OF 1–10)

NATO Code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 Officer Candidate Student Officer

Canada
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No Equivalent



No Equivalent
Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant
Commander
Lieutenant Sub
Lieutenant
Acting Sub
Lieutenant
Naval
Cadet
Amiral Vice amiral Contre amiral Commodore Capitaine de vaisseau Capitaine de frégate Capitaine de corvette Lieutenant de vaisseau Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe Aspirant de marine

Croatia
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No Equivalent No Equivalent
admiral flote admiral viceadmiral kontraadmiral komodor kapetan bojnog broda kapetan fregate kapetan korvete poručnik bojnog broda poručnik fregate poručnik korvete

 Denmark (Edit) No Equivalent No Equivalent
Admiral Viceadmiral Kontreadmiral Flotilleadmiral Kommandør Kommandørkaptajn Orlogskaptajn Kaptajnløjtnant Premierløjtnant Løjtnant

France
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Amiral de France



Amiral


Vice-amiral d'escadre



Vice-amiral



Contre-amiral


Capitaine de vaisseau


Capitaine de frégate


Capitaine de corvette


Lieutenant de vaisseau

Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe

Enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe



Aspirant

 Germany (Edit) No Equivalent
Admiral

Vizeadmiral

Konteradmiral

Flottillenadmiral

Kapitän zur See

Fregattenkapitän

Korvettenkapitän

Stabskapitänleutnant

Kapitänleutnant

Oberleutnant zur See

Leutnant zur See

Oberfähnrich zur See

Fähnrich zur See

Seekadett
Enlisted rank plus a star indicating cadet's career

 Iceland (Edit) No Equivalent No Equivalent No Equivalent
Forstjóri Landhelgisgæslu Íslands
No Equivalent
Yfirmaður Gæsluframkvæmda

Skipherra 1°

Skipherra 2°

Yfirstýrimaður

2. Stýrimaður

3. Stýrimaður

Foringjabyrjandi
No Equivalent

Italy
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ammiraglio awarded only to the Chief of Defence Staff ammiraglio di squadra con incarichi speciali ammiraglio di squadra ammiraglio di divisione contrammiraglio capitano di vascello capitano di fregata capitano di corvetta
primo tenente di vascello tenente di vascello
sottotenente di vascello guardiamarina aspirante guardiamarina

Greece (Edit) No Equivalent



No Equivalent No Equivalent
Ναύαρχος Αντιναύαρχος Υποναύαρχος Αρχιπλοίαρχος Πλοίαρχος Αντιπλοίαρχος Πλωτάρχης Υποπλοίαρχος Ανθυποπλοίαρχος Σημαιοφόρος
Navarchos Antinavarchos Yponavarchos Archiploiarchos Ploiarchos Antiploiarchos Plotarchis Ypoploiarchos Anthypoploiarchos Simaioforos

Netherlands
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Admiraal2

Luitenant-Admiraal

Vice-Admiraal

Schout-bij-Nacht

Commandeur

Kapitein ter zee

Kapitein-luitenant ter zee

Luitenant ter zee der 1ste klasse

Luitenant ter zee der 2de klasse oudste categorie

Luitenant ter zee der 2de klasse

Luitenant ter zee der 3de klasse

 Norway (Edit) No Equivalent



No Equivalent
Admiral Viseadmiral Kontreadmiral Flaggkommandør Kommandør Kommandørkaptein Orlogskaptein Kapteinløytnant Løytnant Fenrik

Poland
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No equivalent No equivalent No equivalent
Admirał Admirał floty Wiceadmirał Kontradmirał Komandor Komandor porucznik Komandor podporucznik Kapitan marynarki Porucznik marynarki Podporucznik marynarki

Portugal
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Almirante da Armada1 Almirante Vice-almirante Contra-almirante Comodoro Capitão de Mar e Guerra Capitão de Fragata Capitão-tenente Primeiro-tenente Segundo-tenente Guarda-marinha and
Subtenente
Aspirante (Naval School)
Aspirante (others)
Cadete

Romania
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No Equivalent No Equivalent
Mareşal1 Amiral Viceamiral Contraamiral Contraamiral de flotilă Comandor Căpitan-comandor Locotenent-comandor Căpitan Locotenent Aspirant

Spain
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Capitán General2 Almirante General Almirante Vice Almirante Contra Almirante Capitán de Navío Capitán de Fragata Capitán de Corbeta Teniente de Navío Alférez de Navío Alférez de Fragata Guardiamarina Alumno

 Turkey (Edit)




Büyükamiral Oramiral Koramiral Tümamiral Tuğamiral Albay Yarbay Binbaşı Yüzbaşı Üsteğmen Teğmen Asteğmen

United Kingdom
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Admiral of the
Fleet
1
Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant-
Commander
Lieutenant Sub-
Lieutenant
Midshipman Officer
Cadet

United States
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Various Various
Fleet Admiral1 Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral (UH) Rear Admiral (LH) Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Lieutenant, Junior Grade Ensign Midshipman/Officer Candidate Officer Cadet
NATO Code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 Officer Candidate Student Officer

Warrant officers (WO1–5)

Warrant officers rank below officers and above enlisted servicemen.

NATO Rank WO-5 WO-4 WO-3 WO-2 WO-1
 United States
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Chief Warrant Officer 5 Chief Warrant Officer 4 Chief Warrant Officer 3 Chief Warrant Officer 2
NATO Rank WO-5 WO-4 WO-3 WO-2 WO-1

WO are used for United States warrant officers only. [1] Countries not listed use only regular officer ranks, do not have warrant officers, or warrant officers are considered OR (Other/Enlisted Rank).

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ NATO STANAG 2116 Edition 6 Note 6 [1]

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