Frigate captain

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Hierarchy of naval officer ranks
Flag officers:
Admiral of the navy

Admiral of the fleet • Fleet admiral
General admiral • Grand admiral • Admiral
Squadron admiral • Flotilla admiral
Vice admiral • Lieutenant admiral
Rear admiral • Counter admiral
Commodore admiral • Schout-bij-nacht
Port admiral

Senior officers:

Commodore • Fleet captain
Post captain • Captain
Captain of sea and war • Ship-of-the-line captain
Captain at sea • Corvette captain
Frigate captain • Commander

Junior officers:

Lieutenant commander • Captain lieutenant
Flag lieutenant • Lieutenant
Ship-of-the-line lieutenant • Corvette lieutenant
Frigate lieutenant • Lieutenant (junior grade)
Sub-lieutenant • Ensign

Training officers:

Passed midshipman • Midshipman
Naval cadet

Frigate captain is a naval rank in the naval forces of several countries.

It is, usually, equivalent to the Commonwealth/US Navy rank of commander.

Countries using this rank include Argentina and Spain (Spanish: capitán de fragata), France (French: capitaine de frégate), Belgium (Dutch: fregatkapitein), Italy (Italian: capitano di fregata), Brasil and Portugal (Portuguese: capitão de fragata) Croatia (Croatian: kapetan fregate ) and Germany (German: Fregattenkapitän) .

In the Royal Canadian Navy, capitaine de frégate is the official French language name for the rank of commander.

The NATO rank code is OF-4, the official translation for instance of the German Fregattenkapitän as well as the French capitaine de frégate into English is "commander senior grade".[1]

The Russian/Soviet equivalent is "captain of the 2nd rank" (капитан 2-го ранга)

  • Insignia of a capitaine de frégate in the French Navy

  • Insignia of a capitano di fregata in the Italian Navy

  • Insignia of a Fregattenkapitän in the German Navy

  • Insignia of a capitão de fragata of the Brazilian Navy

  • Insignia of a capitão de fragata of the Portuguese Navy

  • Insignia of a captain of the 2nd rank Soviet Navy

  • Insignia of a kapetan fregate (Cyrillic: капетан фрегате) of the River Flotilla of the Serbian Armed Forces

Junior Rank
Korvettenkapitän		 German Navy officer rank
Fregattenkapitän		 Senior Rank
Kapitän zur See

References

  1. ↑ NATO STANAG 2116 of 25 February 2010


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