Captain (Royal Navy)
Captain | |
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OF-5 | |
Next higher rank | Commodore |
Next lower rank | Commander |
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Captain (Capt) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy. It ranks above commander and below commodore and has a NATO ranking code of OF-5. The rank is equivalent to a colonel in the British Army and Royal Marines, and to a group captain in the Royal Air Force. There are similarly named equivalent ranks in the navies of many other countries.
Seagoing captains
In the Royal Navy, the officer in command of any warship of the rank of commander and below is informally referred to as "the captain" on board, even though holding a junior rank, but formally is titled "the commanding officer" (or CO). In former times, up until the nineteenth century, Royal Navy officers who were captains by rank and in command of a naval vessel were referred to as post-captains; this practice is now defunct.
Captain (D) or Captain Destroyers, afloat, was an operational appointment commanding a
Terminology
Ashore, the rank of captain is often verbally described as "captain RN" to distinguish it from the more
Insignia and uniform
The rank insignia features four rings of gold braid with an executive curl in the upper ring.[2]
When in
See also
- British and U.S. military ranks compared
- Captain (United States O-6)
- Comparative military ranks
- Royal Navy officer rank insignia
References
- ISBN 9780774840378.
- ^ "Uniforms and Badges of Rank at Royal Navy website". Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
- ^ "Naval Book of Reference, Annex 39A: RN Dress Tables" (PDF). Royal Navy. October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.