Ranks in the French Navy
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The Vice-Admiral).
The rank of Vice-Admiral of
Flotte du Ponant of the Ancien Régime. Major of the French Navy
has a similar history to that of the former Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies.
The only Amiral de la Flotte (
Admiral of the Fleet) was François Darlan after he was refused the dignity of Admiral of France. Equivalent to the dignity of Marshal of France, the rank of Admiral of France remains theoretical in the Fifth Republic; it was last granted in 1869, during the Second Empire, but retained during the Third Republic until the death of its bearer in 1873. The title of Amiral de la Flotte was created so that Darlan would not have an inferior rank to that of his counterpart in the British Royal Navy, who was an Admiral of the Fleet
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Insignia
The insignia below depict the configuration on shoulder boards. Shoulder straps are slightly different, notably without the golden frame for general officers.
Great officers
NATO rank |
Rank insignia | Name | ||
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Shoulder | Sleeve | French | English translation | |
OF-10 | Amiral de France | Admiral of France |
Officers
Officiers généraux – flag officers
NATO rank |
Rank insignia | Name | |||
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Shoulder | Sleeve | Flag | French | English translation | |
OF-9 | Amiral | Admiral | |||
OF-8 | Vice-Amiral d'escadre | Squadron vice-admiral
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OF-7 | Vice-Amiral | Vice-admiral | |||
OF-6 | Contre-Amiral | Counter admiral |
Officiers supérieurs – senior officers
Officiers subalternes – junior officers
NATO rank |
Rank insignia | Name | ||
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Shoulder | Sleeve | French | English translation | |
OF-2 | Lieutenant de vaisseau | Ship-of-the-line lieutenant | ||
OF-1 | Enseigne de vaisseau de première classe | Ship-of-the-line ensign, first class | ||
Enseigne de vaisseau de deuxième classe | Ship-of-the-line ensign, second class | |||
OF-(D) | Aspirant | Midshipman |
Warrant, petty officers and enlisted personnel
Officiers mariniers – warrant and petty officers
NATO rank |
Rank insignia | Name | ||
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Shoulder | Sleeve | French | English translation | |
OR-9 | Major | Major | ||
Maître-principal | Principal master | |||
OR-8 | Premier-maître | First master | ||
OR-6 | Maître | Master | ||
OR-5 | Second-maître | Second master |
Matelots et quartiers-maîtres – sailors and quarter-masters
NATO rank |
Rank insignia | Name | ||
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Shoulder | Sleeve | French | English translation | |
OR-4 | Quartier-maître de 1re classe | Quartermaster first class | ||
OR-3 | Quartier-maître de 2e classe | Quartermaster second class | ||
OR-2 | Matelot 2ème and 1ère classe | Able seaman | ||
OR-1 | Mousse | Seaman |
Attributions
Personnel with a particular attribution may wear distinctive features on their rank insignia. For instance, medical officers bear two red stripes on their insignia. Similarly, the Ingénieur des études et techniques de travaux maritimes wear pearl-grey stripes.
Peintres de la Marine, who are not employed by the navy but have a special status, wear a uniform and officer straps with rank insignia replaced with the words "Peintre officiel".
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Chief Surgeon First Class
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Chief War Commissar First Class
Military chaplains
Chief Military Chaplain | |
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Deputy Chief Military Chaplain | |
Regional military chaplain | |
Military chaplain |
- Vice-amiral de France (Vice Admiral of France)
- Lieutenant général des armées navales
- Chef d'escadre
- Brigadier des armées navales and Chef de division
- Major de vaisseau
- Capitaine de vaisseau et de port
- Lieutenant de vaisseau et de port
- Capitaine de brûlot
- Lieutenant de frégate
- Capitaine de flûte
- Sous-lieutenant de vaisseau
- Sous-lieutenant de port
- Enseigne de vaisseau non entretenu
- Élèves de la Marine
- Garde de la marine
- Maître amiral
- Maître vice-amiral
- Contre maître
- Aide pilote
- Second maître appelés
- Second maître de 1re classe
- Second maître de 2e classe
- Quartier-maitre-chef de carrière