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Captain (naval)

January 12, 2023

Not to be confused with Captain (armed forces) or Sea captain.

Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships.[1][2][3] The rank is equal to the army rank of colonel and air force rank of group captain.

Royal Navy captain's rank insignia during Divisions conducted at HMNB Clyde, 2013
Captain from US Navy (at left) and Senior Captain from PLA Navy, 2015

Equivalent ranks worldwide include ship-of-the-line captain (e.g. France, Argentina, Spain), captain of sea and war (e.g. Brazil, Portugal), captain at sea (e.g. Germany, Netherlands) and "captain of the first rank" (Russia).

The NATO rank code is OF-5, although the United States of America uses the code O-6 for the equivalent rank (as it does for all OF-5 ranks). Four of the uniformed services of the United States — the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps — use the rank.

Etiquette

Any naval officer who commands a ship is addressed by naval custom as "captain" while aboard in command, regardless of their actual rank, even though technically an officer of below the rank of captain is more correctly titled the commanding officer, or C.O. Officers with the rank of captain travelling aboard a vessel they do not command should be addressed by their rank and name (e.g., "Captain Smith"), but they should not be referred to as "the captain" to avoid confusion with the vessel's captain.[4] The naval rank should not be confused with the army, air force, or marine ranks of captain, which all have the NATO code of OF-2.[Note 1]

US Navy traditions

On large US ships (e.g., aircraft carriers), the executive officer (XO) may hold the rank of captain; in this case, it is proper to address the XO by rank. Often the XO prefers to be called "XO" to avoid confusion with the CO, who is also a captain in rank and the captain of the ship.[5] The same applies to senior commanders on board US aircraft carriers, where the commander and deputy commander of the embarked carrier air wing both hold the rank of captain but are addressed by the titles of "CAG" and "DCAG", respectively.

Commands

Captains with sea commands generally command ships of cruiser size or larger; the more senior the officer, the larger the ship, but ship commanders do not normally hold a higher rank than captain. In the Royal Navy, a captain might command an aircraft carrier, an amphibious assault ship, or the Ice Patrol Ship, while naval aviator and naval flight officer captains in the U.S. Navy command aircraft carriers, large-deck amphibious assault ships, carrier air wings, maritime patrol air wings, and functional and specialized air wings and air groups.

Maritime battlestaff commanders of one-star rank (commodores or rear admirals lower half) will normally embark on large capital ships such as aircraft carriers, which will function as the flagship for their strike group or battle group, but a captain will retain command of the actual ship, and assume the title of "flag captain". Even when a senior officer who is in the ship's captain's chain of command is present, all orders are given through the captain.

By country

Belgium

In the Belgian Navy the rank of capitaine de vaisseau or kapitein-ter-zee is the third grade of superior officer, equivalent to colonel in the land forces. Its insignia is made up of four bands. He or she commands a capital ship (cruiser, battleship or aircraft carrier) or a shore establishment. Smaller vessels such as destroyers and frigates are commanded by a kapitein-luitenant.

Canada

In the Royal Canadian Navy, Captain(N) [abbreviated Capt(N); capitaine de vaisseau, abbreviated capv] is a senior officer rank, equal to an army or air force colonel. A captain(N) is senior to a commander, and junior to a commodore.[6]

Typical appointments for captains(N) include:[citation needed]

The rank insignia for a captain(N) is four 1⁄2-inch (1.3 cm) stripes, worn on the cuffs of the service dress jacket, and on slip-ons on other uniforms. On the visor of the service cap is one row of gold oak leaves along the edge. Captains(N) wear the officers' pattern branch cap badge.[citation needed]

The "(N)" is a part of the rank descriptor, and is used in official publications and documents to distinguish a captain(N) from a captain in the army or air force. It is also important to distinguish between the rank of captain(N) and the appointment of captain, meaning the commanding officer of a ship, regardless of his or her rank.

Captains(N) are addressed initially as "Captain" followed by their surname (example: "Captain Bloggins"), thereafter by superiors and peers as "Captain" and by subordinates as "Sir" or "Ma'am". The "(N)" is not part of the spoken address.

Prior to the unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968, rank structure and insignia followed the British pattern.[citation needed]

Estonia

Main article: Mereväekapten

India

Main article: Captain (Indian Navy)

Sri Lanka

Main article: Captain (Sri Lanka Navy)

United Kingdom

Main article: Captain (Royal Navy)

United States

Main article: Captain (United States O-6)

In the United States, the O-6 rank of captain exists in four of the uniformed services of the United States: the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.

Gallery

Variants

Captain at sea

Captain at sea is a naval rank corresponding to command of a ship-of-the-line or capital ship.

Germany

Kapitän zur See (abbreviated KptzS, KZS, or KzS) is the highest senior officer rank in the German Navy.[29]

Netherlands

In the Royal Netherlands Navy, the rank of kapitein-ter-zee is the third grade of superior officer, equivalent to colonel in the land-forces. His insignia is made up of four bands and he commands a capital ship or a shore establishment (until recently, a kapitein-ter-zee commanded the Onderzeedienst and Mijnendienst, the Netherlands Navy's submarine and mine-laying training establishments).

Smaller vessels such as destroyers and frigates are commanded by a kapitein-luitenant ter zee. Until recently flagships such as Tromp-class frigates were also commanded by a kapitein-ter-zee. Currently, De Zeven Provinciën-class frigates are commanded by a kapitein-luitenant-ter-zee.

Gallery

Captain lieutenant

Main article: Captain lieutenant

Portuguese-speaking navies

 
Front page of the Breve Compendio do que pertence à obrigação de hum Capitão de Mar, & Guerra, or "Brief compendium of what pertains to the obligation of a captain of sea and war" (1676)

Captain of sea and war (Portuguese: capitão de mar e guerra) is a rank in a small number of Portuguese-speaking navies, notably those of Portugal and Brazil.

The term captain of sea and war, like the modern rank of ship-of-the-line captain in the navies of France, Italy, and Spain, has deep historic roots. Although the rank was first formally established in the 17th century, the expression had been sometimes been used in the Portuguese and Spanish (as Capitán de Mar y Guerra) armadas of the 16th century. But generally, in the 16th and early 17th centuries, the captain of a Portuguese man-of-war was simply called a capitão, while the commander of a fleet was termed capitão-mor, literally "captain-major".

During the 16th century, the term almirante was used in Portugal to designate the second in command of a fleet. Only during the 18th century would it come to designate the fleet commander - an admiral in the more modern sense. But during the latter half of the 17th century, the term "captain of sea and war" came to designate the commander of a larger man-of-war - the ship of the line that began evolving at that time. When that happened, the Portuguese Navy, as other navies, came to use the term capitão de fragata and capitão-tenente, literally "frigate captain" and "captain-lieutenant", to designate the commanders of smaller warships. When Brazil gained her independence from Portugal in 1822, its navy adopted the Portuguese rank denominations, which both countries still use.

Corvette captain

Main article: Corvette captain

Frigate captain

Main article: Frigate captain

Rank captain

Main articles: Captain 1st rank, Captain 2nd rank, and Captain 3rd rank

Captain of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd class are ranks used by the Russian Navy and a number of former communist states. Within NATO forces, the ranks are rated as OF-5, 4 and 3, respectively.[44]

Ship-of-the-line captain

Ship-of-the-line-captain (French: capitaine de vaisseau; German: linienschiffskapitän; Italian: capitano di vascello; Spanish: capitán de navío; Croatian: kapetan bojnog broda) is a rank that appears in several navies. The name of the rank derives from the fact the rank corresponded to command of a warship of the largest class, the ship-of-the-line, as opposed to smaller types (corvettes and frigates). It is normally above the rank of frigate captain.

France

Capitaine de vaisseau is a rank in the French Navy, corresponding to that of colonel in the French Army. They usually command the navy's most important ships.

Gallery

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Polish Navy is, however, a notable exception with "naval captain" (Polish - kapitan marynarki) in the OF-2 rank of lieutenant or captain lieutenant and the OF-5 rank being a "Commodore" (Polish - komandor).

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Not to be confused with Captain armed forces or Sea captain Captain is the name most often given in English speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships 1 2 3 The rank is equal to the army rank of colonel and air force rank of group captain Royal Navy captain s rank insignia during Divisions conducted at HMNB Clyde 2013 Captain from US Navy at left and Senior Captain from PLA Navy 2015 Equivalent ranks worldwide include ship of the line captain e g France Argentina Spain captain of sea and war e g Brazil Portugal captain at sea e g Germany Netherlands and captain of the first rank Russia The NATO rank code is OF 5 although the United States of America uses the code O 6 for the equivalent rank as it does for all OF 5 ranks Four of the uniformed services of the United States the United States Navy United States Coast Guard United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps use the rank Contents 1 Etiquette 2 US Navy traditions 3 Commands 4 By country 4 1 Belgium 4 2 Canada 4 3 Estonia 4 4 India 4 5 Sri Lanka 4 6 United Kingdom 4 7 United States 4 8 Gallery 5 Variants 5 1 Captain at sea 5 1 1 Germany 5 1 2 Netherlands 5 1 3 Gallery 5 2 Captain lieutenant 5 3 Portuguese speaking navies 5 4 Corvette captain 5 5 Frigate captain 5 6 Rank captain 5 7 Ship of the line captain 5 7 1 France 5 7 2 Gallery 6 See also 7 Notes 8 ReferencesEtiquette EditAny naval officer who commands a ship is addressed by naval custom as captain while aboard in command regardless of their actual rank even though technically an officer of below the rank of captain is more correctly titled the commanding officer or C O Officers with the rank of captain travelling aboard a vessel they do not command should be addressed by their rank and name e g Captain Smith but they should not be referred to as the captain to avoid confusion with the vessel s captain 4 The naval rank should not be confused with the army air force or marine ranks of captain which all have the NATO code of OF 2 Note 1 US Navy traditions EditOn large US ships e g aircraft carriers the executive officer XO may hold the rank of captain in this case it is proper to address the XO by rank Often the XO prefers to be called XO to avoid confusion with the CO who is also a captain in rank and the captain of the ship 5 The same applies to senior commanders on board US aircraft carriers where the commander and deputy commander of the embarked carrier air wing both hold the rank of captain but are addressed by the titles of CAG and DCAG respectively Commands EditCaptains with sea commands generally command ships of cruiser size or larger the more senior the officer the larger the ship but ship commanders do not normally hold a higher rank than captain In the Royal Navy a captain might command an aircraft carrier an amphibious assault ship or the Ice Patrol Ship while naval aviator and naval flight officer captains in the U S Navy command aircraft carriers large deck amphibious assault ships carrier air wings maritime patrol air wings and functional and specialized air wings and air groups Maritime battlestaff commanders of one star rank commodores or rear admirals lower half will normally embark on large capital ships such as aircraft carriers which will function as the flagship for their strike group or battle group but a captain will retain command of the actual ship and assume the title of flag captain Even when a senior officer who is in the ship s captain s chain of command is present all orders are given through the captain By country EditBelgium Edit In the Belgian Navy the rank of capitaine de vaisseau or kapitein ter zee is the third grade of superior officer equivalent to colonel in the land forces Its insignia is made up of four bands He or she commands a capital ship cruiser battleship or aircraft carrier or a shore establishment Smaller vessels such as destroyers and frigates are commanded by a kapitein luitenant Canada Edit In the Royal Canadian Navy Captain N abbreviated Capt N capitaine de vaisseau abbreviated capv is a senior officer rank equal to an army or air force colonel A captain N is senior to a commander and junior to a commodore 6 Typical appointments for captains N include citation needed Commanding officer of a Canadian Forces base Commanding officer of a large school or research establishment such as the Canadian Forces Maritime Warfare Centre Commanding officer of a Protecteur class auxiliary vessel Chief of staff of a formation staff Foreign military attache The rank insignia for a captain N is four 1 2 inch 1 3 cm stripes worn on the cuffs of the service dress jacket and on slip ons on other uniforms On the visor of the service cap is one row of gold oak leaves along the edge Captains N wear the officers pattern branch cap badge citation needed The N is a part of the rank descriptor and is used in official publications and documents to distinguish a captain N from a captain in the army or air force It is also important to distinguish between the rank of captain N and the appointment of captain meaning the commanding officer of a ship regardless of his or her rank Captains N are addressed initially as Captain followed by their surname example Captain Bloggins thereafter by superiors and peers as Captain and by subordinates as Sir or Ma am The N is not part of the spoken address Prior to the unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968 rank structure and insignia followed the British pattern citation needed Estonia Edit Main article Merevaekapten India Edit Main article Captain Indian Navy Sri Lanka Edit Main article Captain Sri Lanka Navy United Kingdom Edit Main article Captain Royal Navy United States Edit Main article Captain United States O 6 In the United States the O 6 rank of captain exists in four of the uniformed services of the United States the United States Navy United States Coast Guard United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Gallery Edit Captain Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard 7 Captain Royal Australian Navy 8 Captain Royal Bahamas Defence Force 9 Captain Bangladesh Navy 10 Captain Belize Coast Guard Kepten Royal Brunei Navy 11 Captain N Royal Canadian Navy 6 Merevaekapten Estonian Navy 12 Captain Republic of Fiji Navy Captain Gambian Navy Captain Ghana Navy Captain Guyana Coast Guard Captainक प टन Indian Navy 13 CaptainCaptaen Irish Naval Service 14 Captain Jamaican Coast Guard 15 Captain Liberian National Coast Guard 16 Kepten Royal Malaysian Navy 17 Captain Namibian Navy Captain Royal New Zealand Navy 18 Captain Nigerian Navy Captain Urdu کپتان romanized Kaptaan Pakistan Navy 19 Captain Papua New Guinea Maritime Element Captain Philippine Navy Căpitan Romanian Naval Forces 20 Captain Sierra Leone Navy Kapitan Slovenian Navy 21 Captain South African Navy 22 Captain Sri Lanka Navy 23 Kapten Swedish Navy 24 Captain Tanzania Naval Command Captain Tongan Maritime Force 25 Captain Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard 26 Captain Royal Navy 27 Yuzbasi Turkish Naval Forces Captain United States Navy 28 Captain United States Coast Guard 28 Variants EditCaptain at sea Edit Captain at sea is a naval rank corresponding to command of a ship of the line or capital ship Germany Edit Kapitan zur See abbreviated KptzS KZS or KzS is the highest senior officer rank in the German Navy 29 Insignia Shoulder Sleeve Higher lowerrank Imperial German Navy 30 Kommodore Fregattenkapitan Reichsmarine 31 Kommodore Fregattenkapitan Kriegsmarine 32 Kommodore Fregattenkapitan Volksmarine 33 Konteradmiral Fregattenkapitan German Navy 34 Flottillenadmiral FregattenkapitanNetherlands Edit In the Royal Netherlands Navy the rank of kapitein ter zee is the third grade of superior officer equivalent to colonel in the land forces His insignia is made up of four bands and he commands a capital ship or a shore establishment until recently a kapitein ter zee commanded the Onderzeedienst and Mijnendienst the Netherlands Navy s submarine and mine laying training establishments Smaller vessels such as destroyers and frigates are commanded by a kapitein luitenant ter zee Until recently flagships such as Tromp class frigates were also commanded by a kapitein ter zee Currently De Zeven Provincien class frigates are commanded by a kapitein luitenant ter zee Gallery Edit Kapitein ter zee German Kapitan zur See Belgian Navy 35 Capitao de mar Cape Verdean Coast Guard 36 Kapitan zur See German Navy 37 Juras kapteinis Latvian Naval Forces 38 Juru kapitonas Lithuanian Naval Force 39 Kapitein ter zee Royal Netherlands Navy 40 Captain lieutenant Edit Main article Captain lieutenant Portuguese speaking navies Edit Front page of the Breve Compendio do que pertence a obrigacao de hum Capitao de Mar amp Guerra or Brief compendium of what pertains to the obligation of a captain of sea and war 1676 Captain of sea and war Portuguese capitao de mar e guerra is a rank in a small number of Portuguese speaking navies notably those of Portugal and Brazil The term captain of sea and war like the modern rank of ship of the line captain in the navies of France Italy and Spain has deep historic roots Although the rank was first formally established in the 17th century the expression had been sometimes been used in the Portuguese and Spanish as Capitan de Mar y Guerra armadas of the 16th century But generally in the 16th and early 17th centuries the captain of a Portuguese man of war was simply called a capitao while the commander of a fleet was termed capitao mor literally captain major During the 16th century the term almirante was used in Portugal to designate the second in command of a fleet Only during the 18th century would it come to designate the fleet commander an admiral in the more modern sense But during the latter half of the 17th century the term captain of sea and war came to designate the commander of a larger man of war the ship of the line that began evolving at that time When that happened the Portuguese Navy as other navies came to use the term capitao de fragata and capitao tenente literally frigate captain and captain lieutenant to designate the commanders of smaller warships When Brazil gained her independence from Portugal in 1822 its navy adopted the Portuguese rank denominations which both countries still use Capitao de mar e guerra Angolan Navy 41 Capitao de mar e guerra Brazilian Navy 42 Capitao de mar e guerra Navy of Guinea Bissau Capitao de mar e guerra Mozambique Naval Command Capitao de mar e guerra Portuguese Navy 43 Capitao de mar e guerra Coast Guard of Sao Tome and Principe Capitao de mar e guerra East Timor Navy Corvette captain Edit Main article Corvette captain Frigate captain Edit Main article Frigate captain Rank captain Edit Main articles Captain 1st rank Captain 2nd rank and Captain 3rd rank Captain of the 1st 2nd and 3rd class are ranks used by the Russian Navy and a number of former communist states Within NATO forces the ranks are rated as OF 5 4 and 3 respectively 44 NATO code 44 OF 5 OF 4 OF 3Captain 1st rank Captain 2nd rank Captain 3rd rankEnglish equivalent Captain Commander Lieutenant commanderShip of the line captain Edit Ship of the line captain French capitaine de vaisseau German linienschiffskapitan Italian capitano di vascello Spanish capitan de navio Croatian kapetan bojnog broda is a rank that appears in several navies The name of the rank derives from the fact the rank corresponded to command of a warship of the largest class the ship of the line as opposed to smaller types corvettes and frigates It is normally above the rank of frigate captain France Edit Capitaine de vaisseau is a rank in the French Navy corresponding to that of colonel in the French Army They usually command the navy s most important ships Gallery Edit Capitan de navio Argentine Navy 45 Capitaine de vaisseau Belgian Navy Capitaine de vaisseau Benin Navy 46 Capitan de navio Bolivian Navy 47 Capitaine de vaisseau Cameroon Navy Captain N Capitaine de vaisseau Royal Canadian Navy 6 Capitao de navio Cape Verdean Coast Guard 36 Capitan de navio Chilean Navy 48 Capitan de navio Colombian Navy Capitaine de vaisseau Navy of the DR of the Congo Capitaine de vaisseau Congolese Navy 49 Kapetan bojnog broda Croatian Navy 50 Capitan de navio Cuban Revolutionary Navy 51 Orlogskaptajn Royal Danish Navy 52 Capitan de navio Dominican Navy 53 Capitan de navio Ecuadorian Navy 54 Capitan de navio Navy of El Salvador 55 Capitaine de vaisseau French Navy 56 Capitaine de vaisseau Gabonese Navy Capitaine de vaisseau Guinean Navy Capitane de vaisseau Haitian Navy Capitan de navio Honduran Navy 57 Capitano di vascello Italian Navy 58 Capitaine de vaisseau major Navy of Ivory Coast 59 Capitaine de vaisseau Navy of Ivory Coast 59 Capitaine de vaisseau Madagascar Navy 60 Capitan de navio Mexican Navy 61 Kapetan bojnog broda Montenegrin Navy 62 Capitaine de vaisseau major Royal Moroccan Navy Capitaine de vaisseau Royal Moroccan Navy Capitan de navio Nicaraguan Navy 63 Orlogskaptein Royal Norwegian Navy 64 Capitan de navio Paraguayan Navy Capitan de navio Peruvian Navy 65 Capitaine de vaisseau Senegal Navy Kapetan Boјnog Broda Kapetan bojnog broda Serbian River Flotilla 66 Kapitan bojne ladje Slovenian Navy 21 Capitan de navio Spanish Navy 67 Orlogskapten Swedish Navy 24 Capitaine de vaisseau Togolese Navy 68 Capitaine de vaisseau major Arabic عميد بالبحرية romanized eamid bialbahria Tunisia Navy 69 Capitaine de vaisseau Arabic عقيد بالبحرية romanized eaqid bialbahria Tunisia Navy 69 Capitan de navio National Navy of Uruguay 70 Capitan de navio Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela 71 See also EditCaptain armed forces Captain s cabin Post captain Sea captainNotes Edit The Polish Navy is however a notable exception with naval captain Polish kapitan marynarki in the OF 2 rank of lieutenant or captain lieutenant and 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