Frigate captain

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Frigate captain
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Common types of insignia
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Service branch Navies
Rank group Senior officer
NATO rank code OF-4
Next higher rank Ship-of-the-line captain
Next lower rank Corvette captain
Equivalent ranks Commander (Anglophone)

Frigate captain is a naval rank in the naval forces of several countries. Corvette captain lies one level below frigate captain.

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

Countries using this rank include Argentina, Colombia and Spain (Spanish : capitán de fragata), France (French : capitaine de frégate), Belgium (Dutch : fregatkapitein), Italy (Italian : capitano di fregata), Brazil 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]

Germany

Fregattenkapitän is a German Navy line officer rank OF-4 equivalent to Oberstleutnant (en: Lieutenant colonel) in the German Army and German Air Force.

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