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Royal Navy epaulettes for senior and junior officers, 18th and 19th centuries Royal Navy epaulettes for flag officers, 18th and 19th centuries. Uniforms for naval officers were not authorised until 1748. At first the cut and style of the uniform differed considerably between ranks, and specific rank insignia were only sporadically used.
Starting around the time that steam cruisers became popular in the 1870s, the Royal Navy tended to organise such ships into groups called Cruiser Squadrons. Squadrons were commanded by a rear-admiral whose title was given as Flag Officer Cruiser Squadron n, or CSn for short (e.g. the officer commanding the 3rd Cruiser Squadron would be CS3).
This is a template for showing a table of the Royal Navy Officer ranks and epaulettes. The table can be expanded on pages allowing for more information to be associated with the ranks. The basic table can be added to a page with {
New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy (1921-1940) Commander, Pacific Fleet Destroyers (1945-1946) Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Squadron; 3rd and 4th Divisions (Royal Navy) (1909-1912) Rear-Admiral, 1st Aircraft Carrier Squadron; 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron (1948-1954) 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron
The Royal Navy ranks, rates and insignia form part of the uniform of the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy uniform is the pattern on which many of the uniforms of the other national navies of the world are based (e.g. Ranks and insignia of NATO navies officers, Uniforms of the United States Navy, Uniforms of the Royal Canadian Navy, French Naval ...
In 1970 a new rank of Fleet chief petty officer was introduced, with insignia of the royal coat of arms on the lower arm (identical to a warrant officer class 1 in the army and RAF, to which the new rank was equivalent). This rank was renamed warrant officer, and then warrant officer class 1.
Pages in category "Military ranks of the Royal Navy" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
This is a list of historic and current command flags of the Royal Navy. Rank flags to denote the commander-in-chief of the English fleet and later Royal Navy were used from as early as 1189. Coloured squadrons of the Royal Navy were established during the Elizabethan era to subdivide the fleet into three squadrons or more. There were three ...