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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.
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.
The early Royal Navy also had only three clearly established shipboard ranks: captain, lieutenant, and master. This simplicity of rank had its origins in the Middle Ages , where a military company embarked on ship (led by a captain and a lieutenant) operated independently from the handling of the vessel, which was overseen by the ship's master.
Edward Acton (Royal Navy officer) Jameson Adams; Sir Thomas Adams, 6th Baronet; William Adams (Royal Navy officer, born 1716) William Adams (Royal Navy officer, died 1748) Eric Fellowes, 3rd Baron Ailwyn; Robert Calder Allen; Cecil Allenby; James Alms; James Anderson (Royal Navy officer) Richard Annand; Thomas Arnold (Royal Navy officer) Edward ...
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 ...
His Majesty's Naval Service Epaulette Rank Insignia: Rank Title: Admiral of the Fleet [1] Admiral: Vice admiral: Rear admiral: Commodore: Captain: Commander: Lieutenant commander: Lieutenant: Sub-lieutenant: Midshipman: Officer Cadet: Abbreviation: Adm. of the Fleet [nb 1] Adm VAdm RAdm Cdre Capt Cdr Lt Cdr Lt Sub Lt / SLt Mid OC
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The uniforms of the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the Maritime Volunteer Service, the Sea Cadet Corps, the Navy branch of the Combined Cadet Force and the Volunteer Cadet Corps as well as modern uniforms of Trinity House, the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy and the Indian Navy are virtually ...