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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
Ensign (/ ˈ ɛ n s ən /; [1] Late Middle English, from Old French enseigne (transl. mark, symbol, signal; flag, standard, pennant), from Latin insignia (plural)) is a junior rank of a commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries, normally in the infantry or navy.
In British maritime law and custom, an ensign is the identifying flag flown to designate a British ship, either military or civilian. Such flags display the United Kingdom Union Flag in the canton (the upper corner next to the staff), with either a red, white or blue field, dependent on whether the vessel is civilian, naval, or in a special category.
Translation [2] Lieutenant general: Major general: Colonel: Lieutenant colonel: Major: Captain: Lieutenant: Second lieutenant ROC Navy [3] Translation [2] Full admiral: Admiral: Vice admiral: Rear admiral: Captain: Commander: Lieutenant commander: Lieutenant: Lieutenant (junior grade) Ensign ROC Marine Corps [1] Translation [2] General ...
The first time a specific flag was designed and flown was for the Lord Admiral of England Sir Lord Howard of Effingham on HMS Ark Royal as Commander-in-Chief of the English Fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. It would not be flown again until 1623 when the Lord Admiral the Duke of Buckingham was given an ensign depicting the admiralty ...
The Navy of the Russian Federation inherited the ranks of the Soviet Navy, although the insignia and uniform were slightly altered. The navy predominantly uses naval-style ranks but also uses army-style ranks for some specialisations, including naval aviation, marine infantry, medical and legal.
The Ranks of the Imperial Japanese Army were the rank insignia of the Imperial Japanese Army, used from its creation in 1868, until its dissolution in 1945 following the Surrender of Japan in World War II.
The Luftwaffe, from its founding in 1933 to the end of World War II in 1945, used ranks similar to other air forces at the time; however, some Luftwaffe ranks had no equivalent in the Allied air forces.