Frigate captain | |
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Country | See gallery |
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) |
Naval officer ranks |
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Flag officers |
Senior officers |
Junior officers |
Frigate captain is a naval rank in the naval forces of several countries. Corvette captain lies one level below frigate captain.
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]