Search results
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 .
- Captain (naval)
In the Royal Canadian Navy, Captain(N) (abbreviated Capt(N);...
- Royal Navy officer rank insignia
Royal Navy officer rank insignia - Wikipedia. Contents....
- Commander (Royal Navy)
A commander in the Royal Navy is senior to an officer...
- Captain (naval)
This is a list of serving senior officers of the Royal Navy. It includes currently serving admirals, vice-admirals, rear-admirals, and commodores.
NameAppointmentFormer BranchDecorationsChief Executive Officer, Submarine ...LogisticsKBEDirector-General (Air), Defence Equipment ...Fleet Air ArmKCB, CBEChief of Staff, Allied Command ...WarfareCB, OBEWarfareCB, OBEPeople also ask
What is a captain in the Canadian Navy?
What is a Commander in the Royal Navy?
Who led a Royal Navy ship?
What was a Royal Navy rank?
The Royal Navy ( RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
- 1546; 477 years ago
- His Majesty's Naval Service
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.