Caiptain (naval)

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Comparative militar ranks
Navies Airmies Air forces
Commissioned officers
Admiral o
the fleet		 Field marshal or
General o the airmy		 Marshal o
the air force
Admiral General Air chief marshal
Vice admiral Lieutenand general Air marshal
Rear admiral Major general Air vice-marshal
Commodore Brigadier or
brigadier general		 Air commodore
Caiptain Cornel Group caiptain
Commander Lieutenand cornel Weeng commander
Lieutenand
commander		 Major or
commandant		 Squadron leader
Lieutenand Caiptain Flicht lieutenand
Lieutenand
junior grade or
sub-lieutenand		 Lieutenand or
first lieutenand		 Fleein officer
Ensign or
midshipman		 Seicont lieutenand Pilot officer
Officer cadet Officer cadet Flicht cadet
Enleetit grades
Warrand officer or
chief petty officer		 Warrand officer or
sairgant major		 Warrand officer
Petty officer Sairgant Flicht sairgant
Leadin seaman Corporal or
bombardier		 Corporal
Seaman Preevat or
gunner or
truiper		 Aircraftman or
airman

Caiptain is the name maist aften gieen in Inglis-speakin navies tae the rank correspondin tae command o the largest ships.[1][2][3] The rank is equal tae the airmy rank o cornel.

Equivalent ranks warldwide include "ship-o-the-line caiptain" (e.g. Fraunce, Argentinae, Spain), "caiptain o sea an war" (e.g. Portugal), "caiptain at sea" (e.g. Germany, Netherlands) an "caiptain o the first rank" (Roushie).

The NATO rank code is OF-5, awtho the Unitit States o Americae uises the code O-6 for the equivalent rank (as they dae for aw OF-5 ranks).

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  3. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named usnhistory2019-11-01
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