Corvette captain is a rank in many European and Latin American navies which theoretically corresponds to command of a
corvette
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(small warship). The equivalent rank is
lieutenant commander in the
Royal Navy
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and other
Commonwealth
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navies, the
United States Navy
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, and the
Royal Canadian Navy
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a bilingual country which actually uses the term
''capitaine de corvette'' (''capc'') for the rank of lieutenant-commander when written or spoken in French.
Notable users of the rank of corvette captain in Europe include the navies of
France
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,
Germany
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,
Italy
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,
Spain
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, and
Croatia
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. Other users include many
Latin America
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n countries.
While the
NATO rank code is OF-3, the official translation of the rank as per NATO STANAG 2116 varies between "commander junior grade" and "commander" (with the next senior rank being translated as "commander senior grade").
[NATO STANAG 2116 of 25 February 2010] Some NATO members class their corvette captains as OF-4 when they are serving afloat.
[
]
Germany
is an OF3 rank equivalent to the German Army
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and German Air Force
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rank of ''Major
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''.
Gallery
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(Argentine Navy
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(Belgian Navy
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Lieutenant-commander
(Royal Canadian Navy
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(Colombian National Navy
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(Cuban Revolutionary Navy
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(Navy of El Salvador
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(Paraguayan Navy
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(Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela
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See also
* Corvette lieutenant
References
{{Reflist
Naval ranks