Corvette captain is a rank in many European and Latin American navies which theoretically corresponds to command of a
corvette (small warship). The equivalent rank is
lieutenant commander in the
Royal Navy
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and other
Commonwealth navies, the
United States Navy
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, and the
Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; , ''MRC'') is the Navy, naval force of Canada. The navy is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of February 2024, the RCN operates 12 s, 12 s, 4 s, 4 s, 8 s, and several auxiliary ...
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 rank of '' Major''.
Gallery
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( Angolan Navy)
( Argentine Navy)
( Belgian Navy)
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( Benin Navy)
( Bolivian Navy)
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( Brazilian Navy)
( Cameroon Navy)
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Lieutenant-commander
(Royal Canadian Navy
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; , ''MRC'') is the Navy, naval force of Canada. The navy is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of February 2024, the RCN operates 12 s, 12 s, 4 s, 4 s, 8 s, and several auxiliary ...
)
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( Chilean Navy)
( Colombian National Navy)
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( Navy of the DR Congo)
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( Congolese Navy)
( Croatian Navy)
( Cuban Revolutionary Navy)
( Dominican Navy)
( Navy of El Salvador)
( Navy of Equatorial Guinea)
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(French Navy
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)
(Gabonese Navy
The National Navy of Gabon () is the naval branch of the Armed Forces of Gabon. It operates a few fast attack craft and patrol vessels to maintain security along its -long coastline.
Overview
Created on 16 December 1960, the Gabonese Navy is ta ...
)
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(German Navy
The German Navy (, ) is part of the unified (Federal Defense), the German Armed Forces. The German Navy was originally known as the ''Bundesmarine'' (Federal Navy) from 1956 to 1995, when ''Deutsche Marine'' (German Navy) became the official ...
)
( Guinean Navy)
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( Honduran Navy)
( Italian Navy)
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( Navy of Ivory Coast)
( Madagascar Navy)
( Mexican Navy)
( Nicaraguan Navy)
( Montenegrin Navy)
( Royal Moroccan Navy)
( Paraguayan Navy)
( Peruvian Navy)
( Senegal Navy)
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( Serbian River Flotilla)
( Slovenian Navy)
( Spanish Navy)
( Togolese Navy)
( Tunisian National Navy)
( National Navy of Uruguay)
( Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela)
See also
* Corvette lieutenant
References
{{Reflist
Naval ranks