Corvette captain

Hierarchy of naval officer ranks
Flag officers:
Admiral of the navy Admiral of the fleet • Fleet admiral General admiral • Grand admiral • Admiral Squadron admiral • Flotilla admiral Vice admiral • Lieutenant admiral Rear admiral • Counter admiral Commodore admiral • Schout-bij-nacht Port admiral • Commodore
Senior officers:
Fleet captain • Post captain Captain • Ship-of-the-line captain Captain of sea and war • Captain at sea Corvette captain • Commander Frigate captain • Lieutenant commander
Junior officers:
Captain lieutenant • Flag lieutenant Lieutenant • Ship-of-the-line lieutenant Corvette lieutenant • Frigate lieutenant Lieutenant (junior grade) • Sub-lieutenant Ensign
Training officers:
Passed midshipman • Midshipman Naval cadet

Corvette captain is a rank in many navies which theoretically corresponds to command of a corvette (small warship). The equivalent rank in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and USA is lieutenant commander. The Royal Canadian Navy uses bilingual ranks with capitaine de corvette being the French equivalent of lieutenant commander.

Notable users of the rank of corvette captain in Europe include the navies of France, Germany and Spain. Other users include many Latin American 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"). Some NATO members class their corvette captains as OF-4 when they are serving afloat.

The Russian/Soviet equivalent is "captain, 3rd grade" (капита́н 3-го р́анга).

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  Insignia of a capitaine de corvette in the French navy

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  Insignia of a capitano di corvetta in the Italian navy

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  Insignia of a Korvettenkapitän in the German Navy

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  Insignia of a captain, 3rd grade in the Soviet Navy

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  Insignia of a kapetan korvete (Cyrillic: капетан корвете) in the River Flotilla of the Serbian Armed Forces

See also

• Corvette lieutenant