Ship-of-the-line lieutenant

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
Senior officers:
Commodore • Fleet captain Post captain • Captain Captain of sea and war • Ship-of-the-line captain Captain at sea • Corvette captain Frigate captain • Commander
Junior officers:
Lieutenant commander • 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

Ship-of-the-line lieutenant is a common naval rank, equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant in the UK, Commonwealth and US. The name of the rank derives from the name of the largest class of warship, the ship of the line, as opposed to smaller types of warship (corvettes and frigates).

The rank is lieutenant de vaisseau in French, tenente di vascello in Italian, teniente de navío in Spanish, Linienschiffsleutnant in German and sorhajóhadnagy in Hungarian.

The NATO rank code is OF-2.

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  Insignia in the French Navy

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  Insignia in the Italian Navy

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  Teniente de navío (ship-of-the-line lieutenant) of the Armada Española (Spanish Navy)

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  Insignia of a Linienschiffsleutnant in the Austro-Hungarian Navy

See also

• Ship of the line
• Ship-of-the-line captain

References and sources

• (French) Les grades de la Marine nationale