Flotilla admiral

Not to be confused with Fleet admiral or Admiral of the fleet.

Flotilla admiral is the lowest flag rank, a rank above captain, in the modern navies of Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden. It corresponds to the ranks of commodore or rear admiral (lower half) in the navies of the United States, United Kingdom, and certain other countries.

Insignias of flotilla admirals

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  Bulgarian флотилен адмирал
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  Danish flotilleadmiral
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  Finnish lippueamiraali
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  Swedish flottiljamiral

Germany

Flotilla admiral Flottillenadmiral
Shoulder board and mounting loop
Cuff title
Country	Germany
Service branch	German Navy
Abbreviation	FltlAdm
Rank	General officer group
NATO rank code	OF-6
Non-NATO rank	B6
Next higher rank	Konteradmiral
Next lower rank	Kapitän zur See
Equivalent ranks	Brigadegeneral

Flottillenadmiral, short FltlAdm in lists FADM, (en: Flotilla admiral) is the lowest flag officer rank in the German Navy, corresponding to command of a US Navy Rear Admiral (lower half) or Commodore (Royal Navy). It is equivalent to Brigadegeneral in the Bundeswehr or to Admiralarzt/Generalarzt, Admiralapotheker/Generalapotheker in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr.

Its rank insignia, worn on the sleeves and shoulders, are one five-pointed star above a big gold stripe and a narrow one (without the star when rank loops are worn). It is grade B6 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.

The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:

• OF-9: Admiral (Germany) / General (Germany)
• OF-8: Vizeadmiral / Generalleutnant
• OF-7: Konteradmiral / Generalmajor
• OF-6: Flottillenadmiral / Brigadegeneral

German Navy officer rank
junior rank Kapitän zur See	Flotilla admiral	senior rank Konteradmiral

See also

Main article: List of German admirals

Main articles: Ranks of the German Bundeswehr and Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr