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Frigate captain
Naval officer's rank From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frigate captain is a naval rank in the naval forces of several countries. Corvette captain lies one level below frigate captain.
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It is usually equivalent to the Commonwealth/US Navy rank of commander.
Countries using this rank include Argentina, Colombia and Spain (Spanish: capitán de fragata), France (French: capitaine de frégate), Belgium (Dutch: fregatkapitein), Italy (Italian: capitano di fregata), Brazil and Portugal (Portuguese: capitão de fragata), Croatia (Croatian: kapetan fregate) and Germany (German: Fregattenkapitän).
In the Royal Canadian Navy, capitaine de frégate is the official French language name for the rank of commander.
The NATO rank code is OF-4, the official translation for instance of the German Fregattenkapitän as well as the French capitaine de frégate into English is "commander senior grade".[1]
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Germany
Fregattenkapitän is a German Navy line officer rank OF-4 equivalent to Oberstleutnant (en: Lieutenant colonel) in the German Army and German Air Force.
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