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In the Royal Canadian Navy, Captain(N) (abbreviated Capt(N); capitaine de vaisseau, abbreviated capv) is a senior officer rank, equal to an army or air force colonel. A captain(N) is senior to a commander, and junior to a commodore. [5] Typical appointments for captains(N) include: [citation needed] Commanding officer of a Canadian Forces base;
Thomas, Lord Cochrane, as he himself became in October 1778, had six brothers. Two served with distinction in the military: William Erskine Cochrane of the 15th Dragoons, who served under Sir John Moore in the Peninsular War and reached the rank of major; and Archibald Cochrane, who became a captain in the Navy.
In the United States Navy, captain was the highest rank from 1775 until 1857, when the United States Congress created the rank of flag officer. [1] The modern rank of captain (abbreviated CAPT) is a senior officer rank, with the pay grade of O-6. It ranks above commander and below rear admiral (lower half).
Captain was the highest naval rank from 1775 until 1857, when the United States Congress created the rank of flag officer. [3] With the addition of the ranks of commander and lieutenant commander between lieutenant and captain, a Navy captain became equivalent in rank to an Army colonel .
Captain (Capt.) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy. It ranks above commander and below commodore and has a NATO ranking code of OF-5. The rank is equivalent to a colonel in the British Army and Royal Marines, and to a group captain in the Royal Air Force. There are similarly named equivalent ranks in the navies of many other countries.
Naval captain may refer to: Captain (naval), the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships; Captain at sea, a rank equivalent to Captain (naval) in non-English-speaking countries such as Germany and the Netherlands; Sea captain, a licensed mariner in ultimate command of the vessel
The youngest man to reach the rank of captain in the U.S. Navy. United States: Yes 1779 1820 Đỗ, Kiếm. South Vietnamese naval officer who secretly organised the evacuation of over 30,000 refugees aboard 32 South Vietnamese navy ships during the Fall of Saigon, preventing those ships from falling into the hands of North Vietnamese.
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc. In militaries, the captain is typically at the level of an officer ...