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  2. Royal Navy officer rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    Royal Navy epaulettes for senior and junior officers, 18th and 19th centuries Royal Navy epaulettes for flag officers, 18th and 19th centuries. Uniforms for naval officers were not authorised until 1748. At first the cut and style of the uniform differed considerably between ranks, and specific rank insignia were only sporadically used.

  3. Royal Navy other rank insignia - Wikipedia

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    A chief petty officer in the blue uniform wears three buttons on their sleeves to indicate rank, the same rank insignia (but topped with a star) used by Chilean Navy midshipmen. The WO2 rank began to be phased out in April 2014 for most branches except Submariner engineers, with no new appointments; existing holders of the rank retain it until ...

  4. Royal Navy ranks, rates, and uniforms of the 18th and 19th ...

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    Naval ranks and positions of the 18th and 19th-century Royal Navy were an intermixed assortment of formal rank titles, positional titles, as well as informal titles used onboard oceangoing ships. Uniforms played a major role in shipboard hierarchy since those positions allocated a formal uniform by navy regulations were generally considered of ...

  5. Comparison of United Kingdom and United States military ranks

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    The rank of Ensign is no longer used in the Royal Navy. All officers now join BRNC Dartmouth as midshipmen once more, unless they have previously served in the ranks ((senior) upper yardsmen) but use the non-substantive rank of officer cadet (OCdt) during the pre-initial sea phase.

  6. Category:Military ranks of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Military ranks of the Royal Navy" ... Royal Navy officer rank insignia; Royal Navy other rank insignia; A. Able seaman (rank) Admiral (Royal Navy)

  7. Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Navy ranks, rates and insignia form part of the uniform of the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy uniform is the pattern on which many of the uniforms of the other national navies of the world are based (e.g. Ranks and insignia of NATO navies officers, Uniforms of the United States Navy, Uniforms of the Royal Canadian Navy, French Naval ...

  8. Template:Royal Navy Officer Ranks - Wikipedia

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    His Majesty's Naval Service Epaulette Rank Insignia: Rank Title: Admiral of the Fleet [1] Admiral: Vice admiral: Rear admiral: Commodore: Captain: Commander: Lieutenant commander: Lieutenant: Sub-lieutenant: Midshipman: Officer Cadet: Abbreviation: Adm. of the Fleet [nb 1] Adm VAdm RAdm Cdre Capt Cdr Lt Cdr Lt Sub Lt / SLt Mid OC

  9. Royal Naval Engineers - Wikipedia

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    Naval engineers are in charge of the management and upkeep of ship-board machinery. Traditionally this included engines, motors, pumps and other mechanical devices, but modern engineers are now responsible for both mechanical systems and high-tech electronics such radar and sonar systems and nuclear-power plants.