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Corvette captain

Naval rank equivalent to lieutenant commander

Field	Value
name	Corvette captain
image	[File:Generic-Navy-5.svg
caption	Common types of insignia
country	See [gallery
service branch	Navies
rank group	Senior officer
NATO rank	OF-3
higher rank	Frigate captain
lower rank	Ship-of-the-line lieutenant
equivalents	Lieutenant commander (Anglophone)

| Non-NATO rank =

Corvette captain is a rank in many European and Latin American navies which theoretically corresponds to command of a corvette (small warship). The equivalent rank is lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy and other Commonwealth navies, the United States Navy, and the Royal Canadian Navya bilingual country which actually uses the term capitaine de corvette (capc) for the rank of lieutenant-commander when written or spoken in French.

Notable users of the rank of corvette captain in Europe include the navies of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Croatia. Other users include many Latin American countries.

While the NATO rank code is OF-3, the official translation of the rank as per NATO STANAG 2116 varies between "commander junior grade" and "commander" (with the next senior rank being translated as "commander senior grade"). Some NATO members class their corvette captains as OF-4 when they are serving afloat.

Germany

Main article: Korvettenkapitän

Korvettenkapitän is an OF3 rank equivalent to the German Army and German Air Force rank of Major.

Gallery

Angola-Navy-OF-3.svg|Capitão-de-corveta (Angolan Navy) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Argentine Navy) Generic-Navy-6.svg|Korvetkapitein (Belgian Navy) Guinea-Navy-OF-3.svg|Capitaine de corvette (Benin Navy) Generic-Navy-(star)-O4.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Bolivian Navy) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Capitão de corveta (Brazilian Navy) Cameroon-Navy-OF-3.svg|Capitaine de corvette (Cameroon Navy) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Capitaine de corvette Lieutenant-commander (Royal Canadian Navy) Generic-Navy-(star)-O4.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Chilean Navy) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Colombian National Navy) 13.DRCN-LTC.svg|Capitaine de frégate (Navy of the DR Congo) 11-ROCongo Navy-LCDR.svg|Capitaine de frégate (Congolese Navy) File:Croatia-Navy-OF-3.svg|Kapetan korvete (Croatian Navy) Cuba-Navy-OF-3.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Cuban Revolutionary Navy) File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O4.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Dominican Navy) File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O4.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Navy of El Salvador) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Navy of Equatorial Guinea) France-Navy-OF-3 Sleeve.svg|Capitaine de corvette (French Navy) 14.GN-LTCM.svg|Capitaine de corvette (Gabonese Navy) File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O5.svg|Korvettenkapitän (German Navy) Guinea-Navy-OF-3.svg|Capitaine de corvette (Guinean Navy) File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O4.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Honduran Navy) Rank insignia of capitano di corvetta of the Italian Navy.svg|Capitano di corvetta (Italian Navy) Ivory Coast-Navy-OF-3.svg|Capitaine de corvette (Navy of Ivory Coast) 13. Madagascar Navy - LTC.svg|Capitaine de corvette (Madagascar Navy) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Mexican Navy) File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O4.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Nicaraguan Navy) File:Montenegro-Navy-OF-3.svg|Kapetan korvete (Montenegrin Navy) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Capitaine de corvette (Royal Moroccan Navy) Generic-Navy-(star)-O4.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Paraguayan Navy) Peru-Navy-OF-3.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Peruvian Navy) Guinea-Navy-OF-3.svg|Capitaine de corvette (Senegal Navy) File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O5.svg|Капетан Корвете Kapetan korvete (Serbian River Flotilla) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Kapitan korvete (Slovenian Navy) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Spanish Navy) Togo-Navy-OF-3.svg|Capitaine de corvette (Togolese Navy) Generic-Navy-4.svg|Capitaine de corvette رائد بالبحرية (Tunisian National Navy) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Capitán de corbeta (National Navy of Uruguay) Generic-Navy-5.svg|Capitán de corbeta (Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela)

References

(2023-08-30). "Royal Canadian Navy ranks and badges". [[Department of National Defence (Canada)]].
NATO STANAG 2116 of 25 February 2010
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(26 June 2006). "LOI N° 2005-43 DU 26 JUIN 2006". National Assembly (Benin).
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(7 May 2014). "Los grados jerárquicos de la Armada". Chilean Navy.
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(1 April 2019). "Oznake činova". Republic of Croatia Armed Forces.
"Grados militares". Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba).
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"Grados Militares". Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador..
(15 June 2004). "Instruction n°1 DEF/EMM/RH/CPM relative aux uniformes et tenues dans la Marine du 15 juin 2004".
"Dienstgradabzeichen Marine". Bundeswehr.
"Título VI, Capítulo II de la Ley Constitutiva de las Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras, Decreto No. 94-84". National Congress of Honduras.
"Ufficiali Superiori". Ministry of Defence.
"GRADES / APPELLATIONS / DISTINCTIONS". Ministère de la Défense.
(15 November 1996). "LOI N° 96-029 portant Statut Général des Militaires". Ministry of Defence (Madagascar).
(21 July 2018). "Ley Orgánica De La Armada De México".
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(1992). "Uruguay: A Country Study". Federal Research Division, Library of Congress.
(28 August 2017). "Grados de Oficiales Superiores". Government of Venezuela.

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