Comparative navy officer ranks of Europe

Rank comparison chart of all navies of European states.

Officers (OF 1–10)

Equivalent NATO code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1				OF(D) and student officer
Albania (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Albania (Edit)	No equivalent		Admiral	Nënadmiral	Kundëradmiral	Kapiten Rangut I	Kapiten Rangut II		Kapiten Rangut III		Kapiten Leitnant		Leitnant		Nënleitnant		No equivalent
Austria	No navy
Belarus	No navy
Belgium (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
		Admiral	Vice-Admiral	Divisional Admiral	Flotilla Admiral	Captain at sea	Frigate captain		Corvette captain	Lieutenant at sea, 1st class	Lieutenant at sea		Ensign at sea		Ensign at sea, 2nd class				Officer Cadet
		Admiraal	Vice-admiraal	Divisieadmiraal	Flottieljeadmiraal	Kapitein-ter-zee	Fregatkapitein		Korvetkapitein	Luitenant-ter-zee 1ste klasse	Luitenant-ter-zee		Vaandrig-ter-zee		Vaandrig-ter-zee 2de klasse				Aspirant der marine
		Amiral	Vice-amiral	Amiral de division	Amiral de flottille	Capitaine de vaisseau	Capitaine de frégate		Capitaine de corvette	Lieutenant de vaisseau de 1^re classe	Lieutenant de vaisseau		Enseigne de vaisseau		Enseigne de vaisseau de 2^e classe				Aspirant de marine
		Admiral	Vizeadmiral	Divisionsadmiral	Flotillenadmiral	Kapitän zur See	Fregattenkapitän		Korvettenkapitän	Linienschiffsleutnant 1. klasse	Linienschiffsleutnant		Seefahnrich		Seefahnrich 2. klasse				Aspirant von marine
Bosnia and Herzegovina	No navy
Bulgaria (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Bulgaria (Edit)	No equivalent	Admiral Адмирал	Vice admiral Вицеадмирал	Counter admiral Контраадмирал	Flotilla admiral Флотилен адмирал	Captain 1st rank Капитан I ранг	Captain 2nd rank Капитан II ранг		Captain 3rd rank Капитан III ранг		Captain lieutenant Капитан-лейтенант		Senior lieutenant Старши лейтенант		Lieutenant Лейтенант		No equivalent
Croatia (Edit)																	No equivalent
Croatia (Edit)	Admiral flote	Admiral	Viceadmiral	Kontraadmiral	Komodor	Kapetan bojnog broda	Kapetan fregate		Kapetan korvete		Poručnik bojnog broda		Poručnik fregate		Poručnik korvete		No equivalent
Cyprus (Edit)	No equivalent
Cyprus (Edit)	No equivalent				Commodore Αρχιπλοίαρχος	Captain Πλοίαρχος	Commander Αντιπλοίαρχος		Lieutenant commander Πλωτάρχης		Lieutenant Υποπλοίαρχος		Sub lieutenant Ανθυποπλοίαρχος		Ensign Σημαιοφόρος		Officer Designate Σημαιοφόρος Επίκουρος Αξιωματικός
Czech Republic	No navy
Denmark (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Denmark (Edit)	No equivalent	Admiral	Viceadmiral	Kontreadmiral	Flotilleadmiral	Kommandør	Kommandørkaptajn		Orlogskaptajn		Kaptajnløjtnant		Premierløjtnant		Løjtnant		No equivalent
Estonia (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Estonia (Edit)	No equivalent	Admiral Admiral	Vice admiral Viitseadmiral	Rear admiral Kontradmiral	Commodore Kommodoor	Captain Mereväekapten	Commander Kaptenleitnant		Lieutenant commander Kaptenmajor		Lieutenant Senior Grade Vanemleitnant		Lieutenant Leitnant	Lieutenant Junior Grade Nooremleitnant		Ensign Lipnik	No equivalent
Finland (Edit)	No equivalent
Finland (Edit)	No equivalent	Amiraali	Vara-amiraali	Kontra-amiraali	Lippueamiraali	Kommodori	Komentaja		Komentajakapteeni		Kapteeniluutnantti		Yliluutnantti	Luutnantti		Aliluutnantti	Upseerikokelas		Upseerioppilas
France (Edit)
France (Edit)	Amiral de France	Amiral	Vice-amiral d'escadre	Vice-amiral	Contre-amiral	Capitaine de vaisseau	Capitaine de frégate		Capitaine de corvette		Lieutenant de vaisseau		Enseigne de vaisseau de 1^re classe		Enseigne de vaisseau de 2^e classe		Aspirant		Élève-officier
Georgia	No navy
Germany (Edit)	No equivalent																		Enlisted rank plus a star indicating cadet's career
Germany (Edit)	No equivalent	Admiral	Vizeadmiral	Konteradmiral	Flottillen- admiral	Kapitän zur See	Fregatten- kapitän		Korvetten- kapitän		Stabskapitän- leutnant	Kapitän- leutnant	Oberleutnant zur See	Leutnant zur See		Oberfähnrich zur See	Fähnrich zur See	Seekadett	Enlisted rank plus a star indicating cadet's career
Greece (Edit)	No equivalent																		No equivalent
		Admiral	Vice Admiral	Rear Admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant Commander		Lieutenant		Sub Lieutenant		Ensign		Officer Designate
		Ναύαρχος	Αντιναύαρχος	Υποναύαρχος	Αρχιπλοίαρχος	Πλοίαρχος	Αντιπλοίαρχος		Πλωτάρχης		Υποπλοίαρχος		Ανθυποπλοίαρχος		Σημαιοφόρος		Σημαιοφόρος Επίκουρος Αξιωματικός
Equivalent NATO code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1				OF(D) and student officer
Hungary	No navy
Iceland (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Iceland (Edit)	No equivalent			Rear Admiral General Director	Commodore Chief of Operations	Captain Deputy Chief of Operations, head of divisions	Commander sg. 1° CO of department, vessel or aircraft	Commander 2° CO of department, vessel or aircraft	Lieutenant Commander Commanding Officer		Lieutenant Officer (after 6 years of service)		Lieutenant jg. Officer (after 2 years of service)		Sub-Lieutenant Officer (first 2 years of service)		No equivalent
Ireland (edit)	No equivalent
Ireland (edit)	No equivalent		Vice admiral Leas-aimiréal	Rear admiral Seachaimiréal	Commodore Ceannasóir	Captain Captaen	Commander Ceannasaí		Lieutenant commander Leifteanant-cheannasaí		Lieutenant Leifteanant		Sub-lieutenant Fo-leifteanant		Ensign Meirgire		Officer cadet Dalta
Italy (Edit)																			No equivalent
Italy (Edit)	Ammiraglio awarded only to the Chief of Defence Staff	Ammiraglio di Squadra con Incarichi Speciali	Ammiraglio di Squadra	Ammiraglio di Divisione	Contrammiraglio	Capitano di Vascello	Capitano di Fregata		Capitano di Corvetta		Primo Tenente di Vascello	Tenente di Vascello	Sottotenente di Vascello		Guardiamarina		Aspirante Guardiamarina		No equivalent
Kosovo	No navy
Latvia (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Latvia (Edit)	No equivalent		Viceadmirālis Vice Admiral	Kontradmirālis Counter Admiral	Flotiles admirālis Rear Admiral	Jūras kapteinis Navy Captain	Komandkapteinis Commander Senior Grade		Komandleitnants Commander Junior Grade		Kapteiņleitnants Lieutenant Commander		Virsleitnants First Lieutenant		Leitnants Lieutenant		No equivalent
Liechtenstein	No navy
Lithuania (Edit)	No equivalent														\|		No equivalent
Lithuania (Edit)	No equivalent		Viceadmirolas	Kontradmirolas	Flotilės admirolas	Jūrų kapitonas	Komandoras		Komandoras leitenantas		Kapitonas leitenantas		Vyresnysis leitenantas		Leitenantas		No equivalent		Kariūnas
Luxembourg	No navy
Macedonia	No navy
Malta (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Malta (Edit)	No equivalent				Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		No equivalent
Moldova	No navy
Monaco	No navy
Montenegro (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Montenegro (Edit)	No equivalent	Admiral	Viceadmiral	Kontraadmiral	Komodor	Kapetan bojnog broda	Kapetan fregate		Kapetan korvete		Poručnik bojnog broda		Poručnik fregate		Poručnik korvete		No equivalent
Netherlands (Edit)	No equivalent																Adelborst/Korporaal-Adelborst/Sergeant-Adelborst		No equivalent
Netherlands (Edit)	No equivalent	Luitenant-Admiraal	Vice-Admiraal	Schout-bij-Nacht	Commandeur	Kapitein ter zee	Kapitein-luitenant ter zee		Luitenant ter zee der 1^ste klasse		Luitenant ter zee der 2^de klasse oudste categorie		Luitenant ter zee der 2^de klasse		Luitenant ter zee der 3^de klasse		Adelborst/Korporaal-Adelborst/Sergeant-Adelborst		No equivalent
Norway (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Norway (Edit)	No equivalent	Admiral	Viseadmiral	Kontreadmiral	Flaggkommandør	Kommandør	Kommandørkaptein		Orlogskaptein		Kapteinløytnant		Løytnant		Fenrik		No equivalent
Poland (Edit)																	No equivalent		Various
Poland (Edit)	Marszałek Polski[note 1]	Admirał	Admirał floty	Wiceadmirał	Kontradmirał	Komandor	Komandor porucznik		Komandor podporucznik		Kapitan marynarki		Porucznik marynarki		Podporucznik marynarki		No equivalent		Podchorąży
Equivalent NATO code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1				OF(D) and student officer
Portugal (Edit)
Portugal (Edit)	Almirante da Armada[note 2]	Almirante	Vice-almirante	Contra-almirante	Comodoro	Capitão de Mar e Guerra	Capitão de Fragata		Capitão-tenente		Primeiro-tenente		Segundo-tenente		Guarda-marinha and Subtenente		Aspirante (Naval School)	Aspirante (others)	Cadete
Romania (Edit)																	No equivalent
Romania (Edit)	Mareșal	Amiral	Viceamiral	Contraamiral	Contraamiral de Flotilă	Comandor	Căpitan-Comandor		Locotenent-Comandor		Căpitan		Locotenent		Aspirant		No equivalent
Russia (Edit)	No equivalent
Russia (Edit)	No equivalent	Admiral of the fleet Адмирал флота	Admiral Адмирал	Vice Admiral Вице-адмирал	Counter admiral Контр-адмирал	Captain 1st rank Капитан 1-го ранга	Captain 2nd rank Капитан 2-го ранга		Captain 3rd rank Капитан 3-го ранга		Captain Lieutenant Капитан-лейтенант		Senior lieutenant Старший лейтенант	Lieutenant Лейтенант		Junior lieutenant Младший лейтенант	Kursant Курсант
San Marino	No navy
Serbia (Edit)	No equivalent																Unknown
Serbia (Edit)	No equivalent	Admiral Адмирал	Vice admiral Вице Адмирал	Counter admiral Контра Адмирал	Commodore Комодор	Captain Капетан Бојног Брода	Commander Капетан Фрегате		Lieutenant commander Капетан Корвете		Lieutenant Поручник Фрегате		Lieutenant junior grade Поручник Корвете		Ensign Потпоручник		Unknown
Slovakia	No navy
Slovenia (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Slovenia (Edit)	No equivalent	Admiral	Vice admiral	Kontraadmiral	Kapitan	Kapitan bojne ladje	Kapitan fregate		Kapitan korvete		Poročnik fregate		Poročnik korvete		Podporočnik		No equivalent
Spain (edit)
Spain (edit)	Capitán general[note 3]	Almirante general	Almirante	Vice almirante	Contra almirante	Capitán de navío	Capitán de fragata		Capitán de corbeta		Teniente de navío		Alférez de navío		Alférez de fragata		Guardiamarina 2	Guardiamarina 1	Alumno 2	Alumno 1
Sweden (Edit)	No equivalent
Sweden (Edit)	No equivalent	Amiral	Viceamiral	Konteramiral	Flottiljamiral	Kommendör	Kommendörkapten		Örlogskapten		Kapten		Löjtnant		Fänrik		Kadett
Switzerland	No navy
Turkey (Edit)																	Various [note 4]
Turkey (Edit)	Büyükamiral	Oramiral	Koramiral	Tümamiral	Tuğamiral	Albay	Yarbay		Binbaşı		Yüzbaşı		Üsteğmen	Teğmen		Asteğmen	Bahriyeli
Ukraine (Edit)	No equivalent																No equivalent
Ukraine (Edit)	No equivalent	Admiral Адмірал	Vice Admiral Віце-адмірал	Counter Admiral Контр-адмірал	Counter Admiral (junior grade) Контр-адмірал (nyzhnya polovyna)	First rank Captain Капітан I рангу	Second rank captain Капітан II рангу		Third rank captain Капітан III рангу		Captain lieutenant Капітан-лейтенант		Senior lieutenant Старший лейтенант	Lieutenant Лейтенант		Junior Lieutenant Молодший лейтенант	No equivalent
United Kingdom (Edit)																			No equivalent
United Kingdom (Edit)	Admiral of the Fleet	Admiral	Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Commodore	Captain	Commander		Lieutenant commander		Lieutenant		Sub lieutenant		Midshipman		Officer Cadet		No equivalent
United Kingdom (Royal Marines) (Edit)																			No equivalent
United Kingdom (Royal Marines) (Edit)	Captain General Royal Marines	General	Lieutenant-general	Major-general	Brigadier	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Officer cadet		No equivalent
Vatican City	No navy
Equivalent NATO code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1				OF(D) and student officer

Remark:
NATO STANAG 2116 lists Officer Designates (listed here as OF(D)) of some countries alongside OF-1 ranks.

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Notes

Title; Honorary or posthumous rank; war time rank; ceremonial rank
Title; Honorary or posthumous rank; war time rank; ceremonial rank. For example, in Spain this rank is held solely by H.M. the King of Spain.
Rank only held by the king of Spain.
Student officer insignia denotes school grade rather than military seniority.

References

STANAG 2116 NATO chart

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[Honorary-1] Title; Honorary or posthumous rank; war time rank; ceremonial rank

[honorary-2] Title; Honorary or posthumous rank; war time rank; ceremonial rank. For example, in Spain this rank is held solely by H.M. the King of Spain.

[3] Rank only held by the king of Spain.

[4] Student officer insignia denotes school grade rather than military seniority.

Comparative navy officer ranks of Europe

Officers (OF 1–10)

See also

Notes

References