Frigate captain is a naval rank in the naval forces of several countries.
It is, usually, equivalent to the Commonwealth/US Navy rank of commander.
Countries using this rank include Argentina and Spain (Spanish: capitán de fragata), France (French: capitaine de frégate), Belgium (Dutch: fregatkapitein), Italy (Italian: capitano di fregata), Brasil and Portugal (Portuguese: capitão de fragata) and Germany (German: Fregattenkapitän) .
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".
The Russian/Soviet equivalent is "captain of the 2nd rank" (капитан 2-го ранга)
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Insignia of a capitaine de frégate in the French Navy
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Insignia of a capitano di fregata in the Italian Navy
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Insignia of a Fregattenkapitän in the German Navy
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Insignia of a capitão de fragata of the Portuguese Navy
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Insignia of a captain of the 2nd rank Soviet Navy
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Insignia of a kapetan fregate (Cyrillic: капетан фрегате) of the River Flotilla of the Serbian Armed Forces
Famous quotes containing the words frigate and/or captain:
“There is no Frigate like a Book”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“Do you know who’s sneaked into my stateroom at three o’clock this morning? Nobody, and that’s my complaint!”
—S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Arthur Sheekman, Will Johnstone, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Monkey Business, a complaint shipboard stowaway Groucho makes to the ship’s captain (Ben Taggart)