Abbreviations
Abbreviations for Officers’ Ranks
Royal Navy
- VAdm: Vice-Admiral
- RAdm: Rear-Admiral
- Cdre: Commodore
- Capt: Captain
- Cdr: Commander
- Lt Cdr: Lieutenant-Commander
German Navy
- VAdm: Vizeadmiral
- KAdm: Konteradmiral (equivalent of Rear Admiral)
- Kom: Kommodore (equivalent of Commodore)
- KptzS: Kapitän zur See (equivalent of Captain)
- FKpt: Fregattenkapitän (equivalent of Captain, junior to Kapitän zur See)
- KKpt: Korvettenkapitän (equivalent of Commander)
- KptLt: Kapitänleutnant (equivalent of Lieutenant)
- OLtzS: Oberleutnant zur See (equivalent of Lieutenant, junior to Kapitänleutnant)
Other Abbreviations
- AdC.: Aide de Camp to The King
- C.B.: Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
- C.M.G.: Companion of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
- C.V.O.: Commander of The Royal Victorian Order
- D.F: Destroyer Flotilla
- D.S.C.:Distinguished Service Cross
- D.S.O.:Distinguished Service Order
- HMS: His Majesty's Ship
- SMS: Seiner Majestät Schiff (German; translation: His Majesty's Ship)
- K.C.B.: Knight Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
- M.V.O.: Member of The Royal Victorian Order
- the Hon.: The Honourable
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