Corvette Captain is a rank in many navies which theoretically corresponds to command of a
corvetteA corvette is a small, manoeuvrable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or Fast Attack Craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role. During the Age of Sail, corvettes were smaller than frigates and larger than...
(small warship). The equivalent rank in the UK,
CommonwealthThe Commonwealth of Nations, often referred to as the Commonwealth and previously as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-three independent member states. Most of them were formerly part of the British Empire. They co-operate within a framework of common values...
and USA is Lieutenant-Commander. Canada's Maritime Command uses bilingual ranks with "Capitaine de Corvette" (Captc) being the French equivalent of "
Lieutenant CommanderLieutenant Commander
is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a Lieutenant and subordinate to a Commander...
" (LCdr).
Notable users of the rank of Corvette Captain in Europe include the navies of
FranceThe French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military...
,
GermanyThe German Navy The German Navy The German Navy (Deutsche Marine is the navy of Germany and part of the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces).The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet (Reichsflotte) of the revolutionary era of 1848–1852 and more directly to the Prussian Navy, which...
and
SpainThe Spanish Navy is the maritime arm of the Spanish Military, one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Armada is responsible for notable achievements in world history such the first world circumnavigation, and the discovery of a maritime path from the Far East to America across the...
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Corvette Captain is a rank in many navies which theoretically corresponds to command of a
corvetteA corvette is a small, manoeuvrable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or Fast Attack Craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role. During the Age of Sail, corvettes were smaller than frigates and larger than...
(small warship). The equivalent rank in the UK,
CommonwealthThe Commonwealth of Nations, often referred to as the Commonwealth and previously as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-three independent member states. Most of them were formerly part of the British Empire. They co-operate within a framework of common values...
and USA is Lieutenant-Commander. Canada's Maritime Command uses bilingual ranks with "Capitaine de Corvette" (Captc) being the French equivalent of "
Lieutenant CommanderLieutenant Commander
is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a Lieutenant and subordinate to a Commander...
" (LCdr).
Notable users of the rank of Corvette Captain in Europe include the navies of
FranceThe French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military...
,
GermanyThe German Navy The German Navy The German Navy (Deutsche Marine is the navy of Germany and part of the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces).The German Navy traces its roots back to the Imperial Fleet (Reichsflotte) of the revolutionary era of 1848–1852 and more directly to the Prussian Navy, which...
and
SpainThe Spanish Navy is the maritime arm of the Spanish Military, one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Armada is responsible for notable achievements in world history such the first world circumnavigation, and the discovery of a maritime path from the Far East to America across the...
. Other users include many Latin American countries.
The NATO rank code is OF-3.
The Russian / Soviet equivalent is Kapitan 3 rank (
капита́н 3-го р́анга).