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* [[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] | * [[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] | ||
* [[Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral]] | * [[Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral]] | ||
* [[Commodore | * [[Commodore First Class (Royal Navy)|Commodore 1st Class]] | ||
* [[Commodore | * [[Commodore Second Class (Royal Navy)|Commodore 2nd Class]] | ||
* [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] | * [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] | ||
* [[Commander (Royal Navy)|Commander]] | * [[Commander (Royal Navy)|Commander]] | ||
Revision as of 17:26, 19 June 2009
Military Officers
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Admiral
- Vice-Admiral
- Rear-Admiral
- Commodore 1st Class
- Commodore 2nd Class
- Captain
- Commander
- Lieutenant-Commander
- Lieutenant
- Sub-Lieutenant
- Commissioned Warrant Officer
Engineering Officers
- Engineer Vice-Admiral
- Engineer Rear-Admiral
- Engineer Captain
- Engineer Commander
- Engineer Lieutenant-Commander
- Engineer Lieutenant
- Engineer Sub-Lieutenant
Medical Officers
- Medical Director-General - equivalent to Vice-Admiral
- Surgeon-General - equivalent to Rear-Admiral
- Deputy Surgeon-General - equivalent to Captain
- Fleet Surgeon - equivalent to Commander
- Staff Surgeon - equivalent to Lieutenant-Commander
- Surgeon - equivalent to Lieutenant
- Surgeon-Probationer - equivalent to Sub-Lieutenant
Paymaster Officers
- Paymaster-in-Chief - equivalent to Captain
- Fleet Paymaster - equivalent to Commander
- Staff Paymaster - equivalent to Lieutenant-Commander
- Paymaster - equivalent to Lieutenant-Commander
- Assistant Paymaster - over 4 years equivalent to Lieutenant, under 4 equivalent to Sub-Lieutenant
Comparative Ranks
| Military Branch | Without the curl, but with; (until) | |||
| Purple between stripes (1915) |
Scarlet between stripes (1918) |
White between stripes (1918) |
Light Blue between stripes (1918) | |
| Admiral of the Fleet |
- | - | - | - |
| Admiral | - | - | - | - |
| Vice- Admiral |
Engineer-in-Chief | Medical Director-General | - | - |
| Rear- Admiral |
Engineer Rear-Admiral |
Surgeon-General | - | - |
| Commodores, First and Second Class |
- | - | - | - |
| Captain of three years' seniority |
Engineer Captain of eight years' service in that rank |
Deputy Surgeon-General |
Paymaster-in-Chief with five years' service in that rank |
Chief Naval Instructor (rank established 1917) |
| Captain under three years' seniority |
Engineer Captain under eight years' service in that rank |
Deputy Surgeon-General |
Paymaster-in-Chief | - |
| Commander | Engineer Commander | Fleet Surgeon | Fleet Paymaster | Naval Instructor of 14 years' seniority |
| Lieutenant- Commander |
Engineer Lieutenant-Commander |
Staff Surgeon | Staff Paymaster | Naval Instructor of 6 years' seniority |
| Lieutenant | Engineer Lieutenant | Surgeon | Assistant Paymaster of four years' seniority |
Naval Instructor under 6 years' seniority |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Engineer Sub-Lieutenant | - | Assistant Paymaster under four years' seniority |
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