Frigate captain


Frigate Captain is a naval rank in the naval forces of several countries. Corvette lies one level below Frigate.
It is, usually, equivalent to the Commonwealth/US Navy rank of commander.
Countries using this rank include Argentina, Colombia and Spain, France, Belgium, Italy,
Brazil and Portugal Croatia and Germany .
In the Royal Canadian Navy, capitaine de frégate is the official French language name for the rank of commander.
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"

Germany

Fregattenkapitän is a German Navy line officer rank OF-4 equivalent to Oberstleutnant in German Army and German Air Force.