Ship-of-the-line captain


Ship-of-the-line-captain, Kapitän zur See is a rank that appears in several navies. The name of the rank derives from the fact the rank corresponded to command of a warship of the largest class, the ship-of-the-line, as opposed to smaller types. It is normally above the rank of frigate captain.
Captain is equivalent to the naval rank of captain in most of the Commonwealth navies and captain in the United States Navy, and to the rank of captain at sea used in Germany and the Netherlands. Captain is rank OF-5 in the NATO rank codes, and equates to the land-forces rank of full colonel.

Austro-Hungarian Empire

Linienschiffskapitän was an officer rank in the Austro-Hungarian Navy, equivalent to Oberst in the land forces or Kapitän zur See in the Kaiserliche Marine. It is still partly used by the navies of the Empire's successor states, such as Yugoslavia and Croatia.
In descending order, the other officer ranks below Linienschiffskapitän were
In the Belgian Navy the rank of capitaine de vaisseau or kapitein-ter-zee is the third grade of superior officer, equivalent to colonel in the land forces. Its insignia is made up of four bands. He or she commands a capital ship or a shore establishment. Smaller vessels such as destroyers and frigates are commanded by a kapitein-luitenant.

Canada

In the Canadian Armed Forces, Captain is a rank for officers who wear navy uniform, equal to colonel for officers who wear army or air force uniform. Like colonel, captain is the highest rank of senior officer. A captain is senior to a commander or a lieutenant-colonel, and junior to a commodore or brigadier-general.
Typical appointments for captains include:
The rank insignia for a captain is four stripes, worn on the cuffs of the service dress jacket, and on slip-ons on other uniforms. On the visor of the service cap is one row of gold oak leaves along the edge. Captains wear the officers' pattern branch cap badge.
The "" is a part of the rank descriptor, and is used in official publications and documents to distinguish a captain from a captain in the army or air force. It is also important to distinguish between the rank of captain and the appointment of captain, meaning the commanding officer of a ship, regardless of his or her rank.
A captain is addressed initially as "Captain Bloggins", thereafter by superiors and peers as "Captain" and by subordinates as "Sir" or "Ma'am". The "" is not part of the spoken address.
Note: Before Unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968, rank structure and insignia followed the British pattern.

France

Capitaine de vaisseau is a rank in the French Navy, corresponding to that of colonel in the French Army. They usually command the navy's most important ships.
He has five stripes and is addressed as "commandant". In naval slang, he is also known as a "cap' de veau".

Italy

The rank of Captain also exists in the Italian Navy. He is addressed as "comandante".