Frigate captain
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Frigate captain is a naval rank in the naval forces of several countries. Corvette captain lies one level below frigate captain.
It is usually equivalent to the Commonwealth/US Navy rank of commander.
Countries using this rank include Argentina, Colombia and Spain (Spanish: capitán de fragata), France (French: capitaine de frégate), Belgium (Dutch: fregatkapitein), Italy (Italian: capitano di fregata), Brazil and Portugal (Portuguese: capitão de fragata), Croatia (Croatian: kapetan fregate) and Germany (German: Fregattenkapitän).
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".
Germany
Fregattenkapitän is a German Navy line officer rank OF-4 equivalent to Oberstleutnant (en: Lieutenant colonel) in the German Army and German Air Force.
![Capitão-de-fragata (Angolan Navy)[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Angola-Navy-OF-4.svg)
![Capitán de fragata (Argentine Navy)[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Generic-Navy-6.svg)
![Capitaine de frégate (Benin Navy)[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Guinea-Navy-OF-4.svg){kind=small}
![Capitán de fragata (Bolivian Navy)[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O5.svg)
![Capitaine de frégate (Congolese Navy)[9]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:12-ROCongo_Navy-CDR.svg)
![Kapetan fregate (Croatian Navy)[10]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Croatia-Navy-OF-4.svg)
![Capitán de fragata (Cuban Revolutionary Navy)[11]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cuba-Navy-OF-4.svg)
![Capitaine de frégate (French Navy)[14]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:France-Navy-OF-4_Sleeve.svg)
![Fregattenkapitän (German Navy)[15]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O6.svg)
![Capitano di fregata (Italian Navy)[17]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rank_insignia_of_capitano_di_fregata_of_the_Italian_Navy.svg)
![Capitaine de frégate (Navy of Ivory Coast)[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ivory_Coast-Navy-OF-4.svg){kind=small}
![Capitaine de frégate (Madagascar Navy)[19]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:14._Madagascar_Navy_-_CDR.svg)
![Kapetan fregate (Montenegrin Navy)[22]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montenegro-Navy-OF-4.svg)
![Capitán de fragata (Peruvian Navy)[23]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peru-Navy-OF-4.svg)
![Capitão de fragata (Portuguese Navy)[24]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Romania-Navy-OF-4-Sleeve.svg)
![Капетан Фрегате Kapetan fregate (Serbian River Flotilla)[25]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Serbia-Navy-OF-4.svg)
![Capitaine de frégate (Togolese Navy)[28]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Togo-Navy-OF-4.svg){kind=small}