Comparative navy officer ranks of Oceania

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Rank comparison chart of officers for navies of Oceanian states.

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Officers

Rank groupGeneral/flag officersField/senior officersJunior officersOfficer cadet
Naval Ensign of Australia.svg  Royal Australian Navy [1]
Australia-Navy-OF-10-collected.svg Australia-Navy-OF-9-collected.svg Australia-Navy-OF-8-collected.svg Australia-Navy-OF-7-collected.svg Australia-Navy-OF-6-collected.svg Australia-Navy-OF-5-collected.svg Australia-Navy-OF-4-collected.svg Australia-Navy-OF-3-collected.svg Australia-Navy-OF-2-collected.svg Australia-Navy-OF-1-collected.svg Australia-Navy-OF-1-collected.svg Royal Australian Navy OF (D).svg UK-Navy-OFD.svg
Admiral of the fleet [2] Admiral Vice admiral Rear admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Sub lieutenant Acting sub lieutenant Midshipman
Flag of Federated States of Micronesia.svg Federated States of Micronesia No navy
Naval Ensign of Fiji.svg  Republic of Fiji Navy
British Royal Navy OF-7.svg Generic-Navy-10.svg Fiji Navy Commodore.png Generic-Navy-9.svg Generic-Navy-8.svg Generic-Navy-6.svg Generic-Navy-5.svg Generic-Navy-4.svg Generic-Navy-2.svg Generic-Navy-1.svg British Royal Navy OF-1a.svg
Rear admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant Ensign Midshipman
Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati No navy
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands No navy
Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru No navy
Naval Ensign of New Zealand.svg  Royal New Zealand Navy [3]
RNZN-SHOULDER-OF10.png RNZN OF-10.svg RNZN-SHOULDER-OF08.png RNZN OF-8.svg RNZN-SHOULDER-OF07.png RNZN OF-7.svg RNZN-SHOULDER-OF06.png RNZN OF-6.svg RNZN OF-5.svg RNZN OF-4.svg RNZN OF-3.svg RNZN OF-2.svg RNZN OF-1b.svg RNZN OF-1a.svg
Admiral of the fleet [4] Vice admiral Rear admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Sub lieutenant Ensign Midshipman
Flag of Palau.svg Palau No navy
Naval Ensign of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Maritime Element
PNG-Navy-OF-7.svg PNG-Navy-OF-6.svg PNGDF Navy CPT.png PNGDF CDR.png PNGDF LTC.png PNGDF LT.png PNGDF SLT.png PNGDF Midshipman.png
Rear Admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant
Commander 		Lieutenant Sub
Lieutenant 		Midshipman
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa No navy
Naval Ensign of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands No navy
Naval Ensign of Tonga.svg  Tongan Navy [5]
Generic-Navy-12.svg Generic-Navy-9.svg Generic-Navy-8.svg Generic-Navy-6.svg Generic-Navy-5.svg Generic-Navy-4.svg Generic-Navy-2.svg British Royal Navy OF-1a.svg
Commander-in-chief Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Sub lieutenant Midshipman
Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu No navy
Naval Ensign of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu Maritime Wing
Vanuatu Police Maritime Wing OF-4.svg Vanuatu Police Maritime Wing OF-3.svg Vanuatu Police Maritime Wing OF-2.svg Vanuatu Police Maritime Wing OF-1.svg
Commander
Komanda		 Lieutenant commander
Lietnen Komanda		 Lieutenant
Lietnen		 Sub lieutenant
Sab-Lietnen		 Officer Cadet
Rank groupGeneral/flag officersField/senior officersJunior officersOfficer cadet

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Commodore is a senior naval rank used in many navies which is equivalent to brigadier and air commodore. It is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral. It is either regarded as the most junior of the flag officers rank or may not hold the jurisdiction of a flag officer at all depending on the officer's appointment. Non-English-speaking nations commonly use the rank of flotilla admiral, counter admiral, or senior captain as an equivalent, although counter admiral may also correspond to rear admiral lower half abbreviated as RDML.

A lieutenant is a commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations.

Lieutenant commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander. The corresponding rank in most armies and air forces is major, and in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces is squadron leader.

Commander is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain.

A chief petty officer (CPO) is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royal Navy officer rank insignia</span> Official Royal Navy Officer ranks

These are the official Royal Navy Officer ranks ordered by rank. These ranks are part of the NATO/United Kingdom ranks, including modern and past. Past insignia is in italic.

New Zealand military ranks are largely based on those of the United Kingdom. The three services have their own rank structure, with a rank equivalency that allows seamless interoperability between the services. All three services form part of the New Zealand Defence Force.

The Australian Defence Force's (ADF) ranks of officers and enlisted personnel in each of its three service branches of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Australian Army, and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) inherited their rank structures from their British counterparts. The insignia used to identify these ranks are also generally similar to those used in the British Armed Forces.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Captain (naval)</span> Naval military rank

Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The rank is equal to the army rank of colonel and air force rank of group captain.

Lieutenant is a commissioned officer rank in many English-speaking nations' navies and coast guards. It is typically the most senior of junior officer ranks. In most navies, the rank's insignia may consist of two medium gold braid stripes, the uppermost stripe featuring an executive curl in many Commonwealth of Nations; or three stripes of equal or unequal width.

Rank comparison chart of officer ranks for armies/ land forces of Oceania states.

Rank comparison chart of non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and enlisted personnel for all armies and land forces of Oceanian states.

Rank comparison chart of armies/land forces of Commonwealth of Nations states.

Rank comparison chart of naval forces of Commonwealth of Nations states.

Rank comparison chart of naval forces of Oceanian states.

Rank comparison chart of naval forces of Commonwealth of Nations states.

Rank comparison chart of officers for armies/land forces of Anglophone states.

Rank comparison chart of Non-commissioned officer and enlisted ranks for armies/land forces of Anglophone states.

Rank comparison chart of officers for navies of Anglophone states.

Rank comparison chart of Non-commissioned officer and enlisted ranks for navies of Anglophone states.

References

  1. ↑ "Badges of rank" (PDF). defence.gov.au. Department of Defence (Australia). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Shown with cipher of Elizabeth II
  3. ↑ "Badges of Rank" (PDF). nzdf.mil.nz. New Zealand Defence Force. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Shown with cipher of Elizabeth II
  5. ↑ "Tonga Defence Services (Amendment) Regulations 2009" (PDF). Tonga Government Gazette Supplement Extraordinary. 5: 151–153. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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