flotilla admiral

Flotilla admiral is the lowest flag rank, a rank above captain, in the modern navies of Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden and Lithuania. It corresponds to the rank of commodore in the navies of the United Kingdom and certain other countries or rear admiral (lower half) in the navy of the United States.

Germany

{{lang|de|Flottillenadmiral}}, short FltlAdm in lists FADM, (en: Flotilla admiral) is the lowest flag officer rank in the German Navy, corresponding to command of a US Navy Rear Admiral (lower half) or Commodore (Royal Navy). It is equivalent to Brigadegeneral in the {{lang|de|Bundeswehr}} or to Admiralarzt/Generalarzt, Admiralapotheker/Generalapotheker in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr.

Its rank insignia, worn on the sleeves and shoulders, are one five-pointed star above a big gold stripe and a narrow one (without the star when rank loops are worn). It is grade B6 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.

The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:

OF-9:The abbreviation "OF" stands for de: "Offizier / en: officer / fr: officier / ru: офицер" Admiral (Germany) / General (Germany)
OF-8: Vizeadmiral / Generalleutnant
OF-7: {{lang|de|Konteradmiral}} / Generalmajor
OF-6: {{lang|de|Flottillenadmiral}} / Brigadegeneral

Gallery

Generic-Navy-9.svg|{{lang|nl-BE|Flottieljeadmiraal}}
(Belgian Navy)

File:Bulgaria-Navy-OF-6 sleeve.svg|{{lang|bg|Флотилен адмирал}}
{{lang|bg-Latn|Flotilen admiral}}
(Bulgarian Navy){{cite web |title=ЗАКОН ЗА ОТБРАНАТА И ВЪОРЪЖЕНИТЕ СИЛИ НА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ |url=https://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2135631954 |website=lex.bg |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Глава седма. ВОЕННА СЛУЖБА |language=bg |date=12 May 2009}}

Generic-Navy-9.svg|{{lang|da|Flotilleadmiral}}
(Royal Danish Navy){{cite web |title=Søværnets Gradstegn |url=https://forsvaret.dk/globalassets/fko---forsvaret/dokumenter/gradstegn/-sovarnets-gradstegn--.pdf |website=forsvaret.dk |publisher=Danish Defence |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=da |date=2018}}

File:Finland-Navy-OF-6.svg|{{lang|fi|Lippueamiraali}}
{{lang|sv|Flottiljamiral}}
(Finnish Navy){{cite web |title=Sotilasarvot Puolustusvoimissa |url=https://puolustusvoimat.fi/sotilasarvot |website=puolustusvoimat.fi |publisher=Finnish Defence Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=fi}}

Germany-Navy-OF-6.svg|{{lang|de|Flottillenadmiral}}
(German Navy){{cite web |title=Dienstgradabzeichen Marine |url=https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/aktuelles/mediathek/dienstgradabzeichen-marine-69062 |website=bundeswehr.de |publisher=Bundeswehr |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=de}}

Generic-Navy-9.svg|{{lang|lv|Flotiles admirālis}}
(Latvian Naval Forces){{cite web |title=Pakāpju iedalījums |url=https://www.mil.lv/lv/aktivais-dienests/dienesta-gaita/dienesta-pakapes/pakapju-iedalijums |website=mil.lv/lv |publisher=Latvian National Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=lv}}

Generic-Navy-10.svg|{{lang|lt|Flotilės admirolas}}
(Lithuanian Naval Force){{cite web |title=Karių laipsnių ženklai |url=http://kariuomene.kam.lt/lt/kariuomenes_atributika/kariu_laipsniu_zenklai_3554.html |website=kariuomene.kam.lt |publisher=Ministry of National Defence (Lithuania) |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=lt}}

Generic-Navy-9.svg|{{lang|sv|Flottiljamiral}}
(Royal Swedish Navy){{cite web|title=Nya gradbeteckningar införs|url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2019/10/nya-gradbeteckningar-infors/|publisher=Försvarsmakten|date=2019-10-01|access-date=2019-10-02}}

References

Category:Naval ranks

Category:Admirals

Category:One-star officers