frigate captain
{{Short description|Naval officer's rank}}
{{Infobox military rank
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| service branch = Navies
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| rank group = Senior officer
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| NATO rank = OF-4
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| higher rank = Ship-of-the-line captain
| lower rank = Corvette captain
| equivalents = Commander (Anglophone)
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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 ({{langx|es|capitán de fragata}}), France ({{langx|fr|capitaine de frégate}}), Belgium ({{langx|nl|fregatkapitein}}), Italy ({{langx|it|capitano di fregata}}), Brazil and Portugal ({{langx|pt|capitão de fragata}}), Croatia ({{langx|hr|kapetan fregate}}) and Germany ({{langx|de|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 {{Lang|de|Fregattenkapitän}} as well as the French capitaine de frégate into English is "commander senior grade".NATO STANAG 2116 of 25 February 2010
Germany
{{main article|Fregattenkapitän}}
{{Lang|de|Fregattenkapitän}} is a German Navy line officer rank OF-4 equivalent to {{Lang|de|Oberstleutnant|italic=no}} (en: Lieutenant colonel) in the German Army and German Air Force.
Gallery
Angola-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|pt|Capitão-de-fragata}}
(Angolan Navy){{cite web |title=Postos da Marinha |url=https://faa.ao/mga/postos_marinha |website=faa.ao |publisher=Angolan Navy |access-date=27 June 2021 |language=pt}}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Argentine Navy){{cite web |title=Grados Militares |url=https://www.fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar/GradosMilitares.aspx |website=fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar |publisher=Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina) |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=es}}
Generic-Navy-7.svg|{{lang|nl-BE|Fregatkapitein}}
(Belgian Navy)
Guinea-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Benin Navy){{cite web |title=LOI N° 2005-43 DU 26 JUIN 2006 |url=https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/94851/111467/F-404511779/BEN-94851.pdf |website=ilo.org |publisher=National Assembly (Benin) |access-date=13 June 2021 |pages=19-20, 35-36 |language=fr |date=26 June 2006}}
Generic-Navy-(star)-O5.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Bolivian Navy){{Cite tweet |author=Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) |author-link=Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) |user=mindefbolivia |number=1215275830206779392 |date=9 January 2020 |title=Conoce la jerarquía de los grados de la #ArmadaBoliviana |language=es |access-date=28 May 2021}}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|pt-BR|Capitão de fragata}}
(Brazilian Navy){{cite web |title=Postos e Graduações |url=https://www.marinha.mil.br/postos-e-graduacoes |website=marinha.mil.br |publisher=Brazilian Navy |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=pt}}
Cameroon-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Cameroon Navy)
Generic-Navy-6.svg|Commander
{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Royal Canadian Navy){{cite web |title=Ranks and appointment |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/rank-appointment-insignia.html |website=canada.ca |date=23 November 2017 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=28 May 2021}}
Generic-Navy-(star)-O5.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Chilean Navy){{cite web |title=Los grados jerárquicos de la Armada |url=https://www.armada.cl/armada/nuestra-armada/los-grados-jerarquicos-de-la-armada/2017-08-29/095559.html |website=armada.cl/ |publisher=Chilean Navy |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=es |date=7 May 2014}}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Colombian National Navy)
14.DRCN-CDR.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Navy of the DR Congo)
12-ROCongo Navy-CDR.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Congolese Navy){{cite web |title=Grades appellations distinctions |url=https://defense.gouv.cg/gradesappellationsdistinctions/ |website=defense.gouv.cg |publisher=Ministry of National Defense (Republic of the Congo) |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=fr}}
File:Croatia-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|hr|Kapetan fregate}}
(Croatian Navy){{cite web |title=Oznake činova |url=http://www.osrh.hr/#rubData/HTML/HR/RAZNO/OZNAKE/20190401_Galerija_oznaka/Galerija_oznaka_HR.htm |website=osrh.hr |publisher=Republic of Croatia Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=hr |date=1 April 2019}}
Cuba-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Cuban Revolutionary Navy){{cite web |title=Grados militares |url=https://www.minfar.gob.cu/far/grados-militares?field_clasificacion_value=marina |website=minfar.gob.cu |publisher=Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba) |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es}}
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O5.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Dominican Navy){{cite web |title=Insignias |url=https://www.mide.gob.do/detail.aspx?id=477&sl=96 |website=mide.gob.do |publisher=Ministry of Defense (Dominican Republic) |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226162440/https://www.mide.gob.do/detail.aspx?id=477&sl=96 |url-status=dead }}
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O5.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Navy of El Salvador){{cite web |title=Grados Militares |url=https://www.fuerzaarmada.mil.sv/?page_id=734 |website=fuerzaarmada.mil.sv |publisher=Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304153314/https://www.fuerzaarmada.mil.sv/?page_id=734 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |language=es}}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Navy of Equatorial Guinea)
France-Navy-OF-4 Sleeve.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(French Navy){{cite web |title=Instruction n°1 DEF/EMM/RH/CPM relative aux uniformes et tenues dans la Marine du 15 juin 2004 |url=http://www.boc.sga.defense.gouv.fr/visu/boc_visu4.php?nor=B0451497J&id=2408 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307061947/http://www.boc.sga.defense.gouv.fr/visu/boc_visu4.php?nor=B0451497J&id=2408 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2016 |access-date=4 June 2021 |pages=3793–3867 |language=fr |date=15 June 2004 }}
16.GN-CMDR.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de fregate}}
(Gabonese Navy)
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O6.svg|{{lang|de|Fregattenkapitän}}
(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 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Guinea-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Guinean Navy)
blank.svg|{{lang|pt|Capitão de fragata}}
(Navy of Guinea-Bissau)
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O5.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Honduran Navy){{cite web |title=Título VI, Capítulo II de la Ley Constitutiva de las Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras, Decreto No. 94-84 |url=http://www.poderjudicial.gob.hn/CEDIJ/Documents/Ley%20Constitutiva%20de%20las%20Fuerzas%20Armadas%20de%20Honduras.pdf |website=poderjudicial.gob.hn |publisher=National Congress of Honduras |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=es |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905195347/https://www.poderjudicial.gob.hn/CEDIJ/Documents/Ley%20Constitutiva%20de%20las%20Fuerzas%20Armadas%20de%20Honduras.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Rank insignia of capitano di fregata of the Italian Navy.svg|{{lang|it|Capitano di fregata}}
(Italian Navy){{cite web |title=Ufficiali Superiori |url=https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/persone/gradi/Pagine/UfficialiSuperiori.aspx |website=marina.difesa.it |publisher=Ministry of Defence |access-date=26 September 2021 |language=it}}
Ivory Coast-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Navy of Ivory Coast){{cite web |title=GRADES / APPELLATIONS / DISTINCTIONS |url=http://www.defense.gouv.ci/culture/grades |website=defense.gouv.ci |publisher=Ministère de la Défense |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=fr |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001165925/https://www.defense.gouv.ci/culture/grades |url-status=dead }}
14. Madagascar Navy - CDR.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Madagascar Navy){{cite web |title=LOI N° 96-029 portant Statut Général des Militaires |url=http://www.defense.gov.mg/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LOI-96-029.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710195555/http://www.defense.gov.mg/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LOI-96-029.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2021 |website=defense.gov.mg |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Madagascar) |access-date=10 July 2021 |pages=2 |language=fr |date=15 November 1996}}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Mexican Navy){{cite web |author1=Secretary of the Navy |author1-link=Secretariat of the Navy |title=Ley Orgánica De La Armada De México |trans-title=Organic Law of the Mexican Navy |url=https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/355395/LEY_ORG_NICA_DE_LA_ARMADA_DE_M_XICO.pdf |access-date=22 May 2021 |pages=16–17 |language=es |date=21 July 2018}}
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O5.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Nicaraguan Navy){{cite web |title=Insignias de Grados Militares |url=https://www.ejercito.mil.ni/contenido/ejercito/grados/grados.html |website=ejercito.mil.ni |publisher=Nicaraguan Armed Forces |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=es}}
File:Montenegro-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|cnr|Kapetan fregate}}
(Montenegrin Navy){{cite journal |title=IV. Izgled Činova u Vojsci |journal=Official Gazette of Montenegro |date=16 August 2010 |volume=50/10 |pages=22–28 |url=https://wapi.gov.me/download-preview/f21585eb-2399-4cf3-ab40-7f0e245093be?version=1.0 |access-date=17 September 2021 |language=cnr}}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Royal Moroccan Navy)
Mozambique-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|pt|Capitão de fragata}}
(Mozambique Naval Command)
Generic-Navy-(star)-O5.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Paraguayan Navy)
Peru-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Peruvian Navy){{cite web |title=Grados Militares |url=https://www.ccffaa.mil.pe/cultura-militar/grados-militares/ |website=ccffaa.mil.pe |publisher=Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=es}}
File:Romania-Navy-OF-4-Sleeve.svg|{{lang|pt|Capitão de fragata}}
(Portuguese Navy){{cite web |title=Os Postos |url=https://www.marinha.pt/pt/a-marinha/Paginas/postos.aspx |website=marinha.pt |access-date=26 February 2021 |language=pt}}
STeP Navy OF-4.svg|{{lang|pt|Capitão de fragata}}
(Coast Guard of São Tomé and Príncipe)
Guinea-Navy-OF-3.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Senegal Navy)
File:Serbia-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|sr|Капетан Фрегате}}
{{lang|sr-Latn|Kapetan fregate}}
(Serbian River Flotilla){{cite web |title=ЧИНОВИ У ВОЈСЦИ СРБИЈЕ |url=http://www.vs.rs/sr_cyr/o-vojsci/obelezja-i-oznake/cinovi-u-vojsci-srbije |website=vs.rs |publisher=Serbian Armed Forces |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=sr}}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|sl|Kapitan fregate}}
(Slovenian Navy){{cite web |title=Čini in razredi |url=https://www.slovenskavojska.si/o-vojski/cini-in-razredi/ |website=slovenskavojska.si |publisher=Slovenian Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=sl}}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Spanish Navy){{cite web |title=Army Ranks & Insignia |url=https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/en/personal/divisas-empleos.html |website=ejercito.defensa.gob.es |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Spain) |access-date=30 May 2021}}
File:Romania-Navy-OF-4-Sleeve.svg|{{lang|pt|Capitão de fragata}}
(East Timor Navy)
Togo-Navy-OF-4.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
(Togolese Navy){{cite web |title=Journal officiel de la république togolaise |date=12 February 2008 |volume=5 |url=http://jo.gouv.tg/sites/default/files/annee/2008/jo%202008-5.pdf |access-date=16 June 2021 |language=fr}}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|fr|Capitaine de frégate}}
{{lang|ar|مقدم بالبحرية}}
(Tunisian National Navy){{cite web |title=Les grades des officers de la marine |url=http://www.emam.defense.tn/index.php/fr/your-profile |website=emam.defense.tn |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Tunisia) |access-date=10 June 2021 |language=fr |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929183805/http://www.emam.defense.tn/index.php/fr/your-profile |url-status=dead }}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(National Navy of Uruguay){{cite book |editor1-last=Hudson |editor1-first=Rex A. |editor2-last=Meditz |editor2-first=Sandra W. |title=Uruguay: A Country Study |date=1992 |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |isbn=0-8444-0737-2 |pages=222–223 |edition=2nd |url=https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Uruguay%20Study_3.pdf?ver=2012-10-11-163307-517 |access-date=13 June 2021 |chapter=Chapter 5. National Security}}
Generic-Navy-6.svg|{{lang|es|Capitán de fragata}}
(Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela){{cite web |title=Grados de Oficiales Superiores |url=http://www.ejercito.mil.ve/grados-de-oficiales-superiores/ |website=ejercito.mil.ve |publisher=Government of Venezuela |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717185810/http://www.ejercito.mil.ve/grados-de-oficiales-superiores/ |archive-date=17 July 2019 |date=28 August 2017}}