Frigate captain
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".[1]
![Capitão-de-fragata (Angolan Navy)[2]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Angola-Navy-OF-4.svg/62px-Angola-Navy-OF-4.svg.png)
![Capitán de fragata (Argentine Navy)[3]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Generic-Navy-6.svg/58px-Generic-Navy-6.svg.png)
![Capitaine de frégate (Benin Navy)[4]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Guinea-Navy-OF-4.svg/47px-Guinea-Navy-OF-4.svg.png){kind=small}
![Capitán de fragata (Bolivian Navy)[5]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Generic-Navy-%28star%29-O5.svg/58px-Generic-Navy-%28star%29-O5.svg.png)
![Capitaine de frégate (Congolese Navy)[9]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/12-ROCongo_Navy-CDR.svg/70px-12-ROCongo_Navy-CDR.svg.png)
![Kapetan fregate (Croatian Navy)[10]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Rukav_zimske_odore_kapetana_fregate_HRM.svg/56px-Rukav_zimske_odore_kapetana_fregate_HRM.svg.png)
![Capitán de fragata (Cuban Revolutionary Navy)[11]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Cuba-Navy-OF-4.svg/66px-Cuba-Navy-OF-4.svg.png)
![Capitán de fragata (Dominican Navy)[12]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Capit%C3%A1n_de_Fragata_Marina_de_Guerra_Dominicana_%28Mango_y_Pala%29.svg/119px-Capit%C3%A1n_de_Fragata_Marina_de_Guerra_Dominicana_%28Mango_y_Pala%29.svg.png)
![Capitán de fragata (Navy of El Salvador)[13]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/10-Nicaragua_Navy-CDR.svg/49px-10-Nicaragua_Navy-CDR.svg.png){kind=small}
![Capitaine de frégate (French Navy)[14]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/France-Navy-OF-4_Sleeve.svg/58px-France-Navy-OF-4_Sleeve.svg.png)
![Fregattenkapitän (German Navy)[15]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/MDS_52_Fregattenkapit%C3%A4n_Trp.svg/48px-MDS_52_Fregattenkapit%C3%A4n_Trp.svg.png){kind=small}
![Capitano di fregata (Italian Navy)[17]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Rank_insignia_of_capitano_di_fregata_of_the_Italian_Navy.svg/75px-Rank_insignia_of_capitano_di_fregata_of_the_Italian_Navy.svg.png){kind=icon}
![Capitaine de frégate (Navy of Ivory Coast)[18]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Ivory_Coast-Navy-OF-4.svg/49px-Ivory_Coast-Navy-OF-4.svg.png){kind=small}
![Capitaine de frégate (Madagascar Navy)[19]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/14._Madagascar_Navy_-_CDR.svg/55px-14._Madagascar_Navy_-_CDR.svg.png)
![Kapetan fregate (Montenegrin Navy)[22]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/14-Montenegro_Navy-CDR.svg/50px-14-Montenegro_Navy-CDR.svg.png)
![Capitán de fragata (Peruvian Navy)[23]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Peru-Navy-OF-4.svg/58px-Peru-Navy-OF-4.svg.png)
![Capitão de fragata (Portuguese Navy)[24]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/POR-Navy-OF4.svg/65px-POR-Navy-OF4.svg.png)
![Капетан Фрегате Kapetan fregate (Serbian River Flotilla)[25]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/13-Serbian_Navy-CDR.svg/63px-13-Serbian_Navy-CDR.svg.png)
![Capitaine de frégate (Togolese Navy)[28]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Togo-Navy-OF-4.svg/47px-Togo-Navy-OF-4.svg.png){kind=small}