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'''Commander''' is a rank in the [[Royal Navy]], superior to {{LCommRN}} and junior to {{CaptRN}}. | '''Commander''' is a rank in the [[Royal Navy]], superior to {{LCommRN}} and junior to {{CaptRN}}. | ||
Commanders often were executive officers of capital ships, or the captain of small vessels such as [[Destroyer|destroyers]]. | Commanders often were executive officers of capital ships, or the captain of small vessels such as [[Destroyer|destroyers]]. They were to be "duly qualified officer[s]." | ||
==Acting as Captains== | |||
Commanders were often placed in command of smaller vessels, acting as captains. This did not affect his actual rank, but did entitle him to wield the authority of a ship's captain aboard his ship except at courts-martial.<ref>''The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, Vol I, 1913'', p. 73.</ref> | |||
==Insignia== | ==Insignia== | ||
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==Equivalent Ranks== | ==Equivalent Ranks== | ||
*[[Fleet Surgeon (Royal Navy)|Fleet Surgeon]] | |||
*[[Engineer Commander (Royal Navy)|Engineer Commander]] | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 21:35, 13 September 2012
Commander is a rank in the Royal Navy, superior to Lieutenant-Commander and junior to Captain.
Commanders often were executive officers of capital ships, or the captain of small vessels such as destroyers. They were to be "duly qualified officer[s]."
Acting as Captains
Commanders were often placed in command of smaller vessels, acting as captains. This did not affect his actual rank, but did entitle him to wield the authority of a ship's captain aboard his ship except at courts-martial.[1]
Insignia
On their sleeves, Commanders wore 3 rows of ½-inch gold lace.
Equivalent Ranks
Footnotes
- ↑ The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, Vol I, 1913, p. 73.
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