Ship-of-the-line lieutenant

This article is about the OF-2 rank Ship-of-the-line lieutenant. For the equivalent rank in the naval forces K.u.k., Croatia, and Slovenia, see Linienschiffsleutnant.

Naval officer ranks
Flag officers:
Admiral of the fleet • Fleet admiral • Grand admiral Admiral • General admiral Vice admiral • Squadron vice-admiral • Lieutenant admiral Rear admiral • Counter admiral • Divisional admiral Commodore • Flotilla admiral
Senior officers:
Captain • Capt at sea • Capt of sea and war • Ship-of-the-line Capt Commander • Frigate captain Lieutenant commander • Corvette captain
Junior officers:
Captain lieutenant • Lieutenant • Ship-of-the-line lieutenant Frigate lieutenant • Lieutenant (junior grade) • Sub-lieutenant Corvette lieutenant • Ensign Midshipman

Ship-of-the-line lieutenant is a common naval rank, equivalent to the modern naval rank of lieutenant in the UK, the Commonwealth and the USA. The name of the rank derives from the name of the largest class of warship, the ship of the line, as opposed to smaller types of warship (corvettes and frigates).

While obsolete in most modern navies, some naval forces and merchant fleets still use the rank: lieutenant de vaisseau in French, tenente di vascello in Italian, teniente de navío in Spanish, sorhajóhadnagy in the Hungarian, and Linienschiffsleutnant in the Austrian merchant fleet, while the German Bundesmarine and German merchant fleet use the rank of Captain lieutenant (Kapitänleutnant), like it is the case in other European navies. The NATO rank code is OF-2.

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Insignia in the French Navy

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Insignia in the Italian Navy

Teniente de navío (ship-of-the-line lieutenant) of the Armada Española (Spanish Navy)

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Insignia of a Linienschiffsleutnant in the Austro-Hungarian Navy

See also

• Ship of the line
• Ship-of-the-line captain

Referencesand sources

• (in French) Les grades de la Marine nationale