| Frigate captain | |
| Country: | See gallery |
| Service Branch: | Navies |
| Rank Group: | Senior officer |
| Nato Rank: | OF-4 |
| Higher Rank: | Ship-of-the-line captain |
| Lower Rank: | Corvette captain |
| Equivalents: | Commander (Anglophone) |
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; Castilian: capitán de fragata), France (French: capitaine de frégate), Belgium (Dutch; Flemish: 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 as well as the French capitaine de frégate into English is "commander senior grade".[1]
See main article: article and Fregattenkapitän. is a German Navy line officer rank OF-4 equivalent to (en: Lieutenant colonel) in the German Army and German Air Force.