Ship-of-the-line captain

Liner captain, an officer of the rank k ( u ) k was Navy and corresponded in rank to Colonel in the land forces. Its equivalent in the German Imperial Navy is the sea captain. The older name is still used in successor states of Austria -Hungary in part, as for example in the navies of Yugoslavia and Croatia.

The title is explained by the well into the 19th century, the usual classification of warships into size classes, ranging from the smallest, the Corvette, on the frigate to battleship. In the Austrian navy in the titles were to be correspondingly formed led: Lieutenant Commander ( equivalent to Major, title identical to that of the German Navy ( n ) ), Commander ( Lieutenant Colonel, title identical to that of the German Navy ( n ) ), and even battleship captain.

In systematic correspondence also the ranking of the Navy subalterns as follows was dubbed in Austria - Hungary: Lieutenant Lieutenant (as equivalent to Lieutenant [eg Lake ] ), Sub-Lieutenant (equivalent to Lieutenant [eg Lake ] ) and Battleship Lieutenant (equivalent to the captain or. German captain lieutenant ). Also, this ranking has been preserved in the Croatian Navy.

• Austrian Navy
• Officer rank ( Marine)