Frigate lieutenant

Sub-Lieutenant was an officer of the rank k ( u ) k Navy, and corresponded in rank to lieutenant in the land forces. By 1908 the rank was called Battleship ensign. Its equivalent in the German Imperial Navy was the Lieutenant. The rank designation is partially reused in successor states of Austria-Hungary, 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 liner captain ( In the German navies sea 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)
Imperial German Navy Oberleutnant zur See Corvette lieutenant Ship-of-the-line lieutenant
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