Captain (Royal Navy)

Captain
A Royal Navy captain's rank insignia
A Royal Navy captain's rank insignia (left, with a lieutenant at right) during divisions conducted at HMNB Clyde in January 2013.
Country	United Kingdom
Service branch	Royal Navy
Abbreviation	Capt
NATO rank code	OF-5
Next higher rank	Commodore
Next lower rank	Commander
Equivalent ranks	Colonel (Army; Royal Marines) Group captain (RAF)

Captain (Capt.) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy. It ranks above commander and below commodore and has a NATO ranking code of OF-5. The rank is equivalent to a colonel in the British Army and Royal Marines, and to a group captain in the Royal Air Force. There are similarly named equivalent ranks in the navies of many other countries.