| 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 (es|capitán de fragata), France (fr|capitaine de frégate), Belgium (nl|fregatkapitein), Italy (it|capitano di fregata), Brazil and Portugal (pt|capitão de fragata), Croatia (hr|kapetan fregate) and Germany (de|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.