Navy ranks

[John Dunn]

Russia has a longer tabel' o rangakh, and therefore correspondences are difficult.  If you start at the top and work down or count rings on sleeves, the equivalences might be:

Kap. I ranga = Commodore
Kap. II ranga = Captain
Kap. III ranga = Commander
Kapitan-lejtenant = Lt. Cdr.

Sorry to muddy the waters (so to speak).

John Dunn.

-----Original Message-----
From: paerok <paerok at NAROD.RU>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 11:06:20 +0300
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Navy ranks

Also Muller's dictionary gives "commander - kapitan tret'ego ranga;
starshij pomoshchnik".
S.A.Naumov


YS> "commander" is "kapitan vtorogo ranga"
YS> "lieutenant-commander" is "kapitan tret'ego ranga"


>> Dear Colleagues,
>>  
>>  Could anyone explain what would be roughly an American equivalent to 
>> 
>>  kapitan tret'ego ranga?
>>  I looked at the navy ranks web page, but could not figure out.  And 
>> how 
>>  do you translate into Russian "commander"?
>>  
>>  Thanks,
>>  
>>  Lily Alexander

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John Dunn
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University of Glasgow, Scotland

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