Royal Navy

9 ranks

Able Seaman

EnlistedRoyal Navy

Able Seaman is the Royal Navy core junior rate: a sailor qualified in seamanship and a specialization, wearing a single badge on t...

Leading Seaman

EnlistedRoyal Navy

Leading Seaman or Leading Hand wears a single badge of a star or specialty mark and is the first supervisory rate in the Royal Nav...

Petty Officer (Royal Navy)

EnlistedRoyal Navy

Royal Navy Petty Officer descends directly from the petty officers of the sailing navy, the minor officials who ran specific funct...

Warrant Officer (Royal Navy)

Warrant OfficerRoyal Navy

Royal Navy Warrant Officer Class 1, OR-9, is the senior rate of the service, wearing a crown above the anchor in a wreath. The ran...

Sub-Lieutenant

Company OfficerRoyal Navy

Sub-Lieutenant wears one full stripe of gold lace and is the first substantive commissioned rank in the Royal Navy, reached from m...

Commodore

Flag OfficerRoyal Navy

Commodore wears a single broad gold stripe, wider than any captain stripes, and is the first flag rank in the Royal Navy, OF-6 in ...

Admiral of the Fleet

Flag OfficerRoyal Navy

Admiral of the Fleet is the Royal Navy highest rank, OF-10, five stripes on the sleeve including a broad one. Holders include lege...

Chief Petty Officer (Royal Navy)

EnlistedRoyal Navy

Chief Petty Officer sits between petty officer and warrant officer in the Royal Navy and is the senior rate at which sailors take ...

Lieutenant (Royal Navy)

Company OfficerRoyal Navy

A Royal Navy lieutenant wears two gold rings on the sleeve and ranks equal to an army captain, one level higher than the identical...