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词条 Commodore (Royal Navy)
释义

  1. History

  2. Promotion path

  3. Rank insignia and personal flag

  4. Former command flags

  5. Footnotes

  6. Sources

  7. See also

  8. References

Please see Commodore (rank) for other versions of this rank.

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| abbreviation = CDRE
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Commodore (Cdre) is a rank of the Royal Navy above captain and below rear admiral. It has a NATO ranking code of OF-6. The rank is equivalent to brigadier in the British Army and Royal Marines and to air commodore in the Royal Air Force.

History

The rank of commodore was introduced during the 17th century in November 1674 (though not legally established until 1806). In 1684 the navy introduced two classes of commodore, the first known as a Commodore Distinction and the other a Commodore Ordinary; these would later evolve into commodores first and second class. In 1734 the title of commodore was formally approved by an order in council.[1]. They were formally separated into first class (those with subordinate line captains) and second class (those commanding ships themselves) in 1826. The previous broad red and blue pennants were abolished in 1864 along with the coloured squadrons, the commodore of the white's broad pennant with the Cross of St George remained as the command flag for commodores first class, who wore the same sleeve lace as rear admirals. The white broad pennant with a red ball was introduced as the command flag for commodores second class. The appointment of commodore first class has been in abeyance since 1958, leaving the pennant with a single red ball to cover all Royal Navy commodores.

Modern commodores wear the sleeve lace previously worn by commodores second class. Commodore has only been a substantive rank in the Royal Navy since 1997. Before then it continued to be an appointment conferred on senior captains holding certain positions.[2] For example, the senior commander of destroyers within a fleet in the Royal Navy could carry the title of "Commodore (D)", while the fleet's senior commander of submarines could carry the title of "Commodore (S)", although in both cases as an appointment rather than a rank. During World War I the title of "Commodore (T)" was the officer who commanded torpedo boat flotillas.[3][4]

Promotion path

From 1570 to 1864 the Royal Navy was divided into colored squadrons which determined an officer's career path.[5]

Rank insignia and personal flag

A modern commodore's rank insignia consists of a 45-millimetre-wide band of gold lace, with a circle of 13-millimetre-wide lace 45 millimetres in diameter above.[6]

Former command flags

{{main|List of command flags of the Royal Navy}}

Footnotes

1. ^{{cite book |last1=Perrin |first1=W. G. (William Gordon) |title=British flags, their early history, and their development at sea; with an account of the origin of the flag as a national device |date=1922 |publisher=Cambridge : The University Press |location=Cambridge, England |page=102 |url=https://archive.org/details/britishflagsthei00perrrich/page/n11 |chapter=IV:Flags of Command: Pendants of Command, Commodores}}
2. ^Debrett's {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120729172653/http://www.debretts.co.uk/forms-of-address/professions/armed-forces/royal-navy/commodore-and-captain.aspx |date=2012-07-29 }}
3. ^{{cite web |last1=Grimes |first1=Shawn |title=War planning and strategic development in the Royal Navy, 1887-1918 |url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/2926803/408275.pdf |website=kclpure.kcl.ac.uk |publisher=Kings College, University of London |accessdate=15 October 2018 |location=London, England |page=abbreviations v}}
4. ^{{cite book |last1=Mace |first1=Martin |title=The Royal Navy and the War at Sea 1914-1919 |date=2014 |publisher=Pen and Sword |location=Barnsley Engalnd |isbn=9781473846562 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.lk/books?id=WJqPBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Royal+Navy+commodore+(S)&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwito9GIxofeAhUSdCsKHdFCCjgQ6AEIQjAF#v=onepage&q=Royal%20Navy%20commodore%20(S)&f=false |language=en}}
5. ^{{cite book |last1=Perrin |first1=W. G. (William Gordon) |title=British flags, their early history, and their development at sea; with an account of the origin of the flag as a national device |date=1922 |publisher=Cambridge : The University Press |location=Cambridge, England |pages=73-109 |url=https://archive.org/details/britishflagsthei00perrrich/page/n11 |chapter=IV:Flags of Command}}
6. ^royalnavy.mod.uk [https://www.webcitation.org/5wBvwYhDe?url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/upload/package/66/brd81book/ch03.pdf Archived copy] at WebCite (February 2, 2011).

Sources

  • Perrin, W. G. (William Gordon) (1922). "IV:Flags of Command". British flags, their early history, and their development at sea; with an account of the origin of the flag as a national device. Cambridge, England: Cambridge : The University Press.

See also

  • Air commodore
  • Commodore-in-Chief
  • United States one-star rank

References

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