Admiralissimo

Comparative military ranks

Armies, air forces (non-Commonwealth) Navies, coast guards Air forces (Commonwealth system) General officers, Flag officers, Air officers Field marshal Admiral of the fleet Marshal of the air force General or colonel general or army general Admiral Air chief marshal Lieutenant general or army corps general Vice admiral Air marshal Major general or divisional general Rear admiral or Counter admiral Air vice-marshal Brigadier or brigadier general Commodore or flotilla admiral Air commodore Senior officers Colonel (Ship-of-the-line) Captain Group captain Lieutenant colonel Frigate captain or Commander Wing commander Major or commandant Corvette captain or Lieutenant commander Squadron leader Junior officers Captain Lieutenant Flight lieutenant First lieutenant or lieutenant Lieutenant junior grade or sub-lieutenant Flying officer Second lieutenant or junior lieutenant Ensign or midshipman Pilot officer Non-commissioned officers Warrant officer or sergeant major Warrant officer or chief petty officer Warrant officer Sergeant Petty officer Sergeant Corporal or bombardier Leading seaman Corporal Enlisted ranks Lance corporal or Lance bombardier or Specialist Able seaman Leading aircraftman or Air specialist Private or gunner or trooper or sapper Seaman Aircraftman or airman or aviator

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Naval officer ranks
Flag officers
Admiral of the fleet Grand admiral Admiral General admiral Vice admiral Squadron admiral Lieutenant admiral Rear admiral Admiral-superintendent Port admiral Counter admiral Divisional admiral Commodore Flotilla admiral Schout-bij-nacht
Senior officers
Captain Captain at sea Captain of sea and war Flag captain Fleet captain Post-captain Ship-of-the-line captain Commander Frigate captain Corvette captain
Junior officers
Captain lieutenant Lieutenant commander Lieutenant Ship-of-the-line lieutenant Frigate lieutenant Lieutenant junior-grade Sub-lieutenant Corvette lieutenant Ensign Midshipman
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Admiralissimo is an informal title for a chief naval officer,^[1] and is a naval equivalent of generalissimo.

• Hayreddin Barbarossa – 15th/16th-century Turkish admiral^[2]
• Albrecht von Wallenstein – admiral of the Baltic Sea
• John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe – British admiral of the fleet^[3]
• Lord Charles Beresford – British 19th/20th-century admiral^[4]
• Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère – Commander-in-Chief of France's Mediterranean forces
• George Dewey – American Admiral of the Navy^[5]
• Deodoro da Fonseca – Brazilian 19th-century admiral