Captain (disambiguation)

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Captain is a rank or title for commander of a military unit, commander of a ship or other vessel, or leader of a unit or organization.

Captain or The Captain may also refer to:

Rank

• Captain (naval), rank corresponding to command of the largest ships in English-speaking navies
• Group captain, senior commissioned rank in the air forces of many countries
• Sea captain, high grade licensed mariner in ultimate command of the vessel
• Kapitän, shortened version of several ranks in the German navy

Media

Ships

• HMS Captain, one of seven Royal Navy ships
• Captain-class frigates, a class of 78 Royal Navy frigates

Sports

• Captain (sports), the leader of an athletic team
  • Captain (association football), a member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team
  • Captain (Australian rules football), a player who has several additional roles and responsibilities
  • Captain (cricket), the appointed leader of a team
  • Captain (ice hockey), the player authorized to speak with the game officials regarding rule interpretations
  • Captain (baseball), an honorary title sometimes given to a member of the team to acknowledge his leadership
• Captains, the sports teams of Christopher Newport University
• "The Captain", a nickname for hockey player Steve Yzerman
• "The Captain", a nickname for baseball player Derek Jeter

Other

• Captain (videotex), a Japanese videotex system, operational from 1983 to 2002
• Marion 6360, a power shovel known as "The Captain"
• "The Captain", a nickname for the fascist Iron Guard leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

See also

• Il Capitano, a masked character from the commedia dell'arte
• Capitaine (disambiguation)
• Capitan (disambiguation)
• El Capitan (disambiguation), Spanish for "The Captain"
• Kapitan (disambiguation)
• First Captain (disambiguation)
• Second Captain (disambiguation)
• Chieftain (disambiguation)
• CAPT (disambiguation)
• CPT (disambiguation)