Flotilla admiral

Flotilla admiral is the lowest flag rank, a rank above captain, in the modern navies of Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden. It corresponds to the ranks of commodore or rear admiral (lower half) in the navies of the United States, United Kingdom, and certain other countries.

Insignias of flotilla admirals

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  Bulgarian флотилен адмирал
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  Danish flotilleadmiral
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  Finnish lippueamiraali
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  Swedish flottiljamiral

Germany

Flottillenadmiral
shoulder board / cuff title / mounting loop
Rank insignia	German flag officer rank
Introduction
Rank group	Commissioned officers
Navy	Flottillenadmiral
Army / Air Force	Brigadegeneral
NATO equivalent	OF-6
Army	Brigadier general
Navy	Commodore

Flottillenadmiral, short FltlAdm in lists FADM, (en: Flotilla admiral) is the lowest flag officer rank in the German Navy, corresponding to command of a US Navy Rear Admiral (lower half) or Commodore (Royal Navy). It is equivalent to Brigadegeneral in the Bundeswehr or to Admiralarzt/Generalarzt, Admiralapotheker/Generalapotheker in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr.

Its rank insignia, worn on the sleeves and shoulders, are one five-pointed star above a big gold stripe and a nerrow one (without the star when rank loops are worn). It is grade B6 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.

The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:

• OF-9:^[1] Admiral (Germany) / General (Germany)
• OF-8: Vizeadmiral / Generalleutnant
• OF-7: Konteradmiral / Generalmajor
• OF-6: Flottillenadmiral / Brigadegeneral

German Navy officer rank
junior rank Kapitän zur See	Flotilla admiral	senior rank Konteradmiral

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