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...ranks.<br><br>The Port of Kiel and the Jadehafen [Wilhelmshaven] are Reich naval ports.<br><br>Of establishing and maintaining the fleet and related institu ...ich in 1872 became the Imperial Admiralty,<ref>Herwig. ''The German Naval Officer Corps''. p. 24.</ref> a change instituted by the first Chief of the Admira

...consideration the present conditions of service of Officers of the various ranks of the Military Branch of Your Majesty's Navy, with particular reference to ...ks should be accelerated in order that Officers may reach the rank of Flag Officer at an earlier age than at present.

...s of the [[Royal Corps of Naval Constructors]] to become the [[Director of Naval Construction]] during the [[Second World War]]. ...rred to the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors. He graduated from the Royal Naval College in 1907 with one of the highest marks of all time and excellent rec

...be swiftly and decisively retrieved. For these and similar other reasons a Naval War Staff does not require to be designed on the scale or in the same form ...ts action, applied continuously to the scientific and speculative study of naval strategy and preparation. It is to be an instrument capable of formulating

...und, he made friends in the right places and forged his way up through the ranks. ...isher (1811–1866) and Sophia Lambe (1820–1895). William Fisher was an officer of the 78th Regiment of Foot (Highlanders) serving as Aide-de-Camp to the G

...he senior naval officer on the [[Board of Admiralty]], and served as chief naval adviser to the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], the politician responsible Under the terms of the [[Order in Council of 14 January, 1869]], the First Naval Lord was granted a salary of £1,000 a year, with allowances and a house, o

* [[Commissioned Warrant Officer (Royal Navy)|Commissioned Warrant Officer]] From 1 April, 1903, the ranks and titles of officers of the Engineer Branch were changed and given titles

...or Naval Lord''', was a member of the [[Board of Admiralty]] and the naval officer responsible for supply in the [[Royal Navy]]. ...ceeded it he, along with the First Naval Lord and [[Second Sea Lord|Second Naval Lord]], was "to be responsible to the First Lord of the Admiralty for the a

...e same year that Third Sea Lord was renamed '''Third Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Materiel'''. The Controllership was merged with Third Sea Lord in 1918, onc ...ller of the Navy'''.<ref>''The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service''. '''II'''. p. 9.</ref> In spite of the wording of the Order in Co

==Comparative Ranks== | bgcolor="#f5faff"|Probationary Flight Officer

{{RearDE}} '''Hans Gygas''' (27 May, 1872 &ndash; 31 May, 1963) was an officer of the [[Imperial German Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. ...tered the Imperial German Navy on the 14 May, 1890, Gygas rose through the ranks of the peacetime navy. On 12 October, 1896 he was promoted to [[Leutnant z

...D.C.L., L.L.D., Royal Navy (5 September, 1862 &ndash; 5 June, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. ...s. He entered the [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] as a naval cadet on 15 January, 1875<ref name=Record83>Madden Service Record. {{TNA|A

...l Navy)|Midshipmen]], having completed their many years of training in the naval colleges and training ships, were promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, w [[Category:Royal Navy Officer Ranks]]

Having been examined in their fourth and final term in ''Britannia'', naval cadets were classified according to their merit in study and ability, and a ...n passing out from ''Britannia''. The examination and rating of all other Naval Cadets was regulated according to their time as follows:

...itals and Fleets''' was a rank in the [[Naval Medical Service (Royal Navy)|Naval Medical Service]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. In 1881 the number of Inspectors ...lieved the interests of the Public Service would be served by retaining an officer on the Active List.<ref>Order in Council of 17 May, 1890.</ref> In 1899 th

...ryon''', K.C.B., Royal Navy (4 January, 1832 &ndash; 22 June, 1893) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] in the Nelsonian vein, who advocated that the service ...mathematics was apparently deficient, for he had to receive tuition from a naval schoolmaster, as he recounted in a letter to his mother:

...to the British [[Royal Navy]]'s ship used for the preliminary education of naval officers from 1859 to 1905. It was anchored first at Portsmouth, then Port ...leaving for the fleet they were rated Midshipmen; if not then they left as Naval Cadets and had to pass further examinations to become Midshipmen. Over the

...ed at £1 15s. 0d., and half pay at 17s. 6d. per day. The number of Chief Naval Instructors was limited to four, and a mandatory retirement age of 60 impos [[Category:Royal Navy Officer Ranks]]

...ng, East Coast of England. After the war he served for three years on the Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control in Berlin, before retiring with the rank ...ment of Alexandria|bombardment of Alexandria]] in 1882 and landed with the Naval Brigade. He took all firsts in his examinations for the rank of {{LieutRN}

...C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (18 June, 1872 &ndash; 21 February, 1943) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...y efficient and well organized, and an excellent feeling existed among all ranks." <ref>Waller Service Record. {{ADM196|89|D8115565}} f. 40.</ref>