Counter admiral is a rank found in many navies of the world, but no longer used in English-speaking countries , where the equivalent rank is rear admiral . The term derives from the French contre-amiral . Depending on the country, it is either a one-star or two-star rank .
5-672: Counter Admiral Rafig Asgarov ( Azerbaijani : Rafiq Əsgərov ) (born 1949) is an Azerbaijani military leader, and was the Commander of the Azerbaijani Naval Forces since the restoration of the independence of Azerbaijan in 1991. He was appointed Commander of Azerbaijani Naval Forces in 1991, and he is one of the few Azerbaijani admirals who served in high-ranking positions. He was replaced by Captain Fuad Yusifov . This Azerbaijani biographical article
10-627: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Counter Admiral In modern navies that use it, counter admiral is generally, although not always, the lowest flag officer rank. In the German Navy , for instance, Flottillenadmiral ranks below Konteradmiral ; in the Royal Canadian Navy , contre-amiral (rear admiral in English) ranks above commodore . In France and other French speaking countries' navies
15-596: Is used in all the Nordic countries . In 1771, the rank of Schout-bij-nacht was removed and replaced with the rank of counter admiral (Danish/Norwegian: kontreadmiral ). Counter admiral is the more direct translation of Finnish kontra-amiraali , a two-star rank used in the Finnish Navy and the Finnish Border Guard . However, it is usually translated as rear admiral in international use. In
20-553: The navies of Brazil and Angola the rank of contra-almirante is the lowest of the flag officer ranks. In the navies of Portugal and Mozambique the rank of contra-almirante is the second lowest, above that of comodoro ( commodore ). Until the end of the 19th century, the present rank of contra-almirante was named chefe de esquadra (chief of squadron), both in the Portuguese and in the Brazilian navies. Kontr-admiral
25-685: The rank of Contre-amiral is used as the lowest flag officer . It is usually placed above ship-of-the-line captain ( French : capitaine de vaisseau ) and below vice admiral ( French : vice-amiral ). Konteradmiral is a NATO OF-7 (two-star rank) of the Deutsche Marine (German Navy), equivalent to the Generalmajor ("major general") in the German Army and the German Air Force . The rank of counter admiral
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