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| − | '''Sub-Lieutenant''' is the lowest commissioned rank in the [[Royal Navy]], excluding those commissioned from the "[[Lower Deck]]". [[Midshipman (Royal Navy)|Midshipmen]], having completed their many years of training in the naval colleges and training ships, were promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, which was senior to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the British Army and equal to a Lieutenant. | + | '''Sub-Lieutenant''' is the lowest commissioned rank in the [[Royal Navy]], excluding those commissioned from the "[[Lower Deck of the Royal Navy|Lower Deck]]". [[Midshipman (Royal Navy)|Midshipmen]], having completed their many years of training in the naval colleges and training ships, were promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, which was senior to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the British Army and equal to a Lieutenant. |
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| + | The title of '''Sub-Lieutenant''' was substituted for that of '''Mate''' by Order in Council of 16 April, 1861. At that time a Sub-Lieutenant ranked with a Lieutenant in the British Army.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1862). p. 283.</ref> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 09:32, 9 March 2012
Sub-Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in the Royal Navy, excluding those commissioned from the "Lower Deck". Midshipmen, having completed their many years of training in the naval colleges and training ships, were promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, which was senior to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the British Army and equal to a Lieutenant.
History
The title of Sub-Lieutenant was substituted for that of Mate by Order in Council of 16 April, 1861. At that time a Sub-Lieutenant ranked with a Lieutenant in the British Army.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List (January, 1862). p. 283.
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