Post-captain
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post-captain-197-10993546
title:
Post-captain
text:
Post-captain, post captain, or postcaptain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of captain in the Royal Navy. The term served to distinguish those who were captains by rank from: Officers in command of a naval vessel, who were addressed as captain regardless of rank;
Commanders, who received the title of captain as a courtesy, whether they currently had a command or not; this custom is now defunct. In the Royal Navy of the 18th and 19th centuries, an officer might be promoted from command
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Obsolete rank of captain in the Royal Navy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-captain
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-21T05:27:22Z
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