![]() Matelots et quartiers-maîtres - Sailors and quarter-masters NATO Warrant, Petty Officers and Enlisted Personnel Officiers mariniers - Warrant and Petty Officers NATO ![]() Officiers subalternes - Junior officers NATO Officiers supérieurs - Senior officers NATO Officers Officiers généraux - Flag officers NATO Shoulder straps are slightly different, notably without the golden frame for general officers. The insignia below depict the configuration on shoulder boards. The title of Amiral de la Flotte was created so that Darlan would not have an inferior rank to that of his counterpart in the British Royal Navy, who was an Admiral of the Fleet. Equivalent to the dignity of Marshal of France, the rank of Admiral of France remains theoretical in the Fifth Republic it was last granted in 1869, during the Second Empire, but retained during the Third Republic until the death of its bearer in 1873. ![]() The only Amiral de la Flotte ( Admiral of the Fleet) was François Darlan after he was refused the dignity of Admiral of France. Major of the French Navy has a similar history to that of the former Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies. The rank of Vice-Admiral of France ( French: Vice-Amiral) was formerly designated as Lieutenant-General of the Naval Armies until 1791, such as in the Levant Fleet and Flotte du Ponant of the Ancien Régime. They are assumed by officers ranking Vice-amiral ( Vice-Admiral). ![]() The two highest ranks, Vice-amiral d'escadre and Amiral ( Admiral), are functions, rather than ranks. Although the names of the ranks for superior officers contain the word "Capitaine" ( Capitaine de corvette, Capitaine de frégate and Capitaine de vaisseau), the appropriate style to address them is " Commandant", " Capitaine" referring to "lieutenant de vaisseau", which is translated as lieutenant. Until 2005, only commissioned officers had an anchor on their insignia, but enlisted personnel are now receiving them as well. The rank insignia of the French Navy ( French: Marine Nationale) are worn on shoulder straps of shirts and white jackets, and on sleeves for navy jackets and mantels. ![]()
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