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Comparative navy enlisted ranks of Anglophone countries

Rank comparison chart of Non-commissioned officer and enlisted ranks for navies of Anglophone states.

Officers

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Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
  Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard[1]
            
Master chief petty officer class 1 Master chief petty officer class 2 Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman
  Royal Australian Navy[2]
              
Warrant Officer of the Navy Warrant officer Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman
  Royal Bahamas Defence Force[3]
           No insignia
Force chief petty officer Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading marine Able marine Marine


  Barbados Coast Guard[4]
             No insignia
Master chief petty officer class 1 Master chief petty officer class 2 Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman
  Belize Coast Guard
                
Master chief petty officer Senior chief petty officer Chief petty officer Petty officer first class Petty officer second class Petty officer third class Seaman Seaman apprentice
  Botswana No navy


  Burundi No navy


  Cameroon Navy
                
Maître principal Premier maître Maître Second-maître Quartier-maître de 1ère classe Quartier-maître de 2ème classe Matelot de 1re classe Matelot
  Royal Canadian Navy[5][6]
                
Chief petty officer 1st class Chief petty officer 2nd class Petty officer 1st class Petty officer 2nd class Master sailor Sailor 1st class Sailor 2nd class Sailor 3rd class
Premier(ère) maître de 1re classe Premier(ère) maître de 2e classe Maître de 1re classe Maître de 2e classe Matelot-chef Matelot de 1re classe Matelot de 2e classe Matelot de 3e classe
  Dominica No navy


  Eswatini No navy


  Republic of Fiji Navy
           No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Ordinary seaman
  Gambian Navy
            
  Ghana Navy
         No insignia No insignia
Chief petty officer Petty officer first class Petty officer second class Leading seaman Able seaman Ordinary seaman
  Grenada No navy


  Guyana Coast Guard
        
    
Fleet chief petty officer Chief petty officer Senior petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman
  Haitian Navy
              
  Indian Navy[7][8]
           No insignia
Master chief petty officer I
मास्टर चीफ पेटी ऑफिसर फर्स्ट क्लास 		Master chief petty officer II
मास्टर चीफ पेटी ऑफिसर सेकेंड क्लास 		Chief petty officer
चीफ पेटी ऑफिसर 		Petty officer
पेटी ऑफिसर 		Leading Seaman
लीडिंग सीमैन 		Seaman Ist class
सीमैन फर्स्ट क्लास 		Seaman IInd class
सीमैन सेकंड क्लास
  Irish Naval Service[9]
                 No insignia
Warrant officer
Oifigeach barántais 		Senior chief petty officer
Ard-mhion-oifigeach sinsearach 		Chief petty officer
Ard-mhion-oifigeach 		Senior petty officer
Mion-oifigeach sinsearach 		Petty officer
Mion-oifigeach 		Leading seaman
Mairnéalach ceannais 		Able seaman
Mairnéalach inniúil 		Ordinary seaman
Mairnéalach 		Seaman recruit
Earcach
  Jamaican Coast Guard[10]
                     No insignia
Master chief petty officer 1 Master chief petty officer Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Ordinary seaman
  Kenya Navy[11]
           No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Senior sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private
(or equivalent)
  Kiribati No navy


  Lesotho No navy


  Liberian National Coast Guard[12]
                
Master chief petty officer Senior chief petty officer Chief petty officer Petty officer first class Petty officer second class Petty officer third class Seaman Seaman recruit
  Malawi Army
             No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 2 Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private
(or equivalent)
  Mali No navy


  Maritime Squadron of Malta[13]
        
     No insignia
Warrant Officer Class 1 Warrant Officer Class 2 Staff Sergeant Sergeant Bombardier Lance Bombardier Gunner
(or equivalent)
  Marshall Islands No navy


  Mauritius No navy


  Federated States of Micronesia No navy


  Namibian Navy[14]
             No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman
  Nauru No navy


  Royal New Zealand Navy[15]
            
Warrant officer Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading hand Able rate Ordinary rate
  Nigerian Navy[16]
               No insignia
Navy Warrant Officer Master Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman Ordinary seaman
  Pakistan Navy
             No insignia
Master chief petty officer
ماسٹر چیف پیٹی آفیسر 		Fleet chief petty officer
فلیٹ چیف پیٹی آفیسر 		Chief petty officer
چیف پیٹی آفیسر 		Petty officer
چھوٹا افسر 		Leading seaman
معروف سی مین 		Able seaman
قابل ملاح 		Ordinary seaman
عام سی مین
  Palau No navy


  Papua New Guinea Maritime Element
           No insignia
Warrant officer Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman
  Philippine Navy[17]
                  
Master chief petty officer Senior chief petty officer Chief petty officer Petty officer, first class Petty officer, second class Petty officer, third class Seaman first class Seaman second class Apprentice seaman
  Rwanda No navy


  Saint Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard
            
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading rate Able rate
  Saint Lucia No navy


  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No navy


  Samoa No navy


  Seychelles Coast Guard[18]
             No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
(or equivalent)
  Sierra Leone Navy
            
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman
  Republic of Singapore Navy[19]
                   No Insignia No Insignia
Master sergeant Staff sergeant First sergeant Second sergeant Third sergeant Corporal first class Corporal Lance corporal Private first class Private Recruit
  Solomon Islands No navy


  South African Navy[20]
              
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman
  South Sudan No navy


  Sudanese Navy[21]
           No insignia
مساعد
Mosa'id 		رقيب أول
Raqib awwal 		رقيب
Raqib 		عريف
'arif 		وكيل عريف
Wakil 'arif 		جندي
Jundiun
  Tanzania Naval Command
             No insignia
Afisa mteule daraja la kwanza Afisa mteule daraja la pili Sajinitaji Sajenti Koplo Koplo usu Mtu ndege
  Tongan Navy[22]
             No insignia
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance corporal Private
  Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard[23]
         No insignia No insignia
Fleet chief petty officer Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Ordinary seaman
  Tuvalu No navy


  Uganda No navy


  Royal Navy[24]
        
    
Warrant officer class 1 Warrant officer class 2 Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading rate Able rate
  United States Navy[25]
                     No insignia
Command master chief petty officer Master chief petty officer Command senior chief petty officer Senior chief petty officer Chief petty officer Petty officer first class Petty officer second class Petty officer third class Seaman Seaman apprentice Seaman recruit
  Vanuatu Maritime Wing
          
Senior sergeant
Long sajen 		Sergeant
Sajen 		Corporal
Kofol 		Constable
Polis 		Recruit
Rikrut
  Zambia No navy


  Zimbabwe No navy


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted

References

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  1. ^ Antigua & Barbuda Defence Force. "Paratus" (PDF). Regional Publications Ltd. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Badges of rank" (PDF). defence.gov.au. Department of Defence (Australia). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ^ "ENLISTED RATES". rbdf.gov.bs. Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Barbados Defence Force Medal Ceremony". YouTube. Barbados Defence Force. 18 Jul 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ^ "The Canadian Armed Forces modernizes military ranks in French". Canada. Government of Canada. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Ranks & Insignia". Join Indian Navy. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Forwarding Nomenclature of Ranks in Navy" (PDF). 23 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Naval Service Rank Markings". military.ie. Defence Forces (Ireland). Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  10. ^ "BADGES OF RANK". Official Jamaica Defence Force Website. 2019. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  11. ^ "KDF Ranks". mod.go.ke. Ministry of Defence - Kenya. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Defense Act of 2008" (PDF). 3 September 2008. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Rank Insignia". afm.gov.mt. Armed Forces of Malta. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Government Notice" (PDF). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. Vol. 4547. 20 August 2010. pp. 99–102. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Badges of Rank" (PDF). nzdf.mil.nz. New Zealand Defence Force. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  16. ^ Smaldone, Joseph P. (1992). "National Security". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Nigeria: a country study. Area Handbook (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 296–297. LCCN 92009026. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Philippine Navy Ranks". Philippine Navy. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Rank structure". spdf.sc. Seychelles People's Defence Forces. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  19. ^ "SAF Rank Insignias". mindef.gov.sg. Ministry of Defence (Singapore). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Rank Insignia". navy.mil.za. Department of Defence (South Africa). Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  21. ^ "الرتب العسكرية" [Military ranks]. mod.gov.sd/ (in Arabic). Republic of Sudan Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 19 November 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  22. ^ "Tonga Defence Services (Amendment) Regulations 2009" (PDF). Tonga Government Gazette Supplement Extraordinary. 5: 151–153. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Rank Chart (Enlisted)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  24. ^ "Shaping your career". royalnavy.mod.uk. Royal Navy. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  25. ^ "U.S. Military Rank Insignia". defense.gov. Department of Defense. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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