Flotilla admiral
Flotilla admiral is the lowest flag rank, a rank above captain, in the modern navies of Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden. It corresponds to the rank of commodore in the navies of the United Kingdom and certain other countries or rear admiral in the navy of the United States.
Germany
Flottillenadmiral, short FltlAdm in lists FADM, is the lowest flag officer rank in the German Navy, corresponding to command of a US Navy Rear Admiral (lower half) or Commodore (Royal Navy). It is equivalent to Brigadegeneral in the Bundeswehr or to Admiralarzt/Generalarzt, Admiralapotheker/Generalapotheker in the Zentraler Sanitätsdienst der Bundeswehr.Its rank insignia, worn on the sleeves and shoulders, are one five-pointed star above a big gold stripe and a narrow one. It is grade B6 in the pay rules of the Federal Ministry of Defence.
The sequence of ranks in that particular group is as follows:
- OF-9: Admiral (Germany) / General (Germany)
- OF-8: Vizeadmiral / Generalleutnant
- OF-7: Konteradmiral / Generalmajor
- OF-6: Flottillenadmiral / Brigadegeneral