Royal Moroccan Navy
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The Royal Navy of Morocco is a branch of the military of Morocco responsible for conducting naval operations.
The Royal Moroccan Navy is administratively managed by the Administration of Defence, which is commanded by King Mohammed VI, the commander-in-chief of the Moroccan Armed Forces.
Image: FREMM Mohammed VI Lorient 2013 05
Image: US Navy 050405 N 3557N 112 The Moroccan Navy Floreal class frigates, Muhammed V (FFGHM 611) and Hassan II (FFGHM 612) conduct maneuvers with the ships assigned to the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Expeditionary Strike Group
Image: Tarik Ben Ziad 06
Captain (naval)
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Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The rank is equal to the army rank of colonel and air force rank of group captain.
Captain from US Navy (at left) and Senior Captain from PLA Navy, 2015
Front page of the Breve Compendio do que pertence à obrigação de hum Capitão de Mar, & Guerra, or "Brief compendium of what pertains to the obligation of a captain of sea and war" (1676)
Portrait miniature of the Portuguese captain of sea and war André de Sousa Ferreira in 1751.