RANKS OF NAVAL OFFICERS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3253, 11 September 1917, Page 7

RANKS OF NAVAL OFFICERS.

Every one ol our readers will doubtless luiye noticed that officers of the Royal Navy have gold bands round ihe cuffs of their coats, and it is interesting to note what ranks the various hands signify.

It the hand is not continued round iu a straight line, hut has a curl or loon, tli.o wearer is either a fighting officer or an engineer.

Paymasters. surgeons, ami others have the gold hand without the loop. A' sub-lieutenant lias one gold band with a li/op ; a lieutenant-commander has throe two thick an<l one thin with a loop; a captain four thick rows and a loop; a. commodore one treble thick gold band 1 with a loop: a rear-admiral a. band treble thick and another thick band. An admiral has one band treble thick and three thick rows with loop. Officers (ft other branches of the service wear the g°!d bands of their rank, but without, the loop. Royal Naval Reserve officers and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve officers have the gold bands waved. A 1 bit of purple l>ctwecn two rows of gold lace indicates an engineer; scarlet, a doctor; white, an- accountant: and light blue, a naval instructor.