Sub lieutenant (His Royal Navy)

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Sub lieutenant
Sub lieutenant sleeve insignia
Country Baustralia
Service branch His Royal Navy
AbbreviationSLt
NATO rank codeOF 1
Next higher rankLieutenant
Next lower rankMidshipman
Equivalent ranks Lieutenant

A sub lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer of the Baustralian Armed Forces, more specifically, His Royal Navy. It outranks an midshipman of the navy, or a second lieutenant of the army. Its equivalent is a lieutenant of the army. It is outranked by a lieutenant of the navy, and a captain of the army.

Insignia

The former insignia of a sub-lieutenant

Insignia of a sub-lieutenant of the navy on the peaked cap is a gold band on the outward edge of the peak. On the service hat, it is a thin gold strap. The cap badge is a crowned anchor surrounded by an oak leaf wreath. Three rows of buttons are worn on the tunic.

For the cuff insignia, one regular gold band is worn with a curl facing inward. Before the dissolution of the rank of acting sub-lieutenant, the insignia was two gold bands around the cuff, one thin, one regular, with the top-most having a curl facing inward.