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In the Royal Navy a sub-lieutenant ranks above a Second Lieutenant in the British Army and a Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force , and is roughly equivalent to an Army Lieutenant and an RAF Flying Officer . HISTORY During the 18th Century , many Midshipmen had taken to seeking appointments as Master's Mate s in search of better pay during the long wait for promotion to Lieutenant. This was later formalised as a step on the way to the rank of Lieutenant, and the commissioned rank of Mate was created in 1840 , being renamed Sub-Lieutenant in 1860 . Between 1800 and 1814 midshipmen and master's mates who had passed the examination for Lieutenant were known as Sub-Lieutenants. ACTING SUB-LIEUTENANTS In 1955 , the Royal Navy created the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant. Unlike their substantive counterparts, Acting Sub-Lieutenants are Subordinate Officer s, as they hold their ranks by order and not by commission. Upon passing Fleet Board , Acting Sub-Lieutenants were confirmed as Sub-Lieutenants and issued commissions backdated to the date when they were appointed Acting Sub-Lieutenants. The rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant now exists only in the Royal Naval Reserve , having been abolished in the Royal Navy around 1993 . Before the abolition of the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, Sub-Lieutenants ranked alongside Lieutenants (Army) and Flying Officers (RAF), while Acting Sub-Lieutenants ranked below these Army and RAF ranks. This can be seen in STANAG 2116 edition 5 ( 1992 ). Since then, all Sub-Lieutenants have ranked below the corresponding Army and RAF ranks. In many Commonwealth navies (e.g. in Canada and Australia ), however, the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant still exists as a commissioned rank equivalent to Second Lieutenant, while the rank of Sub-Lieutenant is equivalent to that of an army Lieutenant. MODERN RN PRACTICE In the modern Royal Navy, officers are promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant after two years in the rank of Midshipman, or upon reaching the age of 20, whichever is earlier. Those joining after their twentieth birthday start as Sub-Lieutenants, and those over 21 (mostly graduates) start as Sub-Lieutenants with one year's seniority. Sub-Lieutenants are confirmed in their rank and receive their commission parchments upon joining the trained strength (i.e. after Fleet Board and professional training), but their commissions are backdated to the date they were initially appointed to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant. RANK INSIGNIA In the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy , the insignia of Sub-Lieutenants and Acting Sub-Lieutenants consists of one medium Gold Braid stripe (with curl). The medium stripe should be distinguished from the narrow stripe used on the Royal New Zealand Navy rank of Ensign and the Canadian Navy 's Naval Cadets and in the middle stripe of Lieutenant-Commander s. The Royal Air Force followed this example of braiding when developing their rank system (see Flying Officer ). The insignia of Sub-Lieutenants looks like the United States Navy grade of Ensign, even though its equivalent grade in the USN is actually Lieutenant Junior Grade . This is mirrored by the Canadian Navy , which gives Acting Sub-Lieutenants one medium stripe and substantive Sub-Lieutenants one medium and one narrow stripe. BRITISH ARMY The British Army briefly had a rank of Sub-Lieutenant in the late Nineteenth Century , replacing the ranks of Ensign in the Infantry and Cornet in the cavalry. After a few years, it was replaced in turn by the rank of Second Lieutenant . SEE ALSO |
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