Commodore (rank) lieutenant-colonel or wing commander in other air forces. Commodore is a rank in the Royal Netherlands Air Force. It is a one-star rank and has essentially the same rank insignia as the British air commodore. Many air forces use the rank of air commodore. This rank was first used by the Royal Air Force and is now used in many countries such as Australia, Bangladesh, Greece, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand and Zimbabwe. It is the equivalent rank to the navy rank of "commodore", and the army ranks of brigadier and brigadier general. The German air force used the
Trawlers of the Royal Navy classifications. Seventy-two requisitioned trawlers were lost. Trawlers of the Royal Navy This is an accounting of the naval trawlers, purpose built or requisitioned, operated by the Royal Navy mainly during World War I and World War II. Vessels purpose built to Admiralty specifications for RN use were known as Admiralty trawlers. All trawlers operated by RN, regardless of origin, were typically given the prefix HMT, which stood for "His Majesty's Trawler". There were also 215 trawlers of no specific class These were commercial trawlers taken over by the Admiralty. The Royal Navy classified requisitioned trawlers by manufacturer, although such classes