Commodore (Royal Navy) Commodore (Royal Navy) Commodore (Cdre) is a rank of the Royal Navy above captain and below rear admiral. It has a NATO ranking code of OF-6. The rank is equivalent to brigadier in the British Army and Royal Marines and to air commodore in the Royal Air Force. The rank of commodore was introduced during the 17th century in November 1674 (though not legally established until 1806). In 1684 the navy introduced two classes of commodore, the first known as a "Commodore Distinction" and the other a "Commodore Ordinary"; these would later evolve into commodores first and second class. In
Edward Ellis (Royal Navy officer) to the First Sea Lord in 1966. Appointed CBE in May 1968, his last appointments were as Commodore Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth in 1968 and President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1972 before retiring in 1974. Edward Ellis (Royal Navy officer) Rear-Admiral Edward William Ellis CB, CBE (6 September 1918 - 13 January 2002) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Ellis joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and served in World War II in the destroyer HMS "Broadwater" and then in the destroyer HMS "Eclipse". He became Secretary to the