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
William Beloe (Royal Navy officer) William Beloe (Royal Navy officer) Vice Admiral Sir (Isaac) William (Trant) Beloe (9 December 1909 – 3 April 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. Beloe joined the Royal Navy in 1923. He served in World War II commanding the destroyer HMS "Campbeltown" and frigate HMS "Cotton" in the Western Approaches, Western Mediterranean and Russian convoys. After the War he commanded the destroyer HMS "Contest" and then became Deputy Director of the Royal Navy Staff College before commanding the destroyer HMS "Dainty" and then the aircraft carrier HMS "Ocean". He was appointed Commodore commanding