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{{Short description|Senior naval officer}}
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'''Vice admiral''' is a senior naval [[flag officer]] rank, usually equivalent to [[lieutenant general]] and [[air marshal]]. A vice admiral is typically senior to a [[rear admiral]] and junior to an [[admiral]].

==Australia==
{{main|Vice admiral (Australia)}}
In the [[Royal Australian Navy]], the rank of [[Vice Admiral (Australia)|vice admiral]] is held by the [[Chief of Navy (Australia)|Chief of Navy]] and, when the positions are held by navy officers, by the [[Vice Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)|Vice Chief of the Defence Force]], the [[Chief of Joint Operations (Australia)|Chief of Joint Operations]], and/or the [[Chief of Capability Development Group]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

Vice admiral is the equivalent of [[Air Marshal (Australia)|air marshal]] in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] and [[Lieutenant General (Australia)|lieutenant general]] in the [[Australian Army]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==Canada==
{{More citations needed|section|date=September 2021}}
{{See also|Canadian Forces ranks and insignia}}
In the [[Royal Canadian Navy]], the rank of vice-admiral (VAdm) (''vice-amiral'' or ''Vam'' in [[French language|French]]) is equivalent to [[Lieutenant-General (Canada)|lieutenant-general]] of the [[Canadian Army]] and [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]. A vice-admiral is a [[flag officer]], the naval equivalent of a [[general officer]]. A vice-admiral is senior to a [[rear-admiral]] and [[major general]], and junior to an [[admiral]] and [[general]].

The rank insignia of a Canadian vice-admiral is as follows: 
 
* On the [[navy blue]] mess dress jacket and the navy blue service dress tunic: the cuff insignia is one wide gold braid below two standard size gold braids, the superior one includes the executive curl.
* On tropical white mess dress and tropical white service dress tunic: three silver maple leaves, beneath silver crossed sword and baton, all surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown located on gold shoulder boards.

Two rows of gold oak leaves are located on the black visor of the white service cap.  From 1968 to June 2010, the navy blue service dress tunic featured only a wide gold braid around the cuff with three gold maple leaves, beneath crossed sword and baton, all surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown located on cloth shoulder straps.

Vice-admirals are addressed by rank and name; thereafter by subordinates as "Sir" or "Ma'am".  Vice-admirals are normally entitled to a [[staff car]]; the car will normally bear a flag, dark blue with three gold maple leaves arranged one over two.

A vice-admiral generally holds only the most senior command or administrative appointments, barring only [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Chief of Defence Staff]], which is held by a full [[admiral]] or [[general]]. Appointments held by vice-admirals may include:
* [[Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Vice Chief of the Defence Staff]] (VCDS);
* [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Deputy Chief of Defence Staff]] (DCDS);
* Commander of an operational command (such as [[Canadian Joint Operations Command]]);
* [[Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy]];
* Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of Defence in various capacities;
* Commander of, or representative to, a multinational force, alliance, or treaty organization.

[[Charles III]] holds the honorary rank of vice admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy.<ref>{{Citation| last1=Deachman| first1=Bruce| last2=McCulloch| first2=Sandra| title=Royals arrive in Ottawa in final leg of cross-Canada tour| newspaper=Ottawa Citizen| date=9 November 2009|  url=http://www.canada.com/entertainment/Royals+arrive+Ottawa+final+cross+Canada+tour/2203180/story.html|  access-date=10 November 2009}}</ref>

== France ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2021}}
In [[France]], ''vice-amiral'' is the most senior of the [[ranks in the French Navy]]; higher ranks, ''vice-amiral d'escadre'' and ''amiral'', are permanent functions, styles and positions (in French ''rangs et appellations'') given to a ''vice-amiral''-ranking officer. The ''vice-amiral'' rank used to be an OF-8 rank in NATO charts, but nowadays, it is more an OF-7 rank.

The rank of ''vice-amiral d'escadre'' (literally, "[[squadron vice-admiral]]", with more precision, "fleet vice-admiral") equals a NATO OF-8 rank.

In the ''[[ancien régime]]'' Navy, between 1669 and 1791. The office of "Vice-Admiral of France" (''Vice-amiral de France'') was the highest rank, the supreme office of "Admiral of France" being purely ceremonial.

Distinct offices were :
* 1669–1791 Vice-admiral of the West ([[Atlantic Ocean]]).
* 1669–1791 Vice-admiral of the East ([[Mediterranean Sea]]).
* 1778–1791 Vice-admiral of the Asian and American Seas (American shores).
* 1784–1788 Vice-admiral of the Indian Seas ([[Indian Ocean]]).

=== Vice-amiral commandant === 
Vice-amiral commandant (literally, "commander of the vice admiral) was unofficial rank in [[World War I]]. At the time France had the two-rank system of [[flag officers]]; as a temporary measure, to bring its system into alignment with the rank system of flag officers of other countries, it is distingunished by wearing a 3mm silver line on the 3-star cap. Such vice admirals enjoyed the status and treatment of [[full admiral]]s.

==Philippines==
In the [[Philippines]], the rank vice admiral is the highest-ranking official of the [[Philippine Navy]]. He is recognized as the flag officer in-command of the navy, an equivalent post to the Chief of Naval Operations in the U.S. Navy.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==Poland==
Before World War II, the vice admiral was the highest rank in the Polish Navy. [[Józef Unrug]] was one of the only two officers to achieve the rank. The other was [[Jerzy Świrski]]. Poland had only one sovereign sea port, [[Port of Gdynia]], and was slowly building a small modern navy that was to be ready by 1950. The navy was not a priority for obvious reasons. At present, it is a "two-star" rank. The stars are not used; however, the stars were used in between 1952 and 1956 and are still used in the vice admiral's pennant.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==United Kingdom==
{{main|Vice-admiral (Royal Navy)}}

In the [[Royal Navy]] the rank of vice-admiral should be distinguished from the office of "[[Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom]]", which is an [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] position usually held by a retired "full" [[Admiral (United Kingdom)|admiral]], and that of "[[Vice-Admiral of the Coast]]", a now obsolete office dealing with naval administration in each of the maritime counties.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==National ranks==
* [[Vizeadmiral]]
* [[Vice admiral (India)]]
* [[Vice admiral (Sri Lanka)]]
* [[Vice admiral (Sweden)]]
* [[Vice admiral (United States)]]

==NATO code==
While the rank of vice admiral is used in most of NATO countries, it is ranked differently depending on the country.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! rowspan=2| NATO code
! rowspan=2| Country<ref name="B-1">{{cite book |author1=NATO |title=STANAG 2116 NATO |date=2021 |publisher=NATO Standardization Agency |edition=7th |location=Brussels, Belgium |pages=B-1–B-3}}</ref>
! colspan=2| English equivalent
|-
! UK
! US
|-
! OF-8
| Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal Romania, Slovenia
| [[Vice admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice admiral]]
| [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice admiral]]
|-
! OF-7
| Albania, France, Poland, Spain
| [[Rear admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear admiral]]
| [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear admiral]]
|}

==Gallery==
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File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|sq|Nënadmiral}}<br />([[Albanian Naval Force]])<ref name="Albanian_Navy">{{cite web |title=GRADAT, FORCA DETARE |url=https://aaf.mil.al/gradat/1466-gradat-e-fa |website=aaf.mil.al |access-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428065156/https://aaf.mil.al/images/pdf/gradat_FD.pdf |archive-date=28 April 2021 |language=sq}}</ref>
File:Angola-Navy-OF-7.svg|{{lang|pt|Vice-almirante}}<br />([[Angolan Navy]])<ref name="Angola_Navy">{{cite web |title=Postos da Marinha |url=https://faa.ao/mga/postos_marinha |website=faa.ao |publisher=Angolan Navy |access-date=27 June 2021 |language=pt}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Argentine Navy]])<ref name="Argentina">{{cite web |title=Grados Militares |url=https://www.fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar/GradosMilitares.aspx |website=fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar |publisher=Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina) |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Royal Australian Navy]])<ref name="Australia">{{cite web |title=Badges of rank |url=https://www.defence.gov.au/images/Badges_of_rank.pdf |website=defence.gov.au |publisher=Department of Defence (Australia) |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Azerbaijan-Navy-OF-7.svg|{{lang|az|Vitse-admiral}}<br />([[Azerbaijani Navy]])<ref name="Azerbaijan">{{cite web |title=Azərbaycan Respublikası Silahlı Qüvvələri hərbi qulluqçularının hərbi geyim forması və fərqləndirmə nişanları haqqında Əsasnamə |url=https://mod.gov.az//images/pdf/854d34d118da32783a511172925270d7.pdf |website=mod.gov.az |publisher=Ministry of Defense |access-date=16 February 2021 |language=az |pages=64–70 |date=25 June 2001}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|bn|ভাইস এ্যাডমিরাল}}<br />{{lang|bn-Latn|Bhā'isa ēyāḍamirāla}}<br />([[Bangladesh Navy]])<ref name="Bangladesh_Navy">{{cite web |author1=Bangladesh Navy |title=Rank of Navy & Equivalent Rank |url=https://www.navy.mil.bd/Rank-of-Navy-&-Equivalent-Rank |website=navy.mil.bd |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|nl-BE|Vice-admiraal}}<br />([[Belgian Navy]])<ref name=Belgium_Navy>{{cite web |title=Marinecomponent |url=http://www.mil.be/def/ranks/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1&IDS=3&IDT=3 |website=mil.be |access-date=25 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050220083946/http://www.mil.be/def/ranks/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1&IDS=3&IDT=3 |archive-date=20 February 2005 |language=nl}}</ref>
File:Blank.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[Benin Navy]])<ref name="Benin">{{cite web |title=LOI N° 2005-43 DU 26 JUIN 2006 |url=https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/94851/111467/F-404511779/BEN-94851.pdf |website=ilo.org |publisher=National Assembly (Benin) |access-date=13 June 2021 |pages=19-20, 35-36 |language=fr |date=26 June 2006}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O10.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Bolivian Navy]])<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) |author-link=Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) |user=mindefbolivia |number=1215275830206779392 |date=9 January 2020 |title=Conoce la jerarquía de los grados de la #ArmadaBoliviana |language=es |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|pt-BR|Vice-almirante}}<br />([[Brazilian Navy]])<ref name="Brazil_Navy">{{cite web |title=Postos e Graduações |url=https://www.marinha.mil.br/postos-e-graduacoes |website=marinha.mil.br |date=11 July 2017 |publisher=Brazilian Navy |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=pt}}</ref>
File:Bulgaria-Navy-OF-8 sleeve.svg|{{lang|bg|Вицеадмирал}}<br />{{lang|bg-Latn|Vitseadmiral}}<br />([[Bulgarian Navy]])<ref name="Bulgaria">{{cite web |title=ЗАКОН ЗА ОТБРАНАТА И ВЪОРЪЖЕНИТЕ СИЛИ НА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ |url=https://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2135631954 |website=lex.bg |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Глава седма. ВОЕННА СЛУЖБА |language=bg |date=12 May 2009}}</ref>
File:Cameroon-Navy-OF-7.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[Cameroon Navy]])
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice-admiral<br />{{small|({{langx|fr|Vice-amiral}})}}<br />([[Royal Canadian Navy]])<ref name="Canada">{{cite web |title=Ranks and appointment |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/rank-appointment-insignia.html |website=canada.ca |date=23 November 2017 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O10.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Chilean Navy]])<ref name="Chile_Navy">{{cite web |title=Los grados jerárquicos de la Armada |url=https://www.armada.cl/armada/nuestra-armada/los-grados-jerarquicos-de-la-armada/2017-08-29/095559.html |website=armada.cl/ |publisher=Chilean Navy |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=es |date=7 May 2014}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Colombian Navy]])<ref name="Colombia_Navy"> {{cite web |url=http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senado/basedoc/ley/2010/ley_1405_2010.html |title=Ley 1405 de 2010 Nuevos Grados Militares |author=Congreso de la República de Colombia |date=28 July 2010 |language=es |access-date=26 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724153456/http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senado/basedoc/ley/2010/ley_1405_2010.html |archive-date=2011-07-24 }}</ref>
File:17.DRCN-RADM.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Navy of the DR Congo]])
File:15-ROCongo Navy-RADM.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo|Congolese Navy]])<ref name="RepublicoftheCongo">{{cite web |title=Grades appellations distinctions |url=https://defense.gouv.cg/gradesappellationsdistinctions/ |website=defense.gouv.cg |publisher=Ministry of National Defense (Republic of the Congo) |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
File:Croatia-Navy-OF-8.svg|{{lang|hr|Viceadmiral}}<br />([[Croatian Navy]])<ref name="Croatia">{{cite web |title=Oznake činova |url=http://www.osrh.hr/#rubData/HTML/HR/RAZNO/OZNAKE/20190401_Galerija_oznaka/Galerija_oznaka_HR.htm |website=osrh.hr |publisher=Republic of Croatia Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=hr |date=1 April 2019}}</ref>
File:Cuba-Navy-OF-7.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Cuban Revolutionary Navy]])<ref name="Cuba_Navy">{{cite web |title=Grados militares |url=https://www.minfar.gob.cu/far/grados-militares?field_clasificacion_value=marina |website=minfar.gob.cu |publisher=Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba) |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|da|Viceadmiral}}<br />([[Royal Danish Navy]])<ref name="Denmark_Navy">{{cite web |title=Søværnets Gradstegn |url=https://forsvaret.dk/globalassets/fko---forsvaret/dokumenter/gradstegn/-sovarnets-gradstegn--.pdf |website=[[forsvaret.dk]] |publisher=Danish Defence |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=da |date=2018}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O10.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Dominican Navy]])<ref name="DominicanRepublic_Officers">{{cite web |title=Insignias |url=https://www.mide.gob.do/detail.aspx?id=477&sl=96 |website=mide.gob.do |publisher=Ministry of Defense (Dominican Republic) |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226162440/https://www.mide.gob.do/detail.aspx?id=477&sl=96}}</ref>
File:Ecuador-Navy-OF-8.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Ecuadorian Navy]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Officerer |url=https://www.armada.mil.ec/?page_id=39107 |website=armada.mil.ec |publisher=Ecuadorian Navy |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-(star v2)-O10.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Navy of El Salvador]])<ref name="ElSalvador">{{cite web |title=Grados Militares |url=https://www.fuerzaarmada.mil.sv/?page_id=734 |website=fuerzaarmada.mil.sv |publisher=Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304153314/https://www.fuerzaarmada.mil.sv/?page_id=734 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|et|Viitseadmiral}}<br />([[Estonian Navy]])<ref name="Estonia_Navy">{{cite web |title=Sümboolika: Mereväe Auastmed |url=https://mil.ee/kaitsevagi/kaitsevae-symboolika/#t-merevae-auastmed |website=mil.ee |publisher=Estonian Defence Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=et}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-10.svg|{{lang|es|Vice almirante}}<br />([[Navy of Equatorial Guinea]])
File:Finland-Navy-OF-8.svg|{{lang|fi|Vara-amiraali}}<br />([[Finnish Navy]])<ref name="Finland">{{cite web |title=Sotilasarvot Puolustusvoimissa |url=https://puolustusvoimat.fi/sotilasarvot |website=puolustusvoimat.fi |publisher=Finnish Defence Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=fi}}</ref>
File:France-Navy-OF-7 Sleeve.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[French Navy]])<ref name="FranceNavy">{{cite web |title=Instruction n°1 DEF/EMM/RH/CPM relative aux uniformes et tenues dans la Marine du 15 juin 2004 |url=http://www.boc.sga.defense.gouv.fr/visu/boc_visu4.php?nor=B0451497J&id=2408 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307061947/http://www.boc.sga.defense.gouv.fr/visu/boc_visu4.php?nor=B0451497J&id=2408 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 March 2016 |access-date=4 June 2021 |pages=3793–3867 |language=fr |date=15 June 2004 }}</ref>
File:21.GN-RADM.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[Gabonese Navy]])
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Gambian Navy]])
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Ghana Navy]])
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O10.svg|{{lang|de|Vizeadmiral}}<br />([[German Navy]])<ref name="Germany_Navy">{{cite web |title=Dienstgradabzeichen Marine |url=https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/aktuelles/mediathek/dienstgradabzeichen-marine-69062 |website=bundeswehr.de |publisher=Bundeswehr |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=de }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O10.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Honduran Navy]])<ref name="Honduras">{{cite book |last1=Flores |first1=Edmundo |editor1-last=Merrill |editor1-first=Tim |title=Honduras: a country study |series=Area Handbook |date=1995 |publisher=Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |lccn=94043036 |pages=232–233 |edition=3rd |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/frdcstdy.hondurascountrys00merr_0/?sp=278 |access-date=21 October 2021 |chapter=National Security|isbn=978-0-8444-0836-1 }}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />{{small|({{langx|hi|वाइस एडमिरल}|vais edamiral}})}}<br />([[Indian Navy]])<ref name="India_Navy">{{cite web |title=Ranks & Insignia |url=https://www.joinindiannavy.gov.in/en/about-us/ranks-insignia.html |website=Join Indian Navy |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O10.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Irish Naval Service]])<ref name="Ireland_Navy">{{cite web |title=Naval Service Rank Markings |url=http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/Posters/rank_markings/NS_Rank_Markings.png |website=military.ie |publisher=Defence Forces (Ireland) |access-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425021602/http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Info_Centre/Posters/rank_markings/NS_Rank_Markings.png |archive-date=25 April 2016}}</ref>
File:Ivory Coast-Navy-OF-7.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast|Navy of Ivory Coast]])<ref name="IvoryCoast">{{cite web |title=GRADES / APPELLATIONS / DISTINCTIONS |url=http://www.defense.gouv.ci/culture/grades |website=defense.gouv.ci |publisher=Ministère de la Défense |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=fr |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001165925/https://www.defense.gouv.ci/culture/grades |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard|Jamaican Coast Guard]])<ref name="Jamaica">{{cite web |title=BADGES OF RANK |url=https://www.jdfweb.com/badges-of-rank/ |website=Official Jamaica Defence Force Website |access-date=16 November 2019 |date=2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820143541/https://www.jdfweb.com/badges-of-rank/ |archive-date=20 August 2020}}</ref>
File:Russia-Navy-OF-7-Sleeve.svg|{{lang|kk|Вице-адмирал}}<br />{{lang|kk-Latn|Vice-admïral}}<br />([[Kazakh Naval Forces]])<ref name=Kazakhstan>{{cite web |title=Қазақстан Республикасының Қарулы Күштері, басқа да әскерлері мен әскери құралымдары әскери қызметшілерінің әскери киім нысаны және айырым белгілері туралы |url=https://adilet.zan.kz/kaz/docs/U1100000144 |website=adilet.zan.kz |publisher=Ministry of Justice (Kazakhstan) |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=kk |date=25 August 2011}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|lv|Viceadmirālis}}<br />([[Latvian Naval Forces]])<ref name="Latvia">{{cite web |title=Pakāpju iedalījums |url=https://www.mil.lv/lv/aktivais-dienests/dienesta-gaita/dienesta-pakapes/pakapju-iedalijums |website=mil.lv/lv |publisher=Latvian National Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=lv}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-12.svg|{{lang|lt|Viceadmirolas}}<br />([[Lithuanian Naval Force]])<ref name="Lithuania">{{cite web |title=Karių laipsnių ženklai |url=http://kariuomene.kam.lt/lt/kariuomenes_atributika/kariu_laipsniu_zenklai_3554.html |website=kariuomene.kam.lt |publisher=Ministry of National Defence (Lithuania) |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=lt |archive-date=11 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911115805/http://kariuomene.kam.lt/lt/kariuomenes_atributika/kariu_laipsniu_zenklai_3554.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:17. Madagascar Navy - VADM.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[Madagascar Navy]])<ref name="Madagascar">{{cite web |title=LOI N° 96-029 portant Statut Général des Militaires |url=http://www.defense.gov.mg/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LOI-96-029.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710195555/http://www.defense.gov.mg/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LOI-96-029.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2021 |website=defense.gov.mg |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Madagascar) |access-date=10 July 2021 |pages=2 |language=fr |date=15 November 1996}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Mexican Navy]])<ref name="Mexico_Navy">{{cite web |author1=Secretary of the Navy |author1-link=Secretariat of the Navy |title=Ley Orgánica De La Armada De México |trans-title=Organic Law of the Mexican Navy  |url=https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/355395/LEY_ORG_NICA_DE_LA_ARMADA_DE_M_XICO.pdf |access-date=22 May 2021 |pages=16–17 |language=es |date=21 July 2018}}</ref>
File:Montenegro-Navy-OF-8.svg|{{lang|cnr|Vice admiral}}<br />([[Montenegrin Navy]])<ref name="Montenegro">{{cite journal |title=IV. Izgled Činova u Vojsci |journal=Official Gazette of Montenegro |date=16 August 2010 |volume=50/10 |pages=22–28 |url=https://wapi.gov.me/download-preview/f21585eb-2399-4cf3-ab40-7f0e245093be?version=1.0 |access-date=17 September 2021 |language=cnr}}</ref>
File:Morocco-Navy-OF-7.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[Royal Moroccan Navy]])<ref name="Morocco">{{cite book |last1=Ehrenreich |first1=Frederich |editor1-last= Nelson |editor1-first=Harold D. |title=Morocco: a country study |series=Area Handbook |date=1985 |location=Washington, D.C. |lccn=85600265 |pages=350–351 |edition=5th |chapter=National Security}}</ref>
File:Mozambique-Navy-OF-8.svg|{{lang|pt|Vice-almirante}}<br />([[Mozambique Defence Armed Forces|Mozambique Naval Command]])
File:15-Namibia Navy-VADM.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Namibian Navy]])
File:Netherlands-Navy-OF-8.svg|{{lang|nl|Vice-admiraal}}<br />([[Royal Netherlands Navy]])<ref name="Netherlands">{{cite web |title=De rangonderscheidingstekens van de krijgsmacht |url=https://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/brochures/2021/01/15/rangen-krijgsmacht/rangonderscheidingstekens.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Netherlands) |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=19 December 2016 |language=nl}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Royal New Zealand Navy]])<ref name="NewZealand">{{cite web |title=Badges of Rank |url=https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/corporate-documents/badges-of-rank/ |website=nzdf.mil.nz |publisher=New Zealand Defence Force |access-date=11 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703193648/https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/corporate-documents/badges-of-rank/ |archive-date=3 July 2020}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Nigerian Navy]])<ref name="Nigeria">{{cite book |last1=Smaldone |first1=Joseph P. |editor1-last=Metz |editor1-first=Helen Chapin |editor1-link=Helen Chapin Metz |title=Nigeria: a country study |series=Area Handbook |date=1992 |publisher=Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |lccn=92009026 |pages=296–297 |edition=5th |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/frdcstdy.nigeriacountryst00metz_0/?sp=340 |access-date=21 October 2021 |chapter=National Security|isbn=978-0-8444-0738-8 }}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|no|Viseadmiral}}<br />([[Royal Norwegian Navy]])<ref name="Norway">{{cite web |title=Militære grader |url=https://www.forsvaret.no/om-forsvaret/uniformer-grader-medaljer/grader |website=forsvaret.no |publisher=Norwegian Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=no |date=4 February 2021}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />{{small|({{langx|ur|وائس ایڈمرل|wais admiral}})}}<br />([[Pakistan Navy]])<ref name="Pakistan Navy Official Websites">{{cite web |title=LIFE IN PN:RANKS |url=https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/ranks.html |website=www.paknavy.gov.pk |publisher=Pakistan Navy Official Website |access-date=7 August 2018 |archive-date=24 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124140612/https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/ranks.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O11.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Paraguayan Navy]])<ref name="Paraguay">{{cite book |last1=Cooke |first1=Melinda W. |editor1-last=Hanratty  |editor1-first=Dennis M. |editor2-last=Meditz |editor2-first=Sandra W. |title=Paraguay: A Country Study |series=Area Handbook Series |date=1990 |edition=2nd |publisher=Library of Congress |pages=216–217 |chapter-url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/frdcstdy.paraguaycountrys00hanr_0/?sp=252 |access-date=5 October 2021 |chapter=Chapter 5: National Security |lccn=89600299}}</ref>
File:Peru-Navy-OF-8.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Peruvian Navy]])<ref name="Peru">{{cite web |title=Grados Militares |url=https://www.ccffaa.mil.pe/cultura-militar/grados-militares/ |website=ccffaa.mil.pe |publisher=Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru |access-date=29 May 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
File:Poland-Navy-OF-7.svg|{{lang|pl|Wiceadmirał}}<br />([[Polish Navy]])<ref name="Poland_Navy">{{cite web |title=Sposób noszenia odznak stopni wojskowych na umundurowaniu Marynarki Wojennej |url=https://www.wojsko-polskie.pl/iwsp/u/27/96/27964313-a4b1-4c28-9ea2-08de33e7aa58/08c_oznaki_stopni_wojskowych_na_umundurowaniu_mw_ok.pdf |website=wojsko-polskie.pl |publisher=Armed Forces Support Inspectorate |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=pl}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|pt|Vice-almirante}}<br />([[Portuguese Navy]])<ref name="Portugal_Navy">{{cite web |title=Os Postos |url=https://www.marinha.pt/pt/a-marinha/Paginas/postos.aspx |website=marinha.pt |access-date=26 February 2021 |language=pt}}</ref>
File:Romania-Navy-OF-8-Sleeve.svg|{{lang|ro|Viceamiral}}<br />([[Romanian Naval Forces]])<ref name="Romania">{{cite web |title=Grade militare (Military ranks) |url=https://www.defense.ro/foto/album6 |website=defense.ro |publisher=Romanian Defence Staff |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=ro}}</ref>
File:Russia-Navy-OF-7-Sleeve.svg|{{lang|ru|Вице-адмирал}}<br />{{lang|ru-Latn|Vitse-admiral}}<br />([[Russian Navy]])<ref name="Russia_Navy">{{cite book |title=Приказ Министра обороны Российской Федерации от 09.10.2020 No. 525 (Зарегистрирован 16.11.2020 No. 60927) |date=17 November 2020 |publisher=publication.pravo.gov.ru/ |pages=320–323 |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202011170028?index=318&rangeSize=1 |access-date=15 September 2021 |language=ru}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-(star)-O11.svg|{{lang|sr|Вице Адмирал}}<br />{{lang|sr-Latn|Vice admiral}}<br />([[Serbian River Flotilla]])<ref name="Serbia">{{cite web |title=ЧИНОВИ У ВОЈСЦИ СРБИЈЕ |url=http://www.vs.rs/sr_cyr/o-vojsci/obelezja-i-oznake/cinovi-u-vojsci-srbije |website=vs.rs |publisher=Serbian Armed Forces |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=sr}}</ref>
File:10-RSN-OF08.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Republic of Singapore Navy]])<ref name="Singapore">{{cite web |title=SAF Rank Insignias |url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/about-us/saf-rank-insignias |website=mindef.gov.sg |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Singapore) |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-12.svg|{{lang|sl|Vice admiral}}<br />([[Slovenian Navy]])<ref name="Slovenia">{{cite web |title=Čini in razredi |url=https://www.slovenskavojska.si/o-vojski/cini-in-razredi/ |website=slovenskavojska.si |publisher=Slovenian Armed Forces |access-date=26 May 2021 |language=sl}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[South African Navy]])<ref name="SouthAfrica_Navy">{{cite web |title=Rank Insignia |url=http://www.navy.mil.za/aboutus/Rank_Insignia.gif |website=navy.mil.za |publisher=Department of Defence (South Africa) |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518212959/http://www.navy.mil.za/aboutus/Rank_Insignia.gif |archive-date=18 May 2019}}</ref>
File:Spain-Navy-OF-7.svg|{{lang|es|Vice almirante}}<br />([[Spanish Navy]])<ref name="Spain">{{cite web |title=Army Ranks & Insignia |url=https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/en/personal/divisas-empleos.html |website=ejercito.defensa.gob.es |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Spain) |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Sri Lanka Navy]])<ref name="SriLanka_Navy">{{cite web |title=Branches/ Ranks |url=https://www.navy.lk/branches-ranks.html |website=navy.lk |publisher=Sri Lanka Navy |access-date=24 September 2021 |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619063013/https://www.navy.lk/branches-ranks.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|sv|Viceamiral}}<br />([[Swedish Navy]])<ref name="FMgrader2019">{{cite web|title=Nya gradbeteckningar införs|url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2019/10/nya-gradbeteckningar-infors/|publisher=Försvarsmakten|date=2019-10-01|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Tanzania Naval Command]])
File:Blank.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[Togolese Armed Forces|Togolese Navy]])<ref name="Togo">{{cite web |title=Journal officiel de la république togolaise |date=12 February 2008 |volume=5 |url=http://jo.gouv.tg/sites/default/files/annee/2008/jo%202008-5.pdf |access-date=16 June 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|fr|Vice-amiral}}<br />([[Tunisia Navy]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Les grades des officers de la marine |url=http://www.emam.defense.tn/index.php/fr/your-profile |website=emam.defense.tn |publisher=Ministry of Defence (Tunisia) |access-date=10 June 2021 |language=fr |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929183805/http://www.emam.defense.tn/index.php/fr/your-profile |url-status=dead }}</ref>
File:Russia-Navy-OF-7-1994-everyday.svg|{{lang|tk|Wise-admiral}}<br />([[Turkmen Naval Forces]])<ref name="Turkmenistan">{{cite web |title=TÜRKMENISTANYŇ KANUNY Harby borçlulyk we harby gulluk hakynda (Türkmenistanyň Mejlisiniň Maglumatlary 2010 ý., No. 3, 58-nji madda) (Türkmenistanyň 01.10.2011 ý. No. 234-IV Kanuny esasynda girizilen üýtgetmeler we goşmaçalar bilen) |trans-title=LAW OF TURKMENISTAN On military service and military service (Information of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan, 2010, No. 3, Article 58) (as amended by the Law of Turkmenistan of October 1, 2011 No. 234-IV)  |url=https://milligosun.gov.tm/storage/file/04-harby-borclulyk-we-harby-gulluk-hakynda-ky9J0pKxTQ.pdf |website=milligosun.gov.tm |publisher=Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan) |access-date=2 June 2021 |pages=28–29 |language=tk}}</ref>
File:Ukraine-Navy-OF-8.svg|{{lang|uk|Віце-адмірал}}<br />{{lang|uk-Latn|Vitse-admiral}}<br />([[Ukrainian Navy]])<ref name="Ukraine">{{cite web |title=НАКАЗ 20.11.2017 No. 606 |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1502-17#Text |website=zakon.rada.gov.ua |publisher=Ministry of Justice of Ukraine |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=uk |date=13 December 2017}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[Royal Navy]])<ref name="UK_Navy">{{cite web |title=Shaping your career |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/careers/navy-life/shaping-your-career |website=royalnavy.mod.uk |publisher=Royal Navy |access-date=24 September 2021}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-(star v2)-O10.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[United States Navy]])<ref name="Dod_Ranks">{{cite web |title=U.S. Military Rank Insignia |url=https://www.defense.gov/Resources/Insignia/ |website=defense.gov |publisher=Department of Defense |access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref>
File:US-CoastGuard-O9.svg|Vice admiral<br />([[United States Coast Guard]])<ref name="Dod_Ranks" />
File:Generic-Navy-11.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[National Navy of Uruguay]])<ref name="Uruguay">{{cite book |editor1-last=Hudson |editor1-first=Rex A. |editor2-last=Meditz |editor2-first=Sandra W. |title=Uruguay: A Country Study |date=1992 |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |isbn=0-8444-0737-2 |pages=222–223 |edition=2nd |url=https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/Uruguay%20Study_3.pdf?ver=2012-10-11-163307-517 |access-date=13 June 2021 |chapter=Chapter 5. National Security}}</ref>
File:Generic-Navy-10.svg|{{lang|es|Vicealmirante}}<br />([[Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela]])<ref name="Venezuela_Officer1">{{cite web |title=Grados de Generales y Almirantes |url=http://www.ejercito.mil.ve/grados-de-generales-y-almirantes/ |website=ejercito.mil.ve |publisher=Government of Venezuela |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717185821/http://www.ejercito.mil.ve/grados-de-generales-y-almirantes/ |archive-date=17 July 2019 |date=28 August 2017}}</ref>
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
* [[Comparative military ranks]]

{{Military ranks by country}}
{{Star officer ranks}}
{{Highest Military Ranks}}
{{Canadian officer ranks}}

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[[Category:Military ranks of Canada]]
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[[Category:Military ranks of Australia]]
[[Category:Military ranks of Singapore]]