Chef d'escadre

Chef d'escadre (pronounced [ʃɛf dɛskadʁ]; literally "squadron commander") was a rank in the French Navy during the Ancien Régime and until the French Revolution. The rank was changed to contre-amiral by a law passed on 15 May 1791.

Chef d'escadre was also used as the term for the commander of a Burgundian cavalry squadron or escadre of 24 men.
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