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"Hold here, Lieutenant Commander. Wait for my signal."
―Hector Barbossa to Theodore Groves[src]

Lieutenant Commander was a rank in the British Royal Navy during the 18th century. Lieutenant Commander lies above Lieutenant and below Commander. They were the most senior lieutenants onboard a ship, and generally held the position of First Officer.

During Hector Barbossa's time as a privateer of King George's court, Theodore Groves served as a Lieutenant Commander aboard the HMS Providence during the quest for the Fountain of Youth.[1]

Gallery of notable Lieutenant Commanders

Behind the scenes

Lieutenant Commander first appeared in the 2007 computer game Pirates of the Caribbean Online.[2] It made a more prominent appearance with Theodore Groves in the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.[1] For unknown reasons, Groves was referred to as "Lieutenant" rather than "Lieutenant Commander" in promotions for On Stranger Tides, seen in Glenn Dakin's reference book Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide and James Ponti's junior novelization, as well as on the description of a promotional image.[3]

In real-world history, the rank of Lieutenant Commander was first used by the US Navy in 1862.[4]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  2. ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean Online
  3. ↑ "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES" Greg Ellis (Lieutenant Theodore Groves): Peter Mountain
  4. ↑ WP favicon Lieutenant Commander on Wikipedia