Imperial Navy Officer Rank Structure

The Officer Corps of the Imperial Russian navy followed a pattern of ranks based very closely on their European counterparts.  The only real differences were those of purely nationalistic style.

For everyday wear an officer would wear shoulder boards not to different from the modern Russian style to show his rank.  These would be gold for fleet officers and silver for specialists and land based officers.
     

3 Tsarist eagles on gold board
2 Tsarist eagles on gold board
1 Tsarist eagle on gold board

Yellow board with two black stripes
As above, but with 3 stars
Yellow board, single black stripe, 3 stars
As above, but with one star