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Relative ranks in the Royal Navy, c. 1810. Warrant officers are underlined in the chart. [8] The Captain was a commissioned officer naval officer in command of a ship and was addressed by naval custom as "captain" while aboard in command, regardless of the officer's actual rank.
A captain's clerk was a rating, now obsolete, in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy for a person employed by the captain to keep his records, correspondence, and accounts. [1] The regulations of the Royal Navy demanded that a purser serve at least one year as a captain's clerk, so the latter was often a young man working his way to a ...
binnacle list A ship's sick list. The list of men unable to report for duty was given to the officer or mate of the watch by the ship's surgeon. The list was kept at the binnacle. bird farm United States Navy slang for an aircraft carrier. bite Verb used in reference to a rudder, as in "the rudder begins to bite". When a vessel has steerageway ...
Also ship's magazine. The ammunition storage area aboard a warship. magnetic bearing An absolute bearing using magnetic north. magnetic north The direction towards the North Magnetic Pole. Varies slowly over time. maiden voyage The first voyage of a ship in its intended role, i.e. excluding trial trips. Maierform bow A V-shaped bow introduced in the late 1920s which allowed a ship to maintain ...
These are lists of place names, i.e. lists of places mainly ordered by place name. Subcategories This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total.
Office of the Clerk Comptroller of the Navy (1546-1561) Office of the Comptroller of the Navy of the Navy (1561-1832) [6] Office for Seamen's Wages (1688-1829) [7] Office of the Assistant Comptroller of the Navy (1682-1691) [8] Office of Assistant Clerk of the Acts and Secretary to the Navy Board (1680-1832) [6] Office of the Clerk of the Acts [6]
Postal clerk (abbreviated as PC) was a United States Navy occupational rating. Postal clerks: Operate US Navy post offices; Supervise, organize and establish or disestablish a US Navy post office; Perform postal counter work, including sale of stamps and money orders; Process incoming and outgoing mail; Route mail; Maintain a mail directory