The boatswain (from German: Boοtsmannsmaat ) is a non-commissioned military rank of combatant, which existed in the Russian Navy and in the fleets of a number of countries of the world, and also exists in the Navy and Navy of a number of modern states .
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In the Russian imperial fleet (RIF), the military rank of a combatant of the combatant ( steering , signalmen , etc.) corresponded to the rank of non-commissioned officer of the 1st article of the category of naval specialists ( hold engineers , etc.), and in the Russian imperial army - the rank of senior non-commissioned officer . The title was assigned in the Navy without an exam [1] . This rank was made from non-commissioned officers of the 2nd article with a one-year experience, according to certification. The rank of boatswain was also appropriated to the steering, mars, signalmen and divers. In the absence of the boatswain he performed his duties. He must know rigging , raising and lowering the mast , everything related to the armament of the ship, compass , steering, steering a boat under sail, etc. According to the commander of the ship, it can be done in boatswain .
| Junior title: Quartermaster |  Boatswain | Senior rank: Boatswain |
See also
- Military rank
Notes
- ↑ Botsmanmat // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 vol.] / Ed. V.F. Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-va I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
Literature
- Botsmanmat // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.