boatswain
Sign in to saveAlso known as botsman, bo's'n, bosun, bos'n, Petty Officer, deck boss, bootsmann, bossun
A boatswain ( , formerly and dialectally also ) is the most senior rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull. The boatswain supervises the other members of the ship's deck department and typically is not a watchstander, except on vessels with small crews. Additional duties vary depending upon ship, crew and circumstances. The name is also known as '''bo's'n, bos'n, bosun, deck boss, a qualified member of the deck department or the third hand''' on a fishing vessel.
Key facts
- Shipping job.name
- Boatswain
- Shipping job.othernames
- BosunDeck BossChief rate
- Shipping job.photo
- Bosun2.jpg
- Shipping job.photo legend
- The boatswain aboard a US merchant ship stands cargo watch as freight is lowered into an open hatch, 1981
- Shipping job.department
- Deck department
- Shipping job.licensed
- No
- Shipping job.watch at sea
- On smaller vessels
- Shipping job.watch at sea time
- varies
- Shipping job.watch in port
- On smaller vessels
- Shipping job.watch in port time
- varies
- Shipping job.requirements
- Typically, able seaman certificate
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- military officer
- Image
- Royal Navy Boatswain 1820.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- nickname
- дракон
- short name
- BSN
- uses
- boatswain's call
- Commons category
- Bootsmann (Kriegsmarine)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Royal Navy
- Naval cadets
- Job description
- Notable boatswains
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
A boatswain ( , formerly and dialectally also ) is the most senior rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull. The boatswain supervises the other members of the ship's deck department and typically is not a watchstander, except on vessels with small crews. Additional duties vary depending upon ship, crew and circumstances. The name is also known as '''bo's'n, bos'n, bosun, deck boss, a qualified member of the deck department or the third hand' on a fishing vessel.
==History== thumb|upright| illustration of a Royal Navy boatswain
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “boatswain” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.