boatswains
Rigging crew chiefs
Boatswains is the plural of boatswain, a ship's officer responsible for the deck crew and equipment—sails, rigging, anchors, and cables.
Pronounced "bosuns" and often spelled that way.
The boatswain's whistle, a distinctive pipe, signals commands aboard naval vessels: The boatswains piped the admiral aboard.
Hollow conveyance channel
Ropes controlling ship sails
Pointed tool for splicing
- fidRope-splicing pin
- spliceJoin end to end
- block-and-tacklePulley-based lifting mechanism
- shackleMetal limb restraint
thimble · lanyard · turnbuckle
deckhand
Ship's manual laborer
- riggerOne who handles tackle
pipe
Hollow conveyance channel
rigging
Ropes controlling ship sails
marlinspike
Pointed tool for splicing
- fidRope-splicing pin
- spliceJoin end to end
- block-and-tacklePulley-based lifting mechanism
shackle · thimble · lanyard · turnbuckle
non-commissioned
Holding rank without commission
- French seafaringsailors, seamen, ship captains, naval officers, French explorers
- Navy Personnelsailors, seamen, mariners, enlisted, officers
- naval personnelsailors, seamen, captains, admirals, officers
- naval ranksadmiral, admirals, captain, commodore, commander
- dockworkerslongshoremen, stevedores, dockers, dockworkers, dockhands
boatswainscaptains
Leaders of ships or teams
admirals · commanding officers · commodores · commanders · rear admirals
boatswainshelmsmen
Those steering vessels
navigators · pursers · quartermasters · radio operators · engineers
- boatswain's matePetty officer overseeing seamanship