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• Commodore (rank)
  A commodore is an officer of the [[Royal Navy|British navy]], commissioned by the lords of the admir…
  331 B (49 words) - 02:56, 20 January 2009
• Summary for Treason's Harbour
  …dwatching was disappointing - Hairabedian introduces odabashi to [[warrant officer]]s - social success - explains janissaries - jinns and ghouls.
  6 KB (1024 words) - 18:49, 13 May 2008
• Punishment aboard ship
  …ng "mast-headed", i.e. sent to the top of the mast to stay there until the officer decided to allow them down. This was usually a minor punishment, equivalen…
  2 KB (293 words) - 20:17, 8 July 2007
• Duke of Clarence
  …Captain]] the following year. His reputation in the service was of an able officer but a strict disciplinarian. Politically he was not popular with the King … [[Category:Royal Naval officer (non-fictional)|Clarence, Duke of]]
  1 KB (237 words) - 17:59, 9 February 2011
• Court martial
  … convened. This was mandatory if the accused was a commissioned or warrant officer or the charge involved the death penalty. …period an ordinary sailor would be confined either ashore or aboard but an officer would be relieved of duty but usually allowed his freedom.
  2 KB (334 words) - 16:00, 16 July 2007
• Thomas Cochrane
  … Cochrane''' until he inherited his father's title in 1831. He was a naval officer and a radical politician. His career as one of the most daring and success… [[Category:Royal Naval officer (non-fictional)|Cochrane, Thomas]]
  9 KB (1534 words) - 09:30, 24 November 2010
• Admiralty
  … but is not to be identified with him, since Barham had been a capable sea-officer and was noted for his sound grasp of administration.) The First Secretar…
  2 KB (374 words) - 19:24, 5 May 2008
• Weigh
  …ter part of the seamen, together with their supervising [[Royal Navy ranks|officer]]s, would divide into five main groups as prescribed by the ship's [[watch… …ward from the [[cathead]] (the anchor is then said to be [[a-trip]]). The officer supervising the forecastle party then calls out 'Up and down. sir', and th…
  6 KB (1030 words) - 09:32, 24 November 2010
• Commission
  …ial turn whose field of action happened to lie at sea. Thus an active sea-officer would accumulate a considerable number of commissions during his career.
  1 KB (210 words) - 14:02, 21 August 2007
• Chains
  …, "These Cables are now in general use."<ref>Lever, Darcy. ''The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor: or, A Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seam…
  2 KB (382 words) - 15:24, 31 October 2009
• Yard
  …ng the sheets of the mizzen [[topsail]].<ref>Lever, Darcy. ''The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor: or, A Key to the Leading of Rigging and to Practical Seam…
  2 KB (304 words) - 15:11, 31 October 2009
• Barret Bonden
  … wear round now," even laughing at the idea of himself "rigged out like an officer."<ref>O’Brian, Patrick. ''Master and Commander''. p. 247.</ref> Armed wi…
  11 KB (1817 words) - 17:20, 31 January 2009
• Navy Board
  … Controller (sometimes archaically spelt ''Comptroller''), usually a naval officer of some reputation, assisted by two Surveyors (three from 1813), who were …
  1 KB (225 words) - 09:05, 14 November 2007
• Lexicon:Aid de con
  …aide de camp]]'', lit: an assistant in the camp, the assistant to a senior officer</td>
  2 KB (302 words) - 04:39, 13 November 2007
• Lexicon:Aides-de-camp
  …adding: 0 0px 8px 0;">lit.: assistants in the camp; assistants to a senior officer</td>
  2 KB (273 words) - 04:39, 13 November 2007
• Lexicon:Vous êtes un officier anglais, monsieur?
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">are you an English Officer, Sir?</td>
  2 KB (263 words) - 06:19, 13 November 2007
• Lexicon:Larrey
  …0px 8px 0;">Domenique-Jean, Baron Larrey (1766-1842) was the chief medical officer of Buonaparte's armies.</td>
  2 KB (212 words) - 13:00, 13 November 2007
• Lexicon:Physician of the Fleet
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">The highest medical officer in a Fleet — e.g., Channel, Mediterranean, West Indies, Baltic — in th…
  3 KB (349 words) - 16:59, 31 January 2009
• Lexicon:Physician
  …s of the patient surviving. Aboard a naval ship, the surgeon was a warrant officer who had to have a certificate of proficiency from the Board of Sick and Hu…
  5 KB (674 words) - 17:00, 31 January 2009
• Lexicon:Quarantine-officer
  <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">quarantine-officer</td> <td style="text-align: left; padding: 0 0px 8px 0;">An officer in a port responsible for keeping vessels carrying people with contagious …
  2 KB (203 words) - 13:56, 13 November 2007

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