- The
master, or
sailing master, is a
historical rank for a
naval officer trained in and
responsible for the
navigation of a
sailing vessel. In the Royal...
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lieutenant as
commissioned officer ranks while sailing master (often
shortened to
simply "
master") was seen as a type of
warrant officer specializing...
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headed by the
sailing master John Fryer. The
other warrant officers were the boatswain, the surgeon, the carpenter, and the gunner. Two
master's mates and...
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James Cook's
third and
final voyage (1776–80) in
which he had
served as
sailing master, or
chief navigator, on HMS Resolution.
Bligh was born in
Plymouth in...
- and
Selkirk served on
Cinque Ports, St George's
companion ship, as
sailing master under Captain Thomas Stradling. By this time,
Selkirk must have had...
- of
master of the
fleet denoted the
sailing master of a
fleet flagship, or the
senior sailing master in a fleet.
Examples include John
Bowen (
master of...
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Sailing ship
tactics were the
naval tactics emplo**** by
sailing ships in
contrast to
galley tactics emplo**** by
oared vessels. This
article focuses on...
- War of 1812 and was
commissioned as a
sailing master on
October 21, 1812. He was a
supernumerary sailing master on the Argus,
which interdicted British...
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warrant the ****ignment of a post-captain, or (before
about 1770) a
sailing-
master who was in
charge of a ship's navigation.
These ships were
usually unrated...
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character until the end of
series 4 in 2020. In 2018, he
starred as
Sailing Master Thomas Blanky in the AMC
produced series The Terror. In 2022, Hart was...
