Bootsmannsmaat

*Bootsmannsmaat*
Boatswain's mate
Bootsmannsmaat; Boatswain's mate
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Country	Nazi Germany
Service branch	Kriegsmarine
Abbreviation	BtsmMaat
Formation	1933
Abolished	1945
Next higher rank	Oberbootsmannmaat
Next lower rank	Oberstabsgefreiter
Equivalent ranks	Unteroffizier; Leading rate (UK); Petty officer third class (U.S.);

Bootsmannsmaat (transl. boatswain's mate)^[1] was, in the Austro-Hungarian Navy (1786-1918), an enlisted rank and, in the Imperial German Navy, a non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank.^[2]

Austria-Hungary

Bootsmannsmaat was in the k.u.k. Austro-Hungarian Navy (1786 until 1918) equivalent to the rank Corporal of the k.u.k. Common Army. The sequence of ranks was as follows:

Rudergast - OR3 (en: Helmsman)
Bootsmannsmaat - OR4 (en: boatswain's mate)

Germany

The Bootsmannsmaat was equivalent to the rank of Unteroffizier in Heer und Luftwaffe.

Regarding the particular career or assignment the sequence of ranks (both of them OR5 / second mates) and the grade description was established as follows:

for Maate (en: mates) – Bootsmannsmaat (en: boatswain's mate), Feuerwerksmaat (en: firework's mate), Maschinistenmaat (en: engineman's mate), or Steuermannsmaat (en: steersman's mate)
for Obermaate (en: senior mates) – Oberbootsmannsmaat (en: senior boatswain's mate), Oberfeuerwerksmaat (en: senior firework's mate), Obermaschinistenmaat (en: senior enginemen's mate), or Obersteuermannsmaat (en: senior steersman's mate)

Russian Empire

Similar to the naming in German speaking naval forces, in the Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) of the Russian Empire there was the rank Bootsmannsmaat (original Russian: боцманмат / botsmanmat) as well. However, it was an OR6-rank equivalent to the Senior unteroffizier (ru: «старший унтерофицер» (ОR6)). The sequence of ranks was as follows:

Quartiermeister - OR4 (en: Quartermaster / ru:квартирмейстер)
Bootsmannsmaat - OR6 (en: boatswain's mate /ru: боцманмат)
Bootsmann - OR7 (en: Boatswain / ru: боцман)
Gardemarin - OR8 (en: Guard marine / ru: гардемарин)

References

^ Langenscheidt's Encyclopaedic Dictionary of the English and German language: "Der Große Muret-Sander", Part II German-English First Volume A–K, 9th edition 2002, p. 306, … Second Volume L–Z, 8th edition 1999, p. 1041
^ BROCKHAUS, The encyclopedia in 24 volumes (1796–2001), Volume 13: 3-7653-3673-4, page 699

[1] Langenscheidt's Encyclopaedic Dictionary of the English and German language: "Der Große Muret-Sander", Part II German-English First Volume A–K, 9th edition 2002, p. 306, … Second Volume L–Z, 8th edition 1999, p. 1041

[2] BROCKHAUS, The encyclopedia in 24 volumes (1796–2001), Volume 13: 3-7653-3673-4, page 699

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