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Boatswain's mate

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Boatswain's mate is a job classification in navies, coast guards, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and may refer to:

Other meanings
  • Bill Bobstay, the "Boatswain's Mate" character in the operetta H.M.S. Pinafore (1878) by Gilbert and Sullivan.
  • The Boatswain's Mate, a one-act opera by Ethel Smyth
  • Boatswain's mate (German language Bootsmannsmaat), a historical military naval rank (OR4/OR6) in Austria, Germany, and Russia.

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