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]
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:
See also: Ranks in the Austro-Hungarian Navy |
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 |
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:
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 / Bozmanmat) as well. However, it was an OR6-rank equivalent to the Senior unteroffizier (ru: «Старший унтерофицер» (ОR6)). The sequence of ranks was as follows: