Royal Navy equivalent M.N. ranks?

[Terry Wilcox]

I work in a Residential Hotel in Folkerstone. We have a gentleman that is staying with us, and he was a Lieutenant Commander in th R.N. and he is trying our patience. I was wondering what rank this was compared to the M.N. ranks. I worked it out to 2nd Officer ( Mate ) any
information????

[Doc Vernon]

Lieutenant-Commander

Master (2,501-10,000 tons or up to 2,500 tons if home trade passenger ship of speed 15 knots or more or cable ship) First Mate (over 10,000 tons) Surgeon (over 10,000 tons)

Chief Engineer (2,501-10,000 tons or up to 2,500 tons if home trade passenger ship of speed 15 knots or more) Certificated Second Engineer (over 10,000 tons)

Purser (Naval Auxiliary; over 10,000 tons or 2,501-10,000 tons if at least two assistant pursers carried

RN rank

Deck Department

Engine Room Department

Catering Department

Equivalent Merchant Navy Ranks

Cheers

[Keith at Tregenna]

hope this helps:

Equivalent Royal Navy ranks in the Merchant Navy:

LINK: Equivalent Royal Navy ranks in the Merchant Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

K.

[Doc Vernon]

Thats the same place i got the info from Keith!
Pinched my Thunder haha!
Good though as now there is the complete list of all Ranks!
Cheers

[j.sabourn]

Without appearing too pedantic, the title captain on a merchant ship is also purely a complimentary title, as this is a military rank, and unless holding the Queens Commission have no legal right to call this. This I suppose applies to foreign armed forces without a Monarchy and must give an oath of allegiance to the head of state. The correct title is master when referring to a merchant vessel. When one reads books re. the R.N. especially about Nelsons time the title Sailing master appears quite frequently so expect little was done by naval officers re the actual working of vessel. I may be wrong about this maybe some of the people on this net may have made a study of the subject, but that is the way I read the little I have read on the matter. Best Regards John Sabourn.