A boatswain (/ˈboʊsən/ BOH-sən, formerly and dialectally also /ˈboʊtsweɪn/ BOHT-swayn), bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun, also known as a deck boss, or a qualified...

The United States Navy occupational rating of boatswain's mate (abbreviated as BM) is a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) to...

A boatswain's call, pipe, or bosun's whistle is a pipe or a non-diaphragm type whistle used on naval ships by a boatswain. The pipe consists of a narrow...

A boatswain's mate is a petty officer assisting the boatswain aboard ship. Specifically, boatswain's mate may refer to: Boatswain's mate (United States...

Jacqueline Boatswain (sometimes credited as Jacqui Boatswain) [failed verification] is an English actress of Vincentian origin. She is best known for...

Look up boatswain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boatswain is the seniormost rate of the deck department. Boatswain or bosun may also refer to: Boatswain's...

The boatswain's mate is a position in the United States Coast Guard. A boatswain's mate is a versatile role, with those holding the role expected to be...

Boatswain Bird can refer to: Another name for the red-billed tropicbird Boatswain Bird Island, a small uninhabited island nature reserve, home to many...

Jamille Boatswain (born 30 September 1993) is a Trinidian footballer who plays as a striker for Honduran side Honduras Progreso and the Trinidad and Tobago...

Quinton Hubert Boatswain (born 16 October 1990) is a West Indian cricketer from Montserrat. Boatswain is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium...

The National Boatswain is the leading youth member of Sea Scouts program of the Boy Scouts of America. The National Boatswain is a member of the National...

Operation Boatswain was the first of the operational missions carried out by the Palmach as part of the cooperation between the Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory...

Boatswain Bay (French: Baie Boatswain) is an uninhabited waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It extends eastward from James Bay into...

Harry Boatswain (June 26, 1969 – August 8, 2005) was a professional American football player who played offensive tackle for five seasons for the San...

Anthony Boatswain is a politician from Grenada. A member of the New National Party, he served for a time in the office of prime minister Keith Mitchell...

Boatswain Bird Island, also spelt Boatswainbird Island, is a small island some 270 metres (300 yd) off the east coast of Ascension Island in the South...

regardless of the weather. The boatswain is the highest rankings unlicensed (rating) in the deck department. The boatswain generally carries out the tasks...

written in 1808 in honour of his Landseer dog, Boatswain, who had just died of rabies. When Boatswain contracted the disease, Byron reportedly nursed...

A bosun's chair (or boatswain's chair) is a device used to suspend a person from a rope to perform work aloft. Originally just a short plank or swath...

Aviation boatswain's mate (abbreviated as AB) is a United States Navy occupational rating. Aviation boatswain's mates operate, maintain, and perform organizational...

The skuas /ˈskjuːə/ are a group of predatory seabirds with seven species forming the genus Stercorarius, the only genus in the family Stercorariidae. The...

The Boatswain's Mate is an opera in one act (but in two parts) written by British composer and suffragette Ethel Smyth in 1913–14 set to her own libretto...

Mr. Smee is a fictional character who serves as Captain Hook's boatswain in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and 1911...

Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of a number of hits (known as "strokes" or "cuts") with a single cane usually made of rattan, generally...

to British and Commonwealth forces. Sheppard was 37 years old, and a boatswain's mate in the Royal Navy, serving with the Naval Brigade during the Crimean...

seafaring legend, the ship's cooks and boatswain's mates had a duty arrangement to give the cooks more sleep. The boatswain's mates, who worked 24 hours a day...

of petty officer second class) and the rating of boatswain's mate, then combining the two—boatswain's mate second class (BM2)—defines both rank and rating...

common name was "bosun bird", also spelt "boatswain bird", from the similarity of its shrill call to a boatswain's whistle. An alternative derivation of the...

The Boatswain Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary (variant: Baie Boatswain Migratory Bird Sanctuary) is a migratory bird sanctuary that extends between Nunavut...

Bootsmann (lit. 'Boatswain') is a naval rank used in some navies. The German term Bootsmann translates to Boatswain, i.e. the senior crewman of the deck...