His Royal Navy ratings rank insignia

This is a list of His Royal Navy ratings rank insignia.

Insignia

NATO equiv. Code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Baustralia (Edit)							No equivalent										No equivalent
	Baustralian chief petty officer	Fleet chief petty officer	Base chief petty officer		Warrant officer				Chief petty officer		Petty officer												Leading seaman				Able bodied seaman		Ordinary seaman
Cap insignia
Abbreviation	WO								CPO		PO												LS				AB		OS

Rate distinction

For ratings, the system is based on the RN, adding ordinary rate, with RCN-style insignia. As the RN, ratings from leading rate to ordinary rate, the word 'rating' is replaced by their trade, or rate. Chief petty officers may also use Chief rate.

Seaman or other trades: Ordinary seaman

Cooks: Able cook

Canines: Leading canine

Drill and gunnery instructors: Chief gunner

HRN police: Ordinary regulator

Logistics: Able storeman

Medical: Leading medic

Musician: Chief musician

Other communicators: Ordinary communicator

Physical training instructor: Able instructor

Quartermaster: Leading quartermaster

Radio operators: Chief radioman

Sick berth staff: Ordinary sick berth staff

Signallers: Able signalman

Submariners: Leading submariner

Former ranks

Before the reform of the Baustralian Armed Forces, the current ranks of Petty officer and Chief petty officer were two separate classes of Petty officer. Senior to this were two classes of Chief petty officer. In 2019, Chief petty officer, 2nd class was phased out, and Chief petty officer was renamed Warrant officer. Petty officers, first and second class were renamed Chief petty officer and petty officer respectively.

In between the ranks of Leading seaman and petty officer, 2nd class was an appointment given its own paygrade, Master seaman. It was derived from its long title of Master of leading seamen and was not derived in the same way as the Canadian equivalent.

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