Later it referred to a rating for graduates of the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth, who could not find a post as a midshipman.
It was a reaction to the treatment meted out to ratings in general and the lack of service facilities in particular.
and were entitled to be saluted and to be addressed as "Sir" by ratings and addressed as "Mr" by superior officers.
He was the first person to hold the appointment of Warrant Officer of the Naval Service and was therefore the most senior rating of the Royal Navy.
Until promotion to lieutenant, these boys would serve in various ratings, and the term was used to group all these boys together.
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A captain's clerk was a rating, now obsolete, in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy for a person employed by the captain to keep his records, correspondence, and accounts.
In the British Armed Forces and the armed force of other Commonwealth countries (except Canada), the equivalent term in respect of armies and air forces is Other Rank (or OR for short), while navies use the term rating.
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Medal is a long service medal presented to the officers, petty officers, and rates of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) who complete 20 years of service.