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His rate of pay was increased on being promoted. Boy 1st class – a boy aged 16 to 18 under training, who had previously served for between 9 months and 18 months rated as "boy 2nd class", shown sufficient proficiency in seamanship and accumulated at least one good conduct badge (the requirements varied between training ships).On a boy's 18th birthday he automatically became rated as an ordinary seaman and was subject to the Naval Discipline Act as applicable to adult seamen. Boy, as rated (after World War II known as a 'junior') – aged between 15½ and 18.

Apprentice – boy aged 16 to 18 trained in technical skills at the dockyard schools to become an artificer.

Various specific terms were introduced for different, age- and exam-related stages in a boy's potential career: In the British naval forces, where there was a need to recruit enough hands to man the vast fleet of the British Empire, extensive regulations existed concerning the selection and status of boys enlisted to keep filling the ranks.

JSTOR ( May 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īritish boy sailors receiving instruction on how to use a sounding line onboard the battleship HMS Rodney during World War IIĪ boy seaman (plural boy seamen) is a boy who serves as seaman or is trained for such service.

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