he was rated as a midshipman
1Midshipman — This article is about the naval rank. For the fish, see midshipman fish. For the sports teams of the U.S. Naval Academy, see Navy Midshipmen. For the novel about Horatio Hornblower, see Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. Common anglophone military ranks… …
2Midshipman extraordinary — originally referred to an officer in the Royal Navy below the rank of post captain who was paid as a midshipman until he could find another ship. Later it referred to a rating for graduates of the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth, who could not… …
3Midshipman ordinary — Midshipman ordinary, or midshipman by order, refers to a obsolete rating for prospective officers in the British Royal Navy. The rating was specifically applied to graduates of the Royal Naval Academy who had earned their sea time in a classroom… …
4Master's mate — is an obsolete rating which was used by the Royal Navy, United States Navy and merchant services in both countries for a senior petty officer who assisted the master. Master s mates evolved into the modern rank of Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Navy …
5William Bligh — Infobox Person name = William Bligh image size = 240px caption = 1814 portrait birth name = birth date = birth date|1754|09|09|df=y birth place = St Tudy, Cornwall, United Kingdom death date = death date and age|1817|12|7|1754|09|09|df=y death… …
6Edward Bransfield — (1785 ndash; 1852) was a master in the Royal Navy and arguably the discoverer of the continent of Antarctica.Early lifeEdward Bransfield was born in Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland, in c.1785. Very little is known about his early life; we do… …
7Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale — Infobox British Royalty|royal name = Prince Albert Victor title = Duke of Clarence and Avondale caption = Photographic Portrait by William and Daniel Downey, 1891 full name = Albert Victor Christian Edward titles = HRH The Duke of Clarence and… …
8USS Chesapeake (1799) — For other ships of the same name, see USS Chesapeake. Career (United States of America) …
9John Nicholson Inglefield — (1748 1828) was an officer in the British Royal Navy.John Nicholson Inglefield was the son of a ship s carpenter, Isaac Inglefield, and his wife, a sister of the ship designer Thomas Slade, (later Sir Thomas Slade). According to Captain… …
10Mutiny on the Bounty — For other uses, see Mutiny on the Bounty (disambiguation). The mutineers turning Lt Bligh and some of the officers and crew adrift from His Majesty s Ship Bounty, 29 April 1789. By Robert Dodd The mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny that occurred… …
