title: Bootsmannsmaat
text: # Bootsmannsmaat
  
  Bootsmannsmaat (transl. Boatswain's mate) was, in the Austro-Hungarian Navy (1786-1918), an enlisted rank and, in the Imperial German Navy, a non-commissioned officer (NCO) rank.
  
  ## Austria-Hungary
  
  Bootsmannsmaat was in the k.u.k. Austro-Hungarian Navy (1786 until 1918) equivalent to the rank Corporal of the k.u.k. Common Army. The sequence of ranks was as follows:
  
  * Rudergast - OR3 (en: Helmsman)
  * Bootsmannsmaat - OR4 (en: boatswain's mate)
  
  ## Germany
  
  BtsmMaat Kriegsmarine :
  
  | collar / cuff title ||
  | - | - |
  | Rank insignia | German NCO rank |
  | Used | 1933 – 1945 |
  | Rank group | Petty Officers |
  | Navy | Bootsmannsamaat |
  | Army / Air Force | Unteroffizier |
  | NATO equivalent | OR-5 |
  | Army | Sergeant |
  | Air Force | Staff Sergeant |
  | Navy | Sergeant Petty Officer Second Class |
  
  The Bootsmannsmaat was equivalent to the rank of Unteroffizier in Heer und Luftwaffe.
  
  Regarding the particular career or assignment the sequence of ranks (both of them OR5 / second mates) and the grade description was established as follows:
  
  * for Maate (en: mates) – Bootsmannsmaat (en: boatswain's mate), Feuerwerksmaat (en: firework's mate), Maschinistenmaat (en: engineman's mate), or Steuermannsmaat (en: steersman's mate)
  * for Obermaate (en: senior mates) – Oberbootsmannsmaat (en: senior boatswain's mate), Oberfeuerwerksmaat (en: senior firework's mate), Obermaschinistenmaat (en: senior enginemen's mate), or Obersteuermannsmaat (en: senior steersman's mate)
  
  ## Russian Empire
  
  Similar to the naming in German speaking naval forces, in the Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) of the Russian Empire there was the rank Bootsmannsmaat (original Russian: Боцманмат / Bozmanmat) as well. However, it was an OR6-rank equivalent to the Senior unteroffizier (ru: «Старший унтерофицер» (ОR6)). The sequence of ranks was as follows:
  
  * Quartiermeister - OR4 (en: Quartermaster / ru:Квартирмейстер)
  * Bootsmannsmaat - OR6 (en: boatswain's mate /ru: Боцманмат)
  * Bootsmann - OR7 (en: Boatswain / ru: Боцман)
  * Gardemarin - OR8 (en: Guard marine / ru: Гардемарин)
  