Signal master (shipping)
The signal master is responsible on board for the correct flag management and marking of the ship for participation in sea traffic and during the port lay times. His area of responsibility also includes the morning and evening flag parades.
In the navy, the signal master belongs to the deck officers (NCOs with portepee), such as helmsman, boatswain, fireworker, signal master, music conductor, machinist, master (carpenter), material manager, fire master, torpedo pilot, torpedo machinist, torpedo fire master, torpedo operator and torpedo mechanic. There are two classes, the first of which is indicated by the prefix "Ober-". See Ferber, Organization and Operations of the Imperial German Navy (Berl. 1901).
See also
For further meanings of the term signal master , see the definition of signal master
Individual evidence
Web links
- Service instructions for signal masters ( requested on July 1, 2009)
