rolt968 Posted 26 May , 2019 Share Posted 26 May , 2019 (edited) Flipping through my copy of Endless Story (Taffrail) I came across a reference to Mr X, Gunner as the officer of the watch on a destroyer. I assume that Mr x was a warrant officer or commissioned warrant officer. I was a little surprised. Would he have an additional qualification to allow him to be officer of the watch? RM Edited 26 May , 2019 by rolt968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 26 May , 2019 Share Posted 26 May , 2019 I think that gunnery officers belonged to the "seaman branch", and were therefore qualified for watchkeeping duties, but I'm not a naval expert so I could be wrong. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 26 May , 2019 Share Posted 26 May , 2019 Gunners were in the Military Branch and ranked 9th in order of command of a ship. They required a watch-keeping certificate to keep a watch at sea, as did all other Military Branch officers. All other officers (except CO and XO) were subordinate to the OOW irrespective of their rank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 26 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 26 May , 2019 2 minutes ago, horatio2 said: Gunners were in the Military Branch and ranked 9th in order of command of a ship. They required a watch-keeping certificate to keep a watch at sea, as did all other Military Branch officers. All other officers (except CO and XO) were subordinate to the OOW irrespective of their rank. Thank you. Would they have been expected to qualify for a watch-keeping certificate at the same time as they achieved warrant rank? RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 26 May , 2019 Share Posted 26 May , 2019 No. A watch-keeping certificate can only be earned at sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 26 May , 2019 Author Share Posted 26 May , 2019 33 minutes ago, horatio2 said: No. A watch-keeping certificate can only be earned at sea. Thanks, Horatio, That clarifies it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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