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Bo'sun Blaming Ragetti and Pintel

The Bo'sun who served under Captains Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa.

"Bosun! Summon the Kraken!"
Davy Jones[src]

A boatswain, bo'sun or bosun, was the ship's officer with responsibility over the rigging, anchors, and other similar equipment. They were sometimes also the third or fourth mate. A boatswain or bo'sun was a qualified member and the most senior rate of the ship's deck department, responsible for the components of a ship's hull and supervised the other crew members on deck. Additional duties vary depending upon ship, crew, and circumstances.

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A boatswain, bos'n and bosun, was the ship's officer with responsibility over the rigging, anchors, and other similar equipment.[1] On a pirate vessel, the boatswain was also responsible for maintaining and hoisting the ship's colours. All flags retained from enemy vessels or other countries would be turned over to the boatswain for storage.[2]

Around 1630, Malcom Hatcher was the boatswain aboard the Victory.[3]

Billy Turner was a boatswain aboard the Fleur de la Mort, under Captain Laura Smith.[4] An African pirate known only as Bo'sun served under Captain Jack Sparrow and his first mate Hector Barbossa aboard the Black Pearl, later serving under Captain Barbossa following the mutiny against Jack.[5][6] Jimmy Legs, as Davy Jones' bosun aboard the Flying Dutchman, was a hard taskmaster who enjoyed demanding the impossible as he ordered the crew to work. Punishments were his specialty, as he prided himself on cleaving flesh from bone with every swing of his cat-of-nine-tails.[7]

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