Boatswain

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

"Bosun! Summon the Kraken!"

―Davy Jones

Boatswain, often phonetically spelled and pronounced Bosun, was the term given to the Warrant Officer or Petty Officer who served as the foreman of a ship's crew. A boatswain was sometimes also the third or fourth mate. The term was derived from late Old English batswegen, from bat ("boat") + Old Norse sveinn ("swain"), meaning a young man, a follower, retainer or servant.

Notable boatswains

• Malcom Hatcher (Victory)
• Bo'sun (Black Pearl)
• Hendry Cutts (Black Pearl)
• Jimmy Legs (Flying Dutchman)
• Maccus (Flying Dutchman)
• Maddox (Monarch)

Behind the scenes

• Boatswain or Bo'sun first appeared in the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
• In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for At World's End, during Jack Sparrow's "Multiple Jacks" hallucination in Davy Jones' Locker, one Jack is identified as the boatswain of Sparrow's imaginary crew.
• In the At World's End video game, Maccus was called "Bosun" by Davy Jones. However, this may be incorrect as Jimmy Legs was said to be the Bosun under Jones in Dead Man's Chest.
• Bo'sun is one the ranks a player can earn in Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas.

Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

External links

• Boatswain on Wikipedia