For other uses, see Helmsman (disambiguation) |
- "Hold steady, helmsman!"
- ―An officer to the helmsman of the Monarch
The helmsman (unisex: helm) is the person who steers a ship or many types of boat. Naval helmsmen are often quartermasters. Many helmsmen would not occasionally go to land unless they docked for supplies.[1]
Notable helmsmen[]
- "Mr. Trafford, I'll want you on our helm."
- ―Jack Sparrow to Lee Trafford
- James Sterling (Nemesis)[2]
- Richards (Fair Wind)[3]
- Reynaldo[4]
- Lee Trafford (Wicked Wench)[5]
- Roger Prescott (Wicked Wench)[5]
- Lemuel Matthews (Wicked Wench)[5]
- Domingo Velasquez (Black Pearl)[6]
- Steersman (HMS Dauntless)[7]
- Jack Sparrow (Wicked Wench, Wicked Wench/Black Pearl, Interceptor, Dying Gull)[7][8][9][10]
- Anamaria (Interceptor)[7]
- Joshamee Gibbs (Black Pearl, Dying Gull )[11][8]
- Gilligan (Spanish galleon)[11]
- Undead Quarter Masters (French Ghost Ships)[12]
- Greenbeard (Flying Dutchman)[8]
- Cotton (Black Pearl)[8][13]
- Hector Barbossa (Black Pearl, HMS Providence, Queen Anne's Revenge, Silent Mary)[13][14][10]
- Davy Jones (Flying Dutchman)[13]
- Will Turner (Flying Dutchman)[13]
- Bootstrap Bill Turner (Flying Dutchman)[13]
- Gillette (HMS Providence)[14]
- Quartermaster (Queen Anne's Revenge)[14]
- Ezekiel (Queen Anne's Revenge)[14]
- Armando Salazar (Silent Mary)[10]
- Lesaro (Silent Mary)[10]
- Morgan (Wicked Wench)[10]
- Henry Turner (Dying Gull)[10]
- Cremble (Dying Gull)[10]
- Mullroy (Black Pearl)[10]
- Carina Smyth (Black Pearl)[10]
Behind the scenes[]
- "That chart I drew up'll get you past the reefs. If you're steersman's good enough, that is."
"I'll be at the wheel myself." - ―Jack Sparrow and James Norrington
- In Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean, a skeletal helmsman could be seen steering a ghostly galleon sailing on a storm-tossed lagoon.[15] The skeletal helmsman would appear in the first teaser poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
- Helmsman is one the ranks a player can earn in Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas.
Appearances[]
- Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean (First appearance)
- The Price of Freedom
- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East
- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Wild Waters
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Day of the Shadow
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Going Overboard!
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- The Brightest Star in the North: The Adventures of Carina Smyth
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
Sources[]
External links[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Helmsman on Wikipedia
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
- ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter One: Fair Winds and Black Ships
- ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Two: Lady Esmeralda
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Price of Freedom, Chapter Thirteen: "Red Flag...Ho!"
- ↑ The Price of Freedom, Epilogue: The Black Pearl
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- ↑ The Price of Freedom, Chapter Ten: Revelations
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Going Overboard!
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean Online
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies