The helmsman (unisex: helm) is the person who steers a ship or many types of boat. Naval helmsmen are often quartermasters Many hemsmen would not occasionally go to land unless they docked for supplies..[1]
Notable helmsmen
- Cotton (Black Pearl)[2]
- Joshamee Gibbs (Black Pearl)[3]
- Gilligan (Spanish galleon)[3]
- Steersman (HMS Dauntless)[4]
- Lee Trafford (Wicked Wench)
- Domingo Velasquez (Black Pearl)
- William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner (Flying Dutchman)[2]
- Undead Quarter Masters (French Ghost Ships)
- Gillette (HMS Providence)[5]
- Quartermaster (Queen Anne's Revenge)<ref name="OST">
- Ezekiel (Queen Anne's Revenge)[5]
