Quartermaster

For other uses, see Quartermaster (disambiguation)

The quartermaster that served aboard the Edinburgh Trader.

"Quartermaster. Get me six more pistols, remove the shot from all but two, but do not tell me which two."

―Blackbeard to Quartermaster

Quartermaster was a term used to describe the navigator of a naval vessel. The title was derived from the phrase "master of the quarterdeck", as the helm was located here.

Pirate quartermasters were commonly elected by the crew, and ranked higher than any officer aboard the ship, except the captain. Pirate quartermasters could veto the captain's decisions and often oversaw punishments and discipline for such crew members that transgressed the Code of the Brethren. It was also common for quartermasters to lead pirate boarding parties.

Notable quartermasters

• Logan - Wicked Wench
• Jan van der Groote - Black Pearl
• Undead Quarter Masters - Phantom, Storm Reaper, Black Harbinger, Revenant, Death Omen
• Quartermaster - Edinburgh Trader
• Quartermaster - Flying Dutchman
• Quartermaster - Queen Anne's Revenge

Behind the scenes

• In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's first screenplay draft of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow referred to Joshamee Gibbs as a quartermaster. This line of dialogue never made it to the final cut of the film but a similar moment was retained in Irene Trimble's 2003 novelization.
• In the video game Pirates of the Caribbean Online there were swords called Quarter Master's Broadsword, Quarter Master's Cutlass, and Quarter Master's Sabre.
• Quartermaster is one the ranks a player can earn in Pirates of the Caribbean: Master of the Seas.

Appearances

• The Price of Freedom
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (First appearance)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Sources

• Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: The Visual Guide

External links

• Quartermaster on Wikipedia