- "Mr. Beckett, sir, First Mate Jack Sparrow and Second Mate Robert Greene to see you, sir. They are crew aboard Fair Wind, which has just docked."
"Very well, Chalmers, you may show them in." - ―Chalmers and Cutler Beckett
A second mate or second officer was a licensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship. The second mate was the third in command and a watchkeeping officer, customarily the ship's navigator. The second mate was often the medical officer and in charge of maintaining distress signaling equipment.