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'''{{lang|de|Bootsmann}}''' ({{literally|[[Boatswain]]}}) is a naval rank used in some navies.

==Finland==
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==Germany==
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| abbreviation   = Btsm
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| higher rank    = [[Oberbootsmann]]
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The German term '''''Bootsmann''''' translates to [[Boatswain]], i.e. the senior crewman of the [[deck department]].

In a military context, ''''' Bootsmann ''''' ('''Btsm''' or '''B''') is the lowest [[Portepeeunteroffizier]] (NCO with portepeé) rank in the [[German Navy]]. It belongs to the particular rank group [[Portepeeunteroffizier|Senior NCOs with port épée]]. It is grouped as OR6 in [[Ranks and insignia of NATO navies enlisted|NATO]], equivalent to [[Petty Officer First Class]] in the US Navy, and to [[Petty Officer]] in the British [[Royal Navy]].

In navy context NCOs of this rank were formally addressed as ''Herr Bootsmann'' also informally / short ''Bootsmann''.

The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group is as follows:<br />
''[[Unteroffiziere mit Portepee]]''<br />
*OR-9: [[Oberstabsbootsmann]] / [[Oberstabsfeldwebel]]
*OR-8: [[Stabsbootsmann]] / [[Stabsfeldwebel]]
*OR-7: [[Hauptbootsmann]] / [[Hauptfeldwebel]]
*OR-6a: [[Oberbootsmann]] / [[Oberfeldwebel]]
*OR-6b: Bootsmann / [[Feldwebel]]

==Latvia==
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==Netherlands==
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==Poland==
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==Russia==
These names were adopted for the [[Russian Navy]] as {{lang|ru-Latn|botsman}} ({{lang|ru|боцман}}) {{lang|ru|botsmanmat}} ({{lang|ru|боцманмат}}) by [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]], among many other [[Prussia]]n and [[Netherlands|Holland]] military ranks; they were initially treated as positions rather than ranks.

== NATO code ==
While the rank is used in a number of [[NATO countries]], it is ranked differently depending on the country.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
! rowspan=2| NATO code
! rowspan=2| Country<ref name=NATO>{{cite book |author1=[[NATO]] |title=STANAG 2116 NATO |date=2021 |publisher=NATO Standardization Agency |edition=7th |location=Brussels, Belgium |pages=E-1–E-3}}</ref>
! colspan=2| English equivalent
|-
! UK
! US
|-
! OR-7
| Finland
| colspan=2| [[Chief petty officer]]
|-
! OR-6
| Germany, Latvia, Netherlands
| rowspan=2| [[Petty officer#United Kingdom|Petty officer]]
| [[Petty officer first class]]
|-
! OR-5
| Netherlands
| [[Petty officer second class]]
|-
! OR-4
| Poland
| [[Leading rate]]
| [[Petty officer third class]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Ranks of the German Bundeswehr]]
* [[Rank insignia of the German Bundeswehr]]
* [[Ranks and insignia of NATO navies enlisted]]

== References ==
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*{{cite book|last=Schult|first=J.|title=''Segler-Lexikon.''|page=61|language=de}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.kruenitz1.uni-trier.de/xxx/b/KB02539|title=''Oekonomische Encyklopädie von J. G. Krünitz (1773 bis 1858)''|publisher=University of Trier|language=de}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{German military ranks}}

[[Category:Naval ranks of Germany]]
[[Category:Military ranks of Russia]]


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