• Seaman
• Signal
• Wireless Telegraphy
• E.R.A.
• Mechanician
• Stoker
• Electrician
• Armourer
• Carpenter and Shipwright.
• Blacksmith, Plumber, Painter, Cooper.
• Sick Berth.
• Naval Schoolmaster, Writer, Ship's Steward.
• Police
• Cook
• Band
• African, Asiatic, &c
• Officers' Steward and Cook
• Draughtsman, Tailor, Shoemaker, Butcher
• Marines

1. Authority to give Rating.
2. Age. previous service and other qualifications required.
3. Nature of examination.
4. Examining Officers.
5. Lowest Rating to which may he disrated or reduced for punishment, see Art. 776.
6. Remarks.
7. Related Articles.

1. Commodore of the Depot.
2. One year's service as Ship's Cook, very- good character, able to pass the requisite examination, after a short re-qualifying course at a School of Cookery.
3. Ability to take sole charge of Galley and Bakery in Ships with complements of 500 and upwards. (For examination syllabus, .see Handbook of Naval Cookery.)
4. Officer in charge of Cookery School at a Home Port.
5. Cook's Mate.
6. Same as for No. 63 - Leading Cook's Mate.
7. 728, 1938, 1942.

1. Authority to give Rating.
2. Age. previous service and other qualifications required.
3. Nature of examination.
4. Examining Officers.
5. Lowest Rating to which may he disrated or reduced for punishment, see Art. 776.
6. Remarks.
7. Related Articles.

1. Commodore R.N. Barrack at Home Ports.
2. One year�s service as Leading Cook's Mate, very good character, able to pass the requisite examination after a short re-qualifying course at a School of Cookery.
3. Ability to take sole charge of Galley and Bakery in Ships with complements of 300. (For examination syllabus, see Handbook of Naval Cookery.)
4. Officer in charge of Cookery School at a Home Port.
5. Cook's Mate.
6. Same as for No. 60 - Leading Cook's Mate.
7. 728, 1942.

Rating to die out.

** Under 5 years service.

�� Over 5 years service.

� � Rating of Second Class Petty Officer, actual or relative, to die out with present holders.

1. Authority to give Rating.
2. Age. previous service and other qualifications required.
3. Nature of examination.
4. Examining Officers.
5. Lowest Rating to which may he disrated or reduced for punishment, see Art. 776.
6. Remarks.
7. Related Articles.

1. Commodore, R.N. Barracks at Home Ports.
2. One year's service as Cook's Mate ; very good character ; able to pass the requisite examination after a short re-qualifying course in a School of Cookery.
3. Ability to take sole charge of Galley and Bakery in Ships with complements of 150. (For examination syllabus see Handbook of Naval Cookery.)
4. Officer in charge of Cookery School at Home Port.
5. Cook's Mate.
6. On arriving at their turn for promotion, Cook's ratings are rated " Acting " until they have passed the requisite Depôt examination for confirmation. An acting Cook rating who fails to pass is to revert to his former rating and be put back by the Examining Officers for a varying period, up to a maximum of nine months, on the expiration of which he should present himself for re-examination :-
1. If serving in a Home ship, at the Cookery School, for confirmation ;
2. If serving abroad, by the Accountant Officer of the ship. In this case the examination is to be regarded as provisional and the man, if qualified, is to be again rated "Acting" and required to pass finally for confirmation on his return to the Cookery School. The case of a Cook rating who fails to pass at the second attempt is to be specially reported to the Admiralty for consideration as to his further retention in H.M. Service.
7. 728, 1942.

1. Authority to give Rating.
2. Age. previous service and other qualifications required.
3. Nature of examination.
4. Examining Officers.
5. Lowest Rating to which may he disrated or reduced for punishment, see Art. 776.
6. Remarks.
7. Related Articles.

1. Captain.
2. One year's service as 2nd Cook's Mate ; very good character; able to pass the requisite examination after 6 months' training at a School of Cookery.
3. Good knowledge of breadmaking and general ability as a Cook's Assistant.
4. Officer in charge of Cookery School at a Home Port.
5. Cannot be reduced.
7. 743.

1. Authority to give Rating.
2. Age. previous service and other qualifications required.
3. Nature of examination.
4. Examining Officers.
5. Lowest Rating to which may he disrated or reduced for punishment, see Art. 776.
6. Remarks.
7. Related Articles.

1. Commodore, R.N. Barrack, at Home Port.
2. Between 18 and 23 ; good character. See note under (F)
3. General aptitude for the rating ; able to read and write and possess a fair knowledge of arithmetic.
4. Officer in charge of Cookery School at a Home Port.
5. Cannot be reduced.
6. All newly entered men to be on probation during their period of training and to be liable to immediate discharge by the Admiralty on the recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief of the Port Division at any time within that period, if they show no promise of becoming proficient, or if their conduct is not satisfactory. (Note.- Volunteers from the Royal Marines for Cook ratings will be appointed on probation for a period of six weeks, during which time they will pass through a course of Training in the Schools of Cookery at the Home Ports. During probation their discharge from the Royal Marines will be held in abeyance and they will be noted in the records of their Divisions as men employed and paid as Naval ratings. They will, however, cease to receive pay as Marines, but will be allowed the use of Marked Bedding while on probation. At the end of the course of Training, men who have given satisfaction, and who are desirous of continuing in Cook ratings, will be discharged entirely from the Royal Marines ; they must then execute Continuous Service engagements for 12 years from the date of their entry on probation, or to complete 22 years for pension, and on so doing will be entitled to the gratuitous issue of clothing and bedding under the usual conditions. They will be allowed to reckon the time on probation towards increase of Pay and Naval Pension. Those not transferred to Cook ratings will revert to the Marines. Sergeants of the Royal Marines desirous of joining in Cook ratings will be required to revert to the rank of Corporal before entering upon the period of probation. Marines borne on probation will retain the whole of their clothing and necessaries also greatcoat and waistbelt, but their arms and other accoutrements are to be returned into store prior to their transfer on probation. The greatcoat and waistbelt, also cloth tunics and frocks which have not been the prescribed period in wear (16 months) are to be returned into store at Divisional Headquarters on their final transfer to Cook ratings. In the case of men who revert to the Marines, the time served on probation will reckon towards completion of their Marine engagements, and for all other purposes. All appointments of Marines on probation, as well as the transfer of such men at the end of the probationary period, are to be made by the Commanders-in-Chief at the Home Ports only, who will refer each case to the Deputy Adjutant General, Royal Marines, for concurrence, before ordering the transfer of a Marine to a Cook rating on probation. When a probationer has finished his course and been accepted, a report is to be made by the Commodore of the General Depot to the Accountant-General for purposes of record.
7. 743.

� Ratings in italics are not to assume military command.

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