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'''Second master''' ({{langx|fr|Second-maître}}) is a military rank used in multiple Francophone navies across the world as well as a former rating in the Royal Navy.
==United Kingdom== Second master was introduced in 1753 and indicated a deputy master on third-rate ships of the line or larger.
Second masters were paid significantly more than master's mates, £5 5s per month.<ref name="Lavery326">{{cite book|last=Lavery|first=Brian|title=Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization|year=1989|location=Annapolis, Md|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-87021-258-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/nelsonsnavyships00lave/page/326 326]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/nelsonsnavyships00lave/page/326}}</ref> A second master was generally a master's mate who had passed his examination for master and was deemed worthy of being master of a vessel. Second masters were given the first opportunity for master vacancies as they occurred.<ref name="wooden">{{cite book|last=Rodger|first=N.A.M.|title=The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy|location=Annapolis, MD|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1986|page=216|isbn=0-87021-987-1}}</ref>
Master's mates also acted as second master of vessels too small to be allocated a warranted master.<ref name="officerranks">{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_nav_rankings.htm#Slt|title=Officer ranks in the Royal Navy|accessdate=2009-04-25}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery class="center"> <!-- In alphabetic order of Country please --> File:Belgium-Navy-OR-5.svg|{{lang|nl|Tweede meester}}<br />{{small|{{langx|fr|Second-maître}}<br />{{langx|de|Zweiter Meister}}}}<br />(Belgian Navy)<ref name=Belgium_Navy>{{cite web |title=Marinecomponent |url=http://www.mil.be/def/ranks/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1&IDS=3&IDT=3 |website=mil.be |access-date=25 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050220083946/http://www.mil.be/def/ranks/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1&IDS=3&IDT=3 |archive-date=20 February 2005 |language=nl}}</ref> File:Cameroon-Navy-OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Second-maître}}<br />(Cameroon Navy) File:05.DRCN-PO1.svg|{{lang|fr|Second-maître}}<br />(Navy of the DR Congo) File:04-ROCongo Navy-PO1.svg|{{lang|fr|Second-maître}}<br />(Congolese Navy)<ref name="RepublicoftheCongo">{{cite web |title=Grades appellations distinctions |url=https://defense.gouv.cg/gradesappellationsdistinctions/ |website=defense.gouv.cg |publisher=Ministry of National Defense (Republic of the Congo) |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> File:Djibouti-Navy-OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Second-maître}}<br />(Djiboutian Navy) File:France-Navy-OR-5 Sleeve.svg|{{lang|fr|Second-maître}}<br />(French Navy)<ref name="FranceNavy">{{cite web |title=Instruction n°1 DEF/EMM/RH/CPM relative aux uniformes et tenues dans la Marine du 15 juin 2004 |url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boc.sga.defense.gouv.fr%2Fvisu%2Fboc_visu4.php%3Fnor%3DB0451497J%26id%3D2408 |access-date=4 June 2021 |pages=3793-3867 |language=fr |date=15 June 2004}}</ref> File:04.GN-PO1.svg|{{lang|fr|Second-maître}}<br />(Gabonese Navy) File:blank.svg|{{lang|fr|Second-maître}}<br />(Guinean Navy) File:Ivory_Coast-Navy-OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Second-maître}}<br />(Navy of Ivory Coast)<ref name="IvoryCoast">{{cite web |title=GRADES / APPELLATIONS / DISTINCTIONS |url=http://www.defense.gouv.ci/culture/grades |website=defense.gouv.ci |publisher=Ministère de la Défense |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=fr}}</ref> File:Mexico-Navy-OR-7.svg|{{lang|es|Segundo maestre}}<br />(Mexican Navy)<ref name="Mexico_Navy">{{cite web |author1=Secretariat of the Navy |title=Reglamento De Uniformes, Condecoraciones, Divisas Y Distintivos De Laarmada De México |url=https://www.semar.gob.mx/juridico/leyes_reglamentos/REG_UNIFORMES_2006.pdf |website=SEMAR |access-date=9 June 2024 |pages=80–83 |language=es |date=21 November 2005}}</ref> File:Senegal-Navy-OR-5.svg|{{lang|fr|Second-maître}}<br />(Senegalese Navy) File:blank.svg|{{lang|fr|Second-maître}}<br />(Togolese Navy)<ref name="Togo">{{cite web |title=Journal officiel de la république togolaise |date=12 February 2008 |volume=5 |url=http://jo.gouv.tg/sites/default/files/annee/2008/jo%202008-5.pdf |access-date=16 June 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> </gallery>
==Footnotes== {{Reflist}}
Category:Military ranks of the Royal Navy