Notable First Mates and Chief Mates
- Fletcher Christian, acting sailing master of the HMS Bounty
- Owen Chase, first mate of the whaleship Essex
- Henry Wilde, chief officer of the Titanic
- George Lowther, first mate of the SV Gambia Castle
- William Murdoch, first officer of the Titanic
- John Biscoe, English mariner and explorer, who often sailed as first mate
- John Paul Jones, who was a first mate at the age of nineteen
- Shane Murphy, Chief Mate of MV Maersk Alabama
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