Chief Mate - Notable First Mates and Chief Mates

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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