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The rate of leading seaman, leading hand or leading rating in the Royal Navy is senior to able seaman and junior to petty officer. It is equivalent to corporal in the other services. The badge is the fouled anchor (an anchor with a length of rope twisted around it), worn on the upper arm in formal uniform and on the shoulder slides in working dress.
Specialists use the word "leading" before their speciality (for example, leading writer, leading cook, leading regulator).
A leading rating is often called a "killick", referring to the rank insignia of a fouled anchor.
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