Ranking
When the corps was first created, there were three ranks for Engineers: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Over the years this ranking system has changed several times:
- 1835 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd Engineer.
- 1847 - Inspector of Machinery, Chief Engineer; First, Second, and Third Engineer.
- 1886 - Chief Inspector & Inspector of Machinery (R.Adm. and Captain), Fleet Engineer (Cdr), and Staff Engineer (Senior Lieutenant).
- 1904 - Standard executive rank titles with an "Engineer" prefix.
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