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[[File:CPO1879.png|thumb|right|250px|Mark of distinction for Chief Petty Officer as of 1879.]]

'''Chief Petty Officer''' is a rank and rating of the [[Royal Navy]] covering many branches. It was established by Order in Council of 1 April 1853. 

==Insignia==
The distinctive badge was initially a "Crown and Anchor, encircled with Laurel."<ref>"Circular, No. 121", dated 14 June 1853. p. 17. {{TNA|ADM 7/890.}}</ref> As of 1879 it was worn on the upper left sleeve of the long or round jacket, embroidered in gold.<ref>''Uniform Regulations''. p. 41.</ref>

==Chief Petty Officers==
===Admiral's Coxswain===
Established as such on 1 April 1853.<ref>''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy''. pp. 44-45.</ref> Amalgamated with Chief Petty Officer on 1 July 1889.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVI|p. 36}}
===Bandmaster===
Renamed from Chief Bandmaster on 1 July 1889.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVI|p. 40}}
===Chief Armourer===
Established on 1 April 1890.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVI|pp. 74-75}}
===Chief Bandmaster===
===Chief Boatswain's Mate===
Established as such on 1 April 1853.<ref>''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy''. pp. 44-45.</ref> Amalgamated with Chief Petty Officer on 1 July 1889.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVI|p. 36}}
===Chief Captain of the Forecastle===
Established as such on 1 April 1853.<ref>''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy''. pp. 44-45.</ref> Amalgamated with Chief Petty Officer on 1 July 1889.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVI|p. 36}}
===Chief Carpenter's Mate===
Established as such on 1 April 1853.<ref>''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy''. pp. 44-45.</ref>
===Chief Cook===
Established on 1 July 1889.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVI|p. 40}}
===Chief Electrical Artificer===
===Chief Electrician===
Established on 1 April 1901.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVIII|pp. 170-171}} Divided into two grades:

{|
! Rating.
! Qualification.
! Pay per diem.
|-
| Chief Electrician, First Class || Promotion conditional on being over 33 years of age, and having over six years' service in the preceding rating. || 7''s.'' 6''d''.
|-
| Chief Electrician, Second Class || Promoted by selection. Promotion conditional on being over 27 years of age and upon having eight years' service as Electrician, of which five have been actually afloat. || 7''s''.
|}

===Chief Engine Room Artificer===
===Chief Gunner's Mate===
Established as such on 1 April 1853.<ref>''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy''. pp. 44-45.</ref> Amalgamated with Chief Petty Officer on 1 July 1889.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVI|p. 36}}
===Chief Petty Officer===
Seaman.
===Chief Petty Officer Telegraphist===
Established on 1 October 1907.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIX|pp. 286, 288}}

===Chief Quartermaster===
Established as such on 1 April 1853.<ref>''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy''. pp. 44-45.</ref> Amalgamated with Chief Petty Officer on 1 July 1889.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVI|p. 36}}
===Chief Shipwright===
Established from 1 December 1912.{{UKOrdersinCouncilX|pp. 303, 309}}
===Chief Ship's Cook===
Renamed from Chief Cook from 1 October 1907.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIX|pp. 326-327}}
===Chief Sick Berth Steward===
===Chief Stoker===
Established 26 March 1885.{{UKOrdersinCouncilV|p. 75}}
===Chief Writer===
Renamed from Writer, First Class on 1 July 1889. {{UKOrdersinCouncilVI|p. 39}}
===Chief Yeoman of Signals===
===Draughtsman===
Non-Continuous Service rating. Established on 1 April 1885.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVII|pp. 73-74}}
===Electrical Artificer===
===Electrician===
Established on 1 April 1901.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVIII|pp. 170-171}} Divided into four grades:

{|
! Rating.
! Qualification.
! Pay per diem.
|-
| Electrician, First Class || After 12 years' service. || 6''s''. 6''d''.
|-
| Electrician, Second Class || After seven years' service. || 6''s''.
|-
| Electrician, Third Class || After three years' service. || 5''s''. 9''d''.
|-
| Electrician, Fourth Class || On entry. || 5''s''. 6''d''.
|}
===Engine Room Artificers===
Established 28 March 1868.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIII|p. 246}}
===Head Tindal of Seedies===
===Instructor of Cookery===
Established on 3 October 1895.{{UKOrdersinCouncilVII|p. 92}} Abolished on 18 October 1909.{{UKOrdersinCouncilX|pp. 79, 82}}
===Master-at-Arms===
Established as such on 1 April 1853.<ref>''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy''. pp. 44-45.</ref>
===Mechanician===
Established 1 April 1903.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIX|pp. 27-28}}
===Naval Schoolmaster===
Established as Chief Petty Officers on 26 February 1867.{{UKOrdersinCouncilIII|p. 181}}
===Officer's Chief Steward===

===Officer's Chief Cook===

===Seamen's Schoolmaster===
Established as such on 1 April 1853.<ref>''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy''. pp. 44-45.</ref>

===Ship's Cook===
Established as such on 1 April 1853.<ref>''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy''. pp. 44-45.</ref>
===Ship's Cook, First Class===

===Ship's Steward===
Established as such on 1 April 1853.<ref>''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy''. pp. 44-45.</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
*''Copies of a Correspondence Between the Board of Treasury and the Board of Admiralty, on the Subject of the Manning of the Navy; Together with Copies of a Report of a Committee of Naval Officers, and of Her Majesty's Order in Council Relating Thereto''. London: For Her Majesty's Stationary Office. 1853.
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*''Uniform Regulations for Officers, Petty Officers, and Seamen of the Fleet''. London. 1879.

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