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| rdfs:label | - Leading Rating
- Leading rating
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| rdfs:comment | - Leading Ratings are normally addressed as Leading Hand or using their branch title e.g. Leading Seaman, Leading Regulator etc. The insignia worn by Leading Rates is a single fouled anchor, leading to the slang term Killick or Hooky used in reference to this rate.
- Leading rating (or leading rate) is the most senior of the junior rates in the Royal Navy. It is equal in status to corporal, although for a long time was officially junior to that rank. The rate was introduced under the authority of Admiralty Circular No. 121 of 14 June 1853. Leading ratings are normally addressed as Leading Hand or using their branch title e.g. Leading Seaman, Leading Regulator etc. The insignia worn by leading rates is a single fouled anchor, leading to the slang term killick or hooky used in reference to this rate.
- In some pre-space-flight Earth navies the term leading rating, leading rate, or leading hand was used for a junior non-commissioned officer lower in rank than a petty officer and higher than a crewman. The word "leading" would be combined with their occupation to make their title, so a person might be a "leading seaman", "leading operator", or "leading mechanic". The corresponding term in the United States Navy was petty officer third class. The corresponding military rank was corporal.
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| abstract | - Leading Ratings are normally addressed as Leading Hand or using their branch title e.g. Leading Seaman, Leading Regulator etc. The insignia worn by Leading Rates is a single fouled anchor, leading to the slang term Killick or Hooky used in reference to this rate.
- Leading rating (or leading rate) is the most senior of the junior rates in the Royal Navy. It is equal in status to corporal, although for a long time was officially junior to that rank. The rate was introduced under the authority of Admiralty Circular No. 121 of 14 June 1853. Leading ratings are normally addressed as Leading Hand or using their branch title e.g. Leading Seaman, Leading Regulator etc. The insignia worn by leading rates is a single fouled anchor, leading to the slang term killick or hooky used in reference to this rate.
- In some pre-space-flight Earth navies the term leading rating, leading rate, or leading hand was used for a junior non-commissioned officer lower in rank than a petty officer and higher than a crewman. The word "leading" would be combined with their occupation to make their title, so a person might be a "leading seaman", "leading operator", or "leading mechanic". The corresponding term in the United States Navy was petty officer third class. The corresponding military rank was corporal. Enlisted Engineers on the USS Mumbai were referred to as mechanics and their team leaders as leading mechanics as late as 2265. (TOSS)
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