Admiralty Order 1612-06

Superseded by  AO 2307-02

Admiralty Order 1612-06 was issued December 15th, 2016 by the First Lord of the Admiralty. This order extends the Civilian Rank Structure by establishing a defined structure for the Royal Manticoran Merchant Marine.

Order Text

To:	All Officers and Enlisted in the Royal Manticoran Navy, Marine Corps and Army
From:	Martin Lessem, KSK, GCE, KCR, DSO, GS, First Lord of the Admiralty, Admiral of the Fleet, Duke, New Scania
Re:	RMMM Ranks and Merchant Ship Command Structure – Updated (Admiralty Order 1612-06)

This Admiralty Order updates and replaces AO 1312-05.

The following is a listing of Merchant Marine ranks that are available as of publication. Also reference AO 1612-05, Civilian Ranks – Updated. Passenger Liner specific roles, such as entertainment roles, for example Dance Instructor, would follow the Catering track with a Dance Assistant (C-2), Dance Instructor (C-3), Senior Dance Instructor (C-7), Chief Dance Instructor (C-8). This would be the same for other Passenger Liner specific roles.

Merchant Marine Rank Structure

Paygrade	RMMM (without endorsement)	RMMM (Deck)	RMMM (Engineering)	RMMM (Catering)	RMMM (Medical)
C-1	Apprentice Spacer	N/A
C-2	Spacer II	Ordinary Spacer	Wiper	Assistant	N/A
C-3	Spacer III	Efficient Spacer	Technician III	Pantry Attendant
C-4	N/A
C-5
C-6	Spacer IV	Able Spacer	Technician IV	Baker	Sick Berth Attendant
C-7	Spacer V	Leading Spacer	Technician V	Chief Cook	N/A
C-8	Spacer VI	Certified Bosun	Technician VI	Chief Steward	Senior Sick Berth Attendant
C-9	N/A
C-10
C-11
C-12	Fourth Officer		Fourth Engineer	Junior Purser	Nurse
C-13	N/A	Third Officer	Third Engineer	Purser	Senior Nurse
C-14	N/A
C-15	N/A	Second Officer	Second Engineer	Assistant Cruise Director<ref name="PLO">Passenger Liners only.</ref>	Assistant Merchant Surgeon
C-16		First Officer	First Engineer	Cruise Director<ref name="PLO">Passenger Liners only.</ref>	Merchant Surgeon
C-17		Master	Chief Engineer	N/A
C-18	Fleet Manager		Fleet Port Manager	Fleet Passenger Director	Fleet Medical Director
C-19	Superintendent
C-20	Managing Director
C-21	Trade Minister
C-22	Transport Minister
C-23	Home Secretary

Merchant Marine Chapter Command Composition

The Royal Manticoran Merchant Marine has Civilian Ship Chapters. These are commissioned by the Third Space Lord and a Merchant Marine Liaison to BuShips as applicable. The minimum and maximum command composition for merchant ship chapters as follows:

Command Type	Minimum Command Composition	Maximum Command Composition	Parasite Inter-System Shuttle Allowance
Inter-System Shuttle	2 total crew (1 Officer)	5 crew + 2 passengers	N/A
Courier	3 (1)	10 + 2	Zero
Light Freighter	6 (2)	25 + 10	One
Medium Freighter	8 (3)	30 + 15	Two
Heavy Freighter	10 (3)	35 + 20	Three

The command crew (Master, Chief Engineer, and Bosun) of each civilian ship must be Merchant Mariners and must meet the educational requirements as set forth by the Merchant Fleet Academy.

In Honour of the Queen!

Issued by:

Martin Lessem, KSK, GCE, KCR, DSO, GS

Admiral of the Fleet, RMN

First Lord of the Admiralty

Duke, New Scania

Clarifications

• Q: Are the time in grade requirements the same as the previous order 1312-05?<ref name="Q1">Question as posted in the TRMN Announcements & Orders Facebook group</ref>
  • A: Yes.
• Q: Does a ship CO promote civilians on board a ship?<ref name="Q2">Question as posted in the TRMN Announcements & Orders Facebook group</ref>
  • A: So until we have official Civilian Commands set up, yes. Once that is done, then also yes.

Related Orders

• Admiralty Order 1612-05 (Civilian Ranks - Updated) - establishes the RMMM overall structure.
• Admiralty Order 1312-05 (Civilian Ranks - Updated) - previous order, rescinded by the above.
• Admiralty Order 1303-02 (Civilian Rank Structure) - original civilian rank order, rescinded by 1312-05.

References

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