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A cabin boy or ship's boy is a boy (in the sense of low-ranking male employee, not always a minor) who waits on the officers and passengers of a ship,〔''Concise Oxford Dictionary'', Oxford University Press 1999, entry "Cabin boy"〕 especially running errands for the captain. Cabin boys were usually 14–16 years old and also helped the cook in the galley and carried buckets of food from the galley to the forecastle where the ordinary seamen ate. They would have to run from one end of the ship to the other carrying messages and become familiar with the sails, lines and ropes and the use of each in all sorts of weather. They would have to scramble up the rigging into the yards whenever the sails had to be trimmed. They would even begin to stand watch like other crewmen or act as helmsman in good weather, holding the wheel to keep the ship steady on her course. ==Royal Navy officers== Several prominent British Royal Navy officers began their career as cabin boys. The list includes officers that achieved an admiralty rank before 1801. :Lord Admiral Nelson :Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudsley Shovell :Admiral Sir Francis Drake :Admiral Sir John Hawkins :Admiral (General) Richard Deane :Admiral (Colonel) William Rainsborough :Admiral Sir William Penn :Vice Admiral Sir William Batten :Vice Admiral Sir John Lawson :Vice Admiral (Captain) Badilow :Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Tiddeman :Vice Admiral (Captain) James Peacock :Vice Admiral (Captain) William Goodson :Vice Admiral Sir Christopher Myngs :Vice Admiral Sir John Harman :Rear Admiral Sir John Berry :Rear Admiral Sir Richard Stainer :Rear Admiral (Captain) Anthony Houlding :Rear Admiral (Captain) Deacons :Rear Admiral (Captain) Robert Sansum 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「cabin boy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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