Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A rating or rate in the navy is a military rank that is not conferred by commission or warrant. It may refer both to the rank and to the sailor. In the Royal Navy these rates in the are: Senior Ratings Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer Junior Ratings Leading Rate Able Rate Officer cadets and midshipmen are technically ratings, although they are officer ranks. In the age of sail there was also a system of rating ships by the number of guns carried. See also Comparative military ranks This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.