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Sailing master
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Master (naval).
Sweden
Sailing master (Swedish: ansvarsstyrman, lit. 'responsible navigator') was in the Royal Swedish Navy until 1868 a berth, held by the ship's senior warrant officer of the sailing branch, in charge of navigation, steering, anchors, and ballast. In 1868, the responsibility for navigation was transferred to a commissioned officer berth, the navigating officer, and the sailing master became an assistant navigator in charge of navigation stores.