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able rating

noun

  1. (esp in the Royal Navy) a rating who is qualified to perform certain duties of seamanship
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Among them is Able Rating 18-year-old Charles Henderson, a seaman on his first ship and first deployment.

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Watch Able Rating William Augustine, who deals with the ship's payroll, as he takes the BBC around to show us what life is like on board.

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