BOSN STORES TAG!! BRITISH RP BUTTON

[Calabash Digger]

Found this on a early British Outpost site...

 

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[creskol]

Is it a locker tag?

 

[Calabash Digger]

Think so for the BOSN...

 

[Digger RJ]

Found this on a early British Outpost site...

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Well done !

 

[Calabash Digger]

Thanks!

 

[Blak bart]

That's the bosun locker tag. I've been bosuns mate on several yachts over the years, and its a great job. The bosuns mate is in charge of the maintenance of the ship/yacht. His duties are to direct and manage the crew in the daily chores of the ship. He is also in charge of the ships stores, and supplies involved in the daily working of the ship. One of the responsibilities is to keep the bosuns locker stocked and provisioned for long journeys. Items could range from paints and varnishes, to chains, ropes, and fenders. All manner of ships supplies would be stored in the bosuns locker. I had a whole room with a separate out door entrance on the big westPort yachts. This large room had a gullwing door in the main deck in the bow of the boat, it was roomy and air-conditioned and I considered it my office. Bosuns mate is an officers position and pays well.....bosun mate is in charge of most of the crew, and makes up the daily work schedule for most of the crew !!

The tag you've found is off the door to the bosuns locker/room.

 

[villagenut]

Great info Bart....it is always beneficial to have a pirate on board tnet

 

[Calabash Digger]

Don Troani said early 1800s any ideas?

 

[Red-Coat]

Don Troani said early 1800s any ideas?

That archaic spelling of bosun as 'bosn' (sometimes with one or two apostrophes as bos'n or bo's'n) isn't usually seen after about 1840.

I presume you know the button is a generic 'Royal Provincials' button for Crown loyalist units recruited in America to fight in the Revolutionary War.

Great finds.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

The Bosun tag only has one hole on the left might it be to hold the keys to the stores room?

 

[Calabash Digger]

That archaic spelling of bosun as 'bosn' (sometimes with one or two apostrophes as bos'n or bo's'n) isn't usually seen after about 1840.

I presume you know the button is a generic 'Royal Provincials' button for Crown loyalist units recruited in America to fight in the Revolutionary War.

Great finds.

Thanks! The British are why I went to this site...I got a toasted 47 th or 84 th there too

 

[river roamer]

Nice