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25-416: The Geelong Maritime Museum is a volunteer-run Community group or not-for-profit historical museum located at 'The Stables', Osborne House, Swinburn Street, North Geelong Victoria, Australia since 1993. The Museum was founded in about 1989, with ex Royal Navy Ldg. Tel, Robert Henry (Bob) Appleton OAM as the foundation Honorary Curator. The Museum collects and displays historic artefacts and documents related to

50-595: A fouled anchor (as for leading hands ) but surmounted by a crown, while the insignia of a PO1 was a pair of crossed fouled anchors with a crown. The rank of Petty Officer Second Class was abolished in 1907 and the rank simply being titled as Petty Officer from then, with the uniform and insignia formerly used by PO1s. There are two petty officer ranks in the Royal Canadian Navy . Petty officer, 2nd class (PO2) ( maître de deuxième classe or m2 in French )

75-528: A seaman , and subordinate to more senior non-commissioned officers, such as chief petty officers . Petty officers are usually sailors that have served at least several years in their respective navies. Petty officers represent the junior and mid-grade non-commissioned officer ranks of many naval services, and are generally responsible for the day-to-day supervision of ranks junior to them. They may also serve as technical specialists within their rating (military occupation). The modern petty officer dates back to

100-528: A number of years, but was finally sold by Muirhead's executors to James Francis Maguire in 1878. Located on Swinburne Street, on the original 1888 subdivision plan of St Helen's estate it is named Maguire Street. In 1900 the State Government of Victoria purchased the house as a country residence for the Governor of Victoria , although it was never used as such. The Geelong Harbour Trust purchased

125-579: Is superior in rank to a leading rate and subordinate to a chief petty officer , as is the case in the majority of Commonwealth navies. A petty officer has the ability to work as a leader, capable of taking charge of a group of personnel, and taking roles in the training and recruitment of new members of the Indian Navy. In the Royal Navy , the rate of petty officer comes above that of leading rating and below that of chief petty officer . It

150-645: Is OR-6 (petty officers, 2nd class with less than 3 years seniority are considered OR-5). The NATO rank denotion for "petty officer, 1st class" is OR-7. A petty officer is a non-commissioned officer in the Indian Navy , equivalent to the NATO rank enlisted grade of OR-6 . They are equal in rank to a sub inspector of police in the Police, or sergeant in the Indian Army and Indian Air Force . A petty officer

175-574: Is equivalent in paygrade to staff sergeant in the United States Army and Marine Corps, and technical sergeant in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. Petty officer, second class is equivalent in paygrade to sergeant in the United States Army, Marine Corps, and Space Force, and staff sergeant in the United States Air Force. Petty officer, third class is equivalent in paygrade to corporal in

200-519: Is equivalent to a sergeant and petty officer, 1st class (PO1) ( maître de première classe or m1 ) is equivalent to a warrant officer . Petty officers are normally addressed as "Petty Officer Bloggins" or "PO Bloggins", thereafter as "PO". The "1st class" and "2nd class" designations are normally only used when such a distinction needs to be made, such as on a promotion parade or to distinguish two petty officers with similar names but different ranks. The NATO rank denotion for "petty officer, 2nd class"

225-663: Is the equivalent of sergeant in the Royal Marines , British Army and Royal Air Force . Petty officer is the lowest of the senior rating grades . Petty officers, like all senior rates, wear "fore and aft" rig . The title of petty officer in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard has three separate "classes" (in order from junior to senior: 3rd class, 2nd class, 1st class) and three senior grades (chief petty officer, senior chief petty officer, master chief petty officer). Petty officer, first class

250-448: The Age of Sail in the Royal Navy . Petty officers rank between naval officers (both commissioned and warrant ) and most enlisted sailors . These were men with some claim to officer rank, sufficient to distinguish them from ordinary ratings , without raising them so high as the sea officers. Several were warrant officers, in the literal sense of being appointed by warrant , and like

275-590: The HMVS Nelson . 38°07′07″S 144°21′29″E  /  38.118708°S 144.358164°E  / -38.118708; 144.358164 This article related to a museum in Australia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Osborne House (Geelong) Osborne House is a historic building built in 1858, located in North Geelong , Victoria , Australia . Osborne House

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300-865: The United States Army , corporal in the United States Marine Corps , senior airman in the United States Air Force , and specialist 4 in the United States Space Force . In the Navy, Petty Officer, Third Class is the juniormost of the Non-Commissioned Officer ranks, and thus a sailor must demonstrate satisfactory performance in the previous rank (E-3) in the form of a favorable performance review(s) by his/her superiors, and

325-714: The Maritime History of geelong and Victoria, and the history of the Victorian and Australian Navy's. The Geelong Maritime Museum is housed in the renovated stables of Osborne House , which was built in 1858 for local squatter, Robert Muirhead. Following a number of private owners, the building was the purchased by the Victorian State Government in 1900 as country residence for the Governor of Victoria, but never used for this purpose. Instead, it

350-608: The army during World War Two, followed by the Corio Shire Council from 1943 to 1995 when the shire merged with the City of Geelong. Displays at the museum include scale models of ships that either visited Geelong or called the port home and relics of the trade and navigation, as well as uniforms, weaponry and other naval artefacts. Exhibitions also presents the HMVS Cerberus Gun Turret and the helm of

375-548: The erection of a block of buildings as quarters for unmarried seamen, two new classrooms, and alterations to the main room to provide a large barrack for 28 cadets. The college was opened by the Governor General, Lord Thomas Denman on March 1, 1913, with Prime Minister Andrew Fisher also present. Lord Denman arrived by torpedo boat , and 200 invited guests arrived by train from Melbourne . The college housed 28 cadets, four petty officers , and 10 seamen, together with

400-537: The house in 1905 for 6000 pounds. A dining room and seven bedrooms were added in 1910, the Trust using Osborne House as a guest house for a number of years. The Trust offered the house to the Royal Australian Navy in 1911, but the proposal was not accepted at that time. In 1913 the Navy took up offer to use the house as an officer training college. Improvements to the buildings were carried out, including

425-464: The instructors and domestics. The initial class of 28 cadets was chosen from 137 candidates. It was proposed as a permanent location for the naval college as it was close to rail transport and had safe anchorage in Corio Bay , but the institution was relocated to HMAS Creswell at Jervis Bay in 1915. During World War I Osborne House was used as a military hospital , and between 1919 and 1924

450-640: The offices in 1966. The amalgamation of the shire into the City of Greater Geelong in 1995 saw the house lie empty for a time. Today the stables are abandoned and used to house the Geelong Maritime Museum and the Geelong Memorial Brass Band, the house itself housing various community groups. Petty officer A petty officer ( PO ) is a non-commissioned officer in many navies . Often they may be superior to

475-419: The passing of an exam, in order to be promoted to PO3. Enlisted rank has two components: rate (pay grade) and rating (job specialty). Both components are reflected in the title. A sailor in the rate of petty officer first class with a rating of Aviation Machinist's Mate, would be an Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class (abbreviated "AD1"). In the Navy, it is acceptable to refer to a Petty Officer as such, while in

500-573: The rank of sub-lieutenant , and midshipman evolved into naval cadet . In the same administrative reforms of the 1860s that created the rank of Sub-lieutenant, two grades of Petty Officer were established for senior ratings — Petty Officer Second Class and Petty Officer First Class, the latter usually being achieved by men who had served as a PO 2nd Class with good conduct for six years. PO2s wore 'square rig' (the traditional sailor suit worn by junior ratings) while PO1s wore 'fore and aft' rig like chief petty officers and above. PO2s wore insignia of

525-579: The warrant sea officers, their superiors, they were usually among the specialists of the ship's company. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the title derives from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French " petit ", meaning "of small size, small, little". Two of the Royal Navy petty officer's rates, midshipman and master's mate , were a superior petty officer with a more general authority, but they remained no more than ratings. However, it

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550-675: Was bought by the Geelong Harbour Trust in 1905, and subsequently became the first Australian Naval College from 1913 to 1915, a military hospital during the World War One, and the first home for the J Class Submarine of the Royal Australian Navy's submarine service between 1919 and 1924. The Geelong Harbour Trust resumed control in 1929, and the Shire of Corio moved in during 1938. It was a training centre for

575-463: Was built in 1858 for local squatter , Robert Muirhead, who named the mansion after Osborne House , Queen Victoria 's summer residence on the Isle of Wight , England . Muirhead commissioned the leading Melbourne architects Webb and Taylor to undertake the work. He lived at the house until his death in 1862, with the house being sold the following year after the death of his wife. The house was leased for

600-451: Was quite possible for a warrant officer (such as the armourer), in his role as a superior officer, to be court-martialed for striking a midshipman. This is because the midshipman was regarded as future sea officer, with the all-important social distinction of having the right to walk the quarterdeck . Midshipmen wore distinctive uniforms, master's mates dressed respectably, and both behaved like officers. The master's mate rating evolved into

625-776: Was used as a base by the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service for the J-class submarine . The Geelong Harbour Trust regained control in 1929, with a caretaker being the only resident. In 1937 the Shire of Corio council purchased the property for use as shire offices. In 1939 the Department of Defence took over the premises to use as an army training centre. In 1945 the Shire of Corio regained control of Osborne House to use as its offices. The shire purchased adjoining land in 1947, and remodelled

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