Every Rank on a Pirate Ship — The Full Story (1715)

1715. You just signed the ship's articles. Six ranks stand between you and the captain's chair — and most men never make it past the third. This is the full story: from powder boy running gunpowder through cannon fire, to ordinary seaman climbing rigging with rope-burned hands, to quartermaster — elected by the crew, not the captain, and holding more day-to-day power than anyone else on board. Through the storm, the mutiny risk, and finally, the vote that makes you captain. Real history. No fiction. What it actually took to survive on a pirate ship during the Golden Age of Piracy. ⚓ Subscribe for a new rank breakdown every week — military, criminal, religious, and historical hierarchies, real ranks and what it actually took to climb them. Timestamps: 0:00 Signing the Articles 0:14 Powder Boy 0:51 Ordinary Seaman 1:34 Able Seaman 2:16 Quartermaster 3:05 First Mate & The Storm 3:47 Captain 4:43 What Happened Next #pirates #history #piratelife #1715 #goldenageofpiracy #fullstory