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- This article is about the Royal Navy rate. For the equivalent rank in other navies, see Leading Seaman.
Leading Rating (or Leading Rate) is the most senior of the junior rates in the Royal Navy. It is equal in status to Corporal, although for a long time was officially junior to that rank. The rate was introduced under the authority of Admiralty Circular No. 121 of 14 June 1853.
Leading Ratings are normally addressed as Leading Hand or using their branch title eg Leading Seaman, Leading Regulator etc.
The insignia worn by Leading Rates is a single fouled anchor, leading to the slang term Killick or Hooky used in reference to this rate.
On Wednesday 13th June 2007 in celebration of the 154th Anniversary of the introduction of the rate, 60 members of the Leading Hands and Corporals Mess of HMS Collingwood, held their first mess dinner on the Lower Gun Deck of HMS Victory[1] among those present were:
Cdre S R Kirby BSc MA RN - Commanding Officer HMS Collingwood Lt John Webb RN - Executive Officer HMS Victory
Lt Roy Hoffman USN - United States Naval Chaplain
Miss Julie Behan - Representative from Seafarers UK
LWEA Philip Hodgson - HMS Collingwood LH & Cpl's Mess President
LAET Ryan Rees - HMS Sultan LH & Cpl's Mess President
LAET Mark Jensen - RNAS Yeovilton LH & Cpl's Mess President
LAET Matt Cruickshanks - RNAS Culdrose LH & Cpl's Mess President
Currently this is the only Junior Rates mess dinner to have been held onboard HMS Victory.
Ratings and Other Ranks of the  British Armed Forces |
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| OR-1 | OR-2 | OR-3 | OR-4 | OR-5/OR-6 | OR-7 | OR-8 | OR-9 | ||||||
| Royal Navy: | AB | LH | PO | CPO | WO2 | WO1 | |||||||
| Royal Marines: | Mne | LCpl | Cpl | Sgt | CSgt | WO2 | WO1 | ||||||
| Army: | Pte | Pte | LCpl | Cpl | Sgt | SSgt / CSgt | WO2 | WO1 | |||||
| Royal Air Force: | AC | LAC - SAC - Jnr Tech | Cpl | Sgt | Chf Tech - Flt Sgt | WO / MAcr | |||||||
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