According to Pirate's Hold, the Helmsman steers the ship.
Navigator. The person who actually steers the ship is sometimes called the helmsman.
What is a person who steers a desert animal called
The 'helmsman' steers a submarine.
The bridge.
a helm or a helms man is a person who steers the boot or submarine
The captain or those officers under his orders.
The term pilot was first used as a naval term in the early 1500's, meaning the person who steers the ship, which is not (necessarily) the same person as the captain. In the mid 1800's the term pilot also included a person who steers a balloon, and in the early 1900's its meaning was expanded to include a person who flies an airplane.
In ships or ferries, the person who steers is called a helmsman. In relatively small boats, the person that steers the boat is called a skipper.
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Ursula is killed when Prince Eric steers his ship toward her, stabbing her with the ship's broken mast.