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A chief steward is the senior crew member working in the steward's department of a ship. Since there is no purser on most ships in the United States Merchant Marine, the steward is the senior person i
Galley of the Austrian passenger ship S.S. Africa in the Mediterranean sea circa 1905.
Purser
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A purser is the person on a ship principally responsible for the handling of money on board. On modern merchant ships, the purser is the officer responsible for all administration and supply. Frequent
Chief steward
…A chief steward is the senior crew member working in the steward's department of a ship. Since there is no purser on most ships in the United States Merchant Marine, the steward is the senior person in the department, whence its name. In the British Merchant Navy…
1799 illustration of a Royal Navy purser
c. 1807 portrait of a Royal Navy purser