S in Brackets?

[keifer kahn]

Hi Guys ,
Does anyone know what S in brackets at the end of a rank means.
In this case its a Kriegsmarine rank ,
Maschinenmatt(S).
Excuse my spelling

Thanks K

[Eric JB]

Can it be Maschinenmaat (S) = that the S stands for See.?

Eric-Jan

[keifer kahn]

Hi Eric,

Thanks.

I have looked a bit more into it and i get the feeling a letter in brackets denotes some sort of trade catagory.
(T) for example denotes "torpedo".
I could be wrong but in the case of maschinenmatt(S),the S could denote "steurmann".Which would mean in this case,maschinenmatt(s) would most probaly denote an engineer whos invloved with navigation equipment.

[Eric JB]

Hi,

According to Führungsbücher S stands for:
Seemännisches Personal. (Seamen).

yours
Eric-Jan

[keifer kahn]

Hi Eric,

Ill think ill go with your documentation.Thanks for the additionall info.

Regards K