The enlisted men of the British Navy wear uniforms very similar in general design to those worn in the United States Navy with minor differences in the dimensions and cut of the various garments. The Chief Petty Officers wear uniforms of blue or white consisting of a bell-crowned cap with a black mohair band, a black patent leather visor and insignia consisting of two concentric circles surrounding a vertical foul anchor surmounted by a British crown; a double-breasted sack coat with two rows of gilt service buttons; and plain trousers. Other petty officers and seamen wear the sailor cap, wide collared shirt and bell-mouthed trousers common to the American service, the collar having three rows of narrow white braid around the edges with a black neckerchief knotted beneath it. The three rows of braid commemorate Nelson’s three great victories—Copenhagen, the Nile and Trafalgar—and the black neckerchief was first worn as a badge of mourning for this great sea fighter. The cap has a black silk ribbon around the band upon which is the name of the ship in gilt block letters, thus, H. M. S. DREADNOUGHT the letters H.M.S. being the abbreviation of “His Majesty’s Ship.” Rating badges to indicate the rank or rating of petty officers and men on special duties are worn on the sleeves between the shoulder seam and the elbow and are very numerous and complex, some of the principal ones being, in red, Petty officer first class Two crossed foul anchors with a crown above and three chevrons, points down, below. Petty officer second class One vertical foul anchor with a crown above and two chevrons, points down. Petty officer third class The same, omitting the crown and with but one chevron. Gunner’s Mate and Gunlayer first class Two crossed cannon with one star below and a star and a crown above. Gunner’s Mate The same, omitting the lower star. Gunlayer first class Two crossed cannon with a star above and a star below. Gunlayer second class The same omitting the lower star. Gunlayer third class The same omitting the stars. Seaman Gunner A horizontal cannon with a star above. Torpedo Gunner’s Mate Higher Grade Two crossed torpedoes with a star and a crown above and a star below. Torpedo Gunner’s Mate The same omitting the lower star. Torpedo Coxswain Two crossed torpedoes with a steering wheel above. Leading Torpedoman Two crossed torpedoes with a star above.