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Leading Seaman is a junior non-commissioned rank or rate.
Leading Rating (or Leading Rate) is the senior of the two most junior ranks in the Royal Navy.
The rate of Leading Seaman, Leading Hand or Leading Rating in the Royal Navy is senior to Able Seaman and junior to Petty Officer. It is equivalent to Corporal in the other services.
The badge is the fouled anchor (an anchor with a length of rope twisted around it).
A leading rate is normally addressed as "Leading Hand" or using their branch title, e.g. Leading Seaman, Leading Regulator etc.
Specialists use the word "leading" before their specialty (for example, leading writer, leading cook, leading regulator).
A Leading Rating is often called a "Killick", referring to the rank insignia of a fouled anchor.
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
The English Royal Navy was formally founded in 1546 by Henry VIII.
