UNIFORM S

the general category of the Stewards Department. The uniform is modified for cooks by adding a white apron and a low white cooks hat. The uniform consists of a white waist length short sleeved coat (mess jacket) with white buttons, white trousers, white socks and white shoes, and a white sailor cap with a red bar as per eDaulet. The mess jacket is high collared and needs no shirt or ties. It fits down over the top of the trousers and comes into the waist and at the back has a center point pointing down. A red cord epaulet is on the left shoulder. A Steward 3rd class has one strand of red cord, a steward 2nd class has 2 strands, a steward 1st class has 3 strands. Cooks' ratings are the same but carry a red half moon on the left sleeve. (FO 242)