Sailor cap

Russian Navy's sailor cap.

A sailor cap is a round, flat visorless hat worn by sailors in many of the world's navies. A tally, an inscribed black silk ribbon, is tied around the base which usually bears the name of a ship or a navy. The cap may be further embellished with a badge, cockade or other accessory. Visorless caps of this kind began to be worn in the mid 19th century.

The more rigid type of sailor hat with a wide, flat peak is also known as square rig (this refers generally to a type of sailor uniform) cap or pork pie (not to be confused with the brimmed pork pie hat).

Sailor cap was first introduced in 1811 as a part of the uniform in the Russian Navy (bezkozyrka, ru. безкозырка, non-peaked hat)^{[citation needed]}. It was a development of the peaked cap in application to marine conditions.

U.S. Navy sailors wear a unique white canvas hat with an upright brim, often referred to as a "Dixie cup" in reference to its similarity to the shape of a common disposable drinking cup. This hat was also worn by Polish Navy sailors before 1939—it was called "amerykanka" (not exactly pol. "American hat") or "nejwihetka" (derived from "Navy hat").

Sailors in caps

Images

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  China "square rig" or "pork pie" hat

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  Norwegian navy cap

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  France "Bachi" bonnet

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  Poland

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  United States "dixie cup" hat

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  Polish sailors wearing "dixie cups"

See also

• Sailor suit