I think the children , when they were quite small, did have particulsr sailors assigned to them as nannies, or escorts, more like. I don't know if they were necessarily officers, though, since I thought I saw photos of OTMA with simple sailors. I also wouldn't know if they had the same as- signed nanny for each cruise over a period of years, though you would think it would be an advantage to all concerned if dyadki and Grand Duchesses became comfortable with each other through familiarity.
The connection of N.P. Sablin with Olga, and Rodionov with Tatiana I think was more of a mutual agreement for social occasions like picnics and tennis parties and represented the girls in a more adult stage beyond the nanny/GD , assigned friend/ child, basis of the girls when just kids on the Standart. No names of these nannie sailors have emerged that I am aware of, though there are undoubtedly dozens of families in Russia now with stories of grandfather Ivan or great-uncle Viktor who befriended a particular Russian Grand Duchess before the Revolution. From the photos I've seen the nannies mostly look like proud young men on special, not too strenuous duty.
