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He served in the merchant marines as a boatswain and a machinist's mate when ships were going to places of interest.
It seems likely that there was a minimum crew comprising master, mate, boatswain, at least two seamen and possibly one apprentice.
They live happily for some years, until Enoch is compelled through temporary adversity to go as boatswain in a merchantman.
The boatswain and master of the ship appear to say that it has been magically repaired and that the crew is safe.
A mariner emerges from the hatchway and climbs the rigging, while below the boatswain and ship's master are thrown about on deck.
During this time one of the wheelsmen got aft, securing a few pieces of bread, and came forward again with the mate and boatswain.
I am a retired seaman and spent many a year sailing the world as a ship's boatswain.
Mr. Douglas joined the Coast Guard in 1969 as a seaman and later boatswain.
The boatswain and fourth engineer suffered minor injuries, and the oiler had lacerations on his arm and back.
Specifically, the boatswain has been nagged almost everyday by the chief officer.
In another instance, the chief officer accused the boatswain of poor performance because of the dusts allover the ship.
Perhaps the boatswain missed the turn-off for Bangkok from the Mekong?
The boatswain tells them that the ship is in fine condition.
Silent Pete, the boatswain, as I later found out, tossed me a mop.
I enjoy boatswain mate because there's nothing better than bringing a ship to action stations.
The Coast Guard boatswain testified that he used a searchlight to view the motorboat and no testimony was given that exploration below decks or under hatches took place.
You play Trebonius in Julius Caesar, Sir Walter Blunt and the Sheriff in Henry IV, and the boatswain in The Tempest.
There was also damage to the forecastle deck, boatswain store, motor generator and buoy winch compartments, and the buoy workshop.
The boatswain has been trying to hold his temper until the end of his third month onboard.
Since joining the Coast Guard in 1979, Mr. Doherty has worked as a seaman and boatswain.
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At that instant the big boatswain dropped into the deep waters of the fjord.
Curtis, dowlas, the boatswain, and the sailors did what they could to strengthen the raft with additional ropes.
Perth objected to changing his clothing with a pertinacity which provoked the boatswain.
Caine, the boatswain, was a sinister-looking fellow, but he knew his business.
There was not a boatswain bird within fifty miles of where we had been, and the specimens had evidently been cured for years.
Meanwhile, the boatswain stood solemnly on the other side with a green bag in his hand.
Teach, Kaveneau, and the brazilian were detained for conference with the boatswain.
One of them was the boatswain Caine, the other a deckhand by the name of Johnson.
Jukes understood the boatswain to splutter that the bridge ladders were gone.
He then ordered the boatswain to call all hands aft, to the break of the quarter-deck.
You seem to be converted to that belief, for you have a brace of them, as the boatswain says.
There was the big boatswain too, and there were two of the nobs with the gold bands.
Spellman and I were at the moment standing near the boatswain.
The Terpsichore had only the boatswain and three seamen wounded.
Mr. nipper, the boatswain, sir, the last shot has cut him in two.
The Edward Carter's boatswain mate used a forklift to move a nearby gangplank between the pier and the engine room opening.
I shall land in the pirogue with the doctor and the boatswain.
The boatswain, Job Anderson, was the likeliest man aboard, and though he kept his old title, he served in a way as mate.
Now, to do him justice, Trundle was a thoroughgoing boatswain.
You will join me in my cabin with the doctor, Wall, and the boatswain.
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