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ship's company

NOUN
  1. crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship

How To Use ship's company In A Sentence

  • I only still live of all that brave, mad, scallywag ship's company ... CHAPTER IX
  • Linschoten, describing a Portuguese ship's company, dismisses them with three contemptuous words, "the swabers pump"; but alas, that was but the first duty of your true swabber. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
  • I could have done no more if I had been there with all my ship's company," the commander declared; for the amateur captain of the Travancore was a conscientious man, and desired to relieve his mind of all blame for his conduct; and he had really done all that could be done, though the remedy applied was a failure. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East
  • During WWII, while in command of the sloop HMAS Yarra, he and his ship's company put up a valiant fight to protect an Allied convoy from Japanese attack in the Java Sea.
  • To have the ship's company clearly visible on deck, or in the days of sail, aloft on the yards, meant that the guns were not manned.
  • My captain vowed to win the Victoria Cross, our highest decoration for bravery, and drove the ship's company to help him.
  • The ship's company from the Sandown-class minehunter spent the last year or so gathering together almost £8,000 for the Clifton Special School in Bangor, Northern Ireland.
  • To have the ship's company clearly visible on deck, or in the days of sail, aloft on the yards, meant that the guns were not manned.
  • A most pleasant man, his naturally friendly manner and infectious good humour have made him a popular member of the Ship's Company.
  • These lower decks, mainly used by members of ship's company who are not associated with flight operations, contribute plenty of flying debris when they are swept by the downwash of a helicopter rotor.
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