"Ship's company" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the hearts of the crew might well fail them. But Macdonough was ready for the emergency. He still had his port broadside untouched, and he at once set to work to swing the ship round so that this battery could be brought to bear. An anchor was let fall astern, and the whole ship's company hauled in on the hawser, swinging the ship slowly around. It was a dangerous manoeuvre; for, as the ship veered round, her stern was presented to the "Linnet," affording an opportunity for raking, which the gunners on that plucky little vessel immediately ...
— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 2 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot
... avail," cried I bitterly, looking up into the pale serenity of his face, "of what avail two swords 'gainst a ship's company?" ...
— Martin Conisby's Vengeance • Jeffery Farnol
... fear (or rather, expect, since there was very little that Cleggett feared) an attack until well after nightfall. Nevertheless, he began to prepare for it at once. He called the entire ship's company aft, with the exception of Miss Medley, who was on duty with ...
— The Cruise of the Jasper B. • Don Marquis
... and a month later left Liverpool as an apprentice on the clipper ship Maid of Normandy. Appropriately enough the captain's name was Fairweather, and he certainly was a character in his way. In fact the whole ship's company were originals. Had my father searched all England through he could not have discovered a set of men, from the captain to the cook's mate, who would have been better calculated to instil in a young man's heart a distaste for Father ...
— My Strangest Case • Guy Boothby
... Our ship's company consisted of Herr Knudson, Herr Bruge (a merchant whom we were to land at the Westmann Islands), the captain, the mate, and six or seven sailors. Our mode of life in the cabin was as follows: in the morning, at seven o'clock, we took coffee, but whence this coffee ...
— Visit to Iceland - and the Scandinavian North • Ida Pfeiffer
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