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Seafarer's professions and ranks. Seafaring is a tradition that encompasses a variety of professions and ranks. Each of these roles carries unique responsibilities that are integral to the successful operation of a seafaring vessel. [1] A ship's crew can generally be divided into four main categories: the deck department, the engineering ...
Ship's Boy: Deptford, Kent 18 Robert Golding: Ship's Boy Deptford, Kent 19 William Aitken ∞: Royal Marines Kenilworth, Surrey 37 John Brown ∞: Able Seaman Robert Carr ∞: Armourer London 23 James Elliot ∞: Sailmaker Woolwich, Kent 20
The four-man crew of the wrecked yacht Mignonette were cast adrift in a small lifeboat without provisions. After nearly three weeks at sea, and with little hope of rescue, two of the crew, Tom Dudley and Edwin Stephens, decided that in order to save their own lives they would need to kill and eat the ship's 17-year-old cabin boy Richard Parker ...
The Magellan expedition, sometimes termed the Magellan–Elcano expedition, was a 16th-century Spanish expedition planned and led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. One of the most important voyages in the Age of Discovery – and in the history of exploration – its purpose was to cross the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to open a trade ...
Mayflower was an English sailing ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached what is today the United States, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21 [O.S. November 11], 1620.
Armor. Unknown. Aircraft carried. 90 fixed wing and helicopters. USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz -class, nuclear-powered supercarrier in the service of the United States Navy. The ninth ship of her class, [6] she is named in honor of Ronald Reagan, President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
While steaming to South America, fuel ran low and wood intended for planned buildings at the expedition's base in Antarctica was used to keep the engine running. Worsley ran a relatively relaxed ship with little discipline or control of alcohol consumption. Four crew members got into a barroom brawl at a stopover in Madeira, a neutral port. [18]
Armament. 8 cannons. Duyfken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdœy̯f.kən]; Little Dove), also in the form Duifje or spelled Duifken or Duijfken, was a small ship built in the Dutch Republic. She was a fast, lightly armed ship probably intended for shallow water, small valuable cargoes, bringing messages, sending provisions, or privateering. [1]