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  2. Boatswain - Wikipedia

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    The boatswain in William Shakespeare's The Tempest is a central character in the opening scene, which takes place aboard a ship at sea, and appears again briefly in the final scene. Typhoon by Joseph Conrad has a nameless boatswain who tells Captain MacWhirr of a "lump" of men going overboard during the peak of the storm.

  3. Sea of Thieves - Wikipedia

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    Sea of Thieves was a commercial success and became Microsoft's most successful original intellectual property of the eighth generation, attracting more than 40 million players by April 2024. A native Xbox Series X/S version of the game was released on March 13, 2024, and the game was released for the PlayStation 5 on April 30, 2024, making it ...

  4. Seafarer's professions and ranks - Wikipedia

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    The Boatswain (/ˈboʊsən/), bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun, was the warrant officer of the deck department. As deck crew foreman, the boatswain planned the day's work and assigned tasks to the deck crew. As work was completed, the boatswain checked the completed work was done correctly. He supervised the Ropemaker, the Boatswain's mate and the ...

  5. Boatswain (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Boatswain's mate (United States Navy), a job classification in the United States Navy; Boatswain's mate (United States Coast Guard), a job classification in the United States Coast Guard; Boatswain, a position on yacht racing crews; Boatswain, the highest petty officer in Sea Scouting

  6. List of fictional chief petty officers - Wikipedia

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    Chief Boatswain's Mate Jenks — (Played by Chill Wills in Stand By for Action (1942)) Chief Johnson — (Played by Peter Jason in Mister Roberts (1984)) Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson — (Played by Walter Brennan in Stand by for Action (1942)) Chief Petty Officer "Curly" Jones — (Played by Henry Kulky in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea TV ...

  7. William S. Cronan - Wikipedia

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    William "Willie" S. Cronan (October 23, 1883 – October 22, 1959) was a boatswain's mate serving in the United States Navy during the first half of the twentieth century who was awarded the Medal of Honor for peacetime bravery in 1906.

  8. Bosun's chair - Wikipedia

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    A bosun's chair (or boatswain's chair) is a device used to suspend a person from a rope to perform work aloft. [1] Originally just a short plank or swath of heavy canvas, many modern bosun's chairs incorporate safety devices similar to those found in rock climbing harnesses such as safety clips and additional lines.

  9. James Morrison (mutineer) - Wikipedia

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    Morrison has a somewhat historically inaccurate role in the film, where he is shown as the ship's Boatswain, administering Bligh's harsh discipline, and is then forced to remain onboard after the mutiny due to lack of space in the Bounty launch. In subsequent film adaptions, the Bounty Boatswain is correctly depicted as William Cole.