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Bachelor: his ship fully laden after a successful cruise, the captain angers Ahab by refusing to believe in Moby Dick's existence, reinforcing the ambiguity between the whale's real and mythical characteristics. Bouton de Rose (Rosebud): the captain of this French ship is also disparaged, being described as a "cologne manufacturer". He has ...
Captain of the Chilean steam tug Yelcho which rescued the 22 stranded crewmen of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance from Antarctica. Chile: Yes 1882 1935 Parker, John. One of the most successful arctic whalers to sail from Hull in the nineteenth century and for many years captain of the whale ship Truelove. United Kingdom: Yes 1800 1867
John Daniel (ship's captain) William Davies (master mariner) James Davis (mariner) William Day (sea captain) Deborah Doane Dempsey; John DeWolf (sea captain)
The great cabin at the rear of the deck was designed as a workroom for Cook and the Royal Society. On the rear lower deck, cabins facing on to the mates' mess were assigned to lieutenants Zachary Hickes and John Gore, ship's surgeon William Monkhouse, the gunner Stephen Forwood, ship's master Robert Molyneux, and the captain's clerk Richard Orton.
[1]: 79–80 The first ship to bring a cargo of Peruvian guano to the UK, in 1841, setting off decades of a lucrative export trade. [16] Leonora of Captain Bully Hayes. Mercury (Russian: Меркурий) An 1819 Russian navy 18 gun brig painted twice by Ivan Aivazovsky. On May 14, 1829, Mercury engaged in an uneven battle against 2 Turkish ...
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A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner who holds ultimate command and responsibility of a merchant vessel. [1] The captain is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the ship, including its seaworthiness, safety and security, cargo operations, navigation, crew management, and legal compliance, and for the persons and cargo on ...
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895), anatomist known as "Darwin's Bulldog", was an assistant ship's surgeon early in his career, on HMS Rattlesnake William Carr (1883–1966) was an Australian naval surgeon and admiral who, in the course of his career, served on HMAS Melbourne , HMAS Australia , and HMAS Sydney .