deckhand


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Synonyms for deckhand

a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor

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The report by the Marine Accident Investigations Branch continued: "It is likely that the deckhand was knocked unconscious by a bang to the head as he fell into the water.
Since finishing the trainee deckhand course, he has been given a berth on Atlantic Challenge PD197 by skipper Alexander Buchan.
Would you believe the young deckhand was from Dundee and also a Celtic supporter?
The captain was the only one on duty on the tanker because the deckhand had left the bridge.
The report said: "Sea Harvester's owners' use of deckhands who had not completed mandatory safety-related training courses and, in some cases, could not speak or understand English, was a commercial expedience taken in response to the unavailability of local, trained fishermen."
Skipper William Ward, engineer Richard Payne, and deckhand Sennassauio Salim collected the 690kg consignment in Tenerife.
Synopsis: In June of 1952 Rick Stevens, a young college student who has just finished his sophomore year, ships out on an iron ore freighter as a deckhand. He had acquired his U.S.
AN arrest warrant has been issued for the skipper of a boat from which a deckhand fell and died.
The new DECKHAND "S" or DHS from LaValley Industries is light and more compact to meet the needs of utility contractors with a 20 ton or smaller excavator.
and the cargo handling, lifesaving gear, and passengers of its ships; weather and navigation, work, rescue, communication, and traffic control aspects; and his experiences as a junior deckhand, senior master, president, and half-owner of the company through its various phases, up to 1994.
The company appointed a female deckhand on one of its eight vessels, an occupationi that has been male-dominated in the past.
Now at the end of its threepart run, we met Prakash, who works as a deckhand on a yacht - but all the while he's dreaming of making it big in Bollywood.
Now at the end of its three-part run, we met Prakash, who works as a deckhand on a yacht - but all the while he's dreaming of making it big in Bollywood.