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boatswain [ˈbəʊsn, Am ˈboʊ-] N

boatswain

бо́цман m

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He ordered the boatswain to take all the rebels' names. en.wikipedia.org

Assisting the master, was the "contramestre" (or "soto-mestre", boatswain). en.wikipedia.org

Specialty training was added later to include fireman, signalman, laundryman, radioman, boatswain's mate, cooks and bakers, and volunteer port security. en.wikipedia.org

Jones had lost his boatswain, his gunner, three quartermasters, the cook, and more than a dozen sailors. en.wikipedia.org

The mate (often there were first and second mates) usually worked under the ships master, boatswain, gunner or carpenter as an apprentice. en.wikipedia.org

Sometimes, the boatswain is also a third or fourth mate. en.wikipedia.org

The bridge broke off and fell into water, taking the captain and the boatswain with it. en.wikipedia.org

He hurried onto the deck, and found that a fire had broken out in the boatswain's store, where oakum, tar, paint and ropes were stored. en.wikipedia.org

Boatswain's mates take charge of working parties; perform seamanship tasks; act as petty officer-in-charge of picketboats, self-propelled barges, tugs, and other yard and district craft. en.wikipedia.org

The boatswain would also be in charge of the rigging while the ship was in dock. en.wikipedia.org

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