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    An able seaman (AB) is a seaman and member of the deck department of a merchant ship with more than two years' experience at sea and considered "well acquainted...
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  • Able seaman is a military rank used in naval forces. In 1653 the Royal Navy introduced a new pay scale as part of reforms following defeat in the Battle...
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    An ordinary seaman (OS) is a member of the deck department of a ship. The position is an apprenticeship to become an able seaman, and has been for centuries...
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    SS Sauternes was a steamship built in 1922. It was known as the Jólaskipið (the Christmas Ship) in the Faroe Islands. It sank in a storm in the firth Fugloyarfjørður...
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    Third Class (previously Ordinary Seaman) or matelot de troisième classe Sailor Second Class (previously Able Seaman) or matelot de deuxième classe Sailor...
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    a plane had been brought down and for this the credit went to Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean. Teddy died, but none of us who survived, I am sure, will ever...
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  • Ffont-Bittocks), Second Officer McCluty, The Mistress Tenniel Evans as Able Seaman (later Leading Seaman) "Taffy" Goldstein (starboard lookout), Admiral Ffont-Bittocks...
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    Huggan, whose careless blood-letting of able seaman James Valentine while treating him for asthma led to the seaman's death from a blood infection. To cover...
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    He went to sea as an able seaman at the age of 19. He had served on five naval ships by 1787, when he was signed as an able seaman by Captain Bligh on...
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  • what uniform is worn at the time. It is senior to able seaman but junior to petty officer. Leading seaman or leading hand, which it is also known as, is...
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    longstanding unofficial service, he was promoted from Ordinary seaman to Able seaman. He never went to sea but fulfilled a number of roles ashore. He...
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  • mate, directing the able seamen and ordinary seamen. The boatswain generally does not stand a navigational watch. An able seaman (AB) works under the...
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  • the Seaman being able to interact with the user's applications. No release date was specified, and it was later cancelled. A sequel called Seaman 2 was...
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    Town Able Seamen Mutinied John Adams Able Seaman To Pitcairn; pardoned 1825, died 1829; aka Alexander Smith Mutinied Thomas Burkitt Able Seaman To Tahiti;...
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  • Century Royal Navy when the ranks were called landsman, ordinary seaman and able seaman.) The actual title for an E-2 in the U.S. Navy varies based on the...
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  • Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman  Royal Australian Navy (1991-1993) Warrant officer Chief petty officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman  Royal...
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  • Bridgens Owen Good as Able Seaman Charles Best Jack Colgrave Hirst as Able Seaman Tom Hartnell Anthony Flanagan as Able Seaman John Morfin Sam Rintoul...
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    David Andrew Seaman MBE (born 19 September 1963) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In a career lasting from 1981 to 2004, he...
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    to operate the lifeboat davits and man the lifeboats themselves. Each able seaman was assigned to a lifeboat and take charge of that boat if no officer...
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  • Seaman Certificate to obtain work. One can become an able seaman as a promotion from this position. In the modern Royal Navy the rank of Able Seaman is...
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  • in Old Testament or New Testament. "Sailor" for AB, abbreviation of able seaman. "Take" for R, abbreviation of the Latin word recipe, meaning "take"...
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    an able seaman acting as a lookout. During critical maneuvers the captain will be on the bridge, often supported by an officer of the watch, an able seaman...
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    The dictionary definition of boatswain at Wiktionary Media related to Able Seaman (occupation) at Wikimedia Commons CorPun website on corporal punishments[permanent...
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    Quartermaster first class OR-3 Quartier-maître de 2e classe Quartermaster second class OR-2 Matelot 2ème and 1ère classe Able seaman OR-1 Mousse Seaman...
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  • petty officer (1913– ) Petty officer (1913– ) Leading seaman (1913– ) Able seaman (1913– ) Seaman (1913– ) During the apartheid era, the South African...
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    A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different...
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    lower rating such as able seaman but would eat and sleep with his social equals in the cockpit (all Midshipman would be 'rated able' at some point in their...
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    those orders. In the merchant navy, the person at the helm is usually an able seaman, particularly during ship arrivals, departures, and while maneuvering...
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  • previously served at least three years as a volunteer, officer's servant or able seaman, and was roughly equivalent to a present-day petty officer in rank and...
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  • Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Petty officer Leading seaman Able seaman Seaman Ordinary seaman  Nigerian Air Force v t e No insignia Air warrant officer...
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