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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 ...
The captain or master is the ship's highest responsible officer, acting on behalf of the ship's owner. Whether the captain is a member of the deck department or not is a matter of some controversy, and generally depends on the opinion of an individual captain. When a ship has a third mate, the captain does not stand watch.
captain's daughter Another name for the cat o' nine tails, which in principle is only used on board on the captain's (or a court martial's) personal orders. car carrier A cargo ship specially designed or fitted to carry large numbers of automobiles.
American author and at the time, the only female swordfishing boat captain on the East Coast of the United States. She was featured in the 1997 book The Perfect Storm and the film The Perfect Storm. United States: Yes 1960 Guan, Tianpei. Chinese admiral of the Qing dynasty and "Commander-in-Chief of Naval Forces".
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Here you'll find classic and classy boat names of the more serious sort (like the "Honey Fitz" yacht that once belonged to JFK and Jackie O.), as well as funny boat names that your fellow captains ...
D. Ranulph Dacre; Martin Daly (captain) William Dampier; John Daniel (ship's captain) William Davies (master mariner) James Davis (mariner) William Day (sea captain)
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