History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)
Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 512
n hundred to fourteen hundred tons, accordingto the nature of the cargo. The crew of each of these vessels consistedof the master, first and second officers, steward, cook, boatswain,carpenter, sail-maker, seventeen seamen, and five apprentices, orthirty all told; a very great difference, as will… … FREE-TRADE BARQUE.—E. W. COOKE, R.A. portionate dimensions, for the length was only one hundred and forty-five feet to a beam of thirty-one feet, and twenty-two feet depth of hold.Such was the popular prejudice even then among British shipownersagainst any material increase in the length. The…
Commerce · Ships and shipping · Merchant marine
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