History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)
Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 555
ese vessels, now being fast superseded by steam,in the following sketch. The average size of the regular collier has longbeen about 230 tons register, with a capacity of from 536 MERCHANT SHIPPING. fourteen to seventeen keels of coals ;l and they werechiefly employed in the trade between the… … CO IKE, II.A. well as to London. The crew of each vessel generallyconsisted of ten persons, all told, comprising themaster, mate, and cook—who also performed seamansduty—five sailors, and two boys. Their duties wereof the most arduous description. They were usuallyengaged for the voyage at a sum…
Commerce · Ships and shipping · Merchant marine
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