10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPANION LADDER»
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companion ladder in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New Original Work of ...
E, Companion Ladder. I. Hatch wny Combing. D. Cabiu below. below, and a sort
of wooden hood placed over the entrance or staircase of the muster's cabin in .
small ships. Flush-decked ships an> generally fitted with movalile companions, ...
Companion Ladder. — Why are the stairs leading from the deck to the chief cabin
of a ship called " the companion ladder ? " A Constant Reader. [The companion
in merchant ships is a wooden porch placed over the entrance or staircase of ...
Access to the engine is had by swinging up the companion ladder. The present
arrangement shows a steerage of 3 feet length about the companion ladder,
giving plenty of hanging room for clothing and useful locker and closet space.
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Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
Doorofcupboardunder B. Hatchways and com- comforts. companion ladder.
panion ways. 5. Lift. 11. Companion ladder to 0. Special lavatory enclo- 6.
Special washing troughs poop. sure. (metal-lined). 12. Companion ladder to 1.
Swinging ...
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The Columbian cyclopedia
Vol. 7 COMPASS— COMPASSES. from the mariner's C. are used in surveying.
Companion-ladder.-A, Bulwark; Companion-ladder, from model B, Movable
companion; C, Upper in Royal Naval College, Greemucn. deck: E, Companion-
ladder; ...
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Accessible field sports: the experiences of a sportsman in ...
On getting at the bottom of that most inconvenient piece of mechanism in every
small craft, the companion-ladder, — a little faster than expected, having slipped
my foot on the second or third step, and slid the rest of the way to the bottom, only
...
Below him, on the main-deck, a number of deck-hands, superintended by a petty
officer, were rigging out the companion- ladder. Very suddenly — so it seemed,
because of the immense quiet that enveloped the ship, for all its teeming life, ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
As I could not get any wetter, I determined to go on deck somehow, but where
was the companion- ladder) I had nothing to guide me. Strange to say, the reality
of my struggles had almost made me forget the mysterious phenomena I had
been ...
Having surveyed the forward compartments, we continue aft and climb a
companion ladder to get up on deck. \Ve find ourselves in the dcckhousc where
the hclmsman stands. \Ne are standing on a dcck which is fitted with hinged
hatchcs ...
Then she heard Charteris say, "Good night, Miss God- dard," and heard him step
quickly away from her toward the companion ladder. Vaguely, she knew that he
was saying polite adieux to Margaret and Hogmanay ; and, a few minutes later, ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPANION LADDER»
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companion ladder is used in the context of the following news items.
How Ireland lost thirty nine famous paintings
An American survivor had reportedly said that Lane had courted death by wedging himself into the companion ladder. Judith Hill suggests that ... «Galway Advertiser, Apr 15»
'With a quiet, slanting dive she disappeared'
An officer in uniform came up as one boat went down and shouted, "When you're afloat, row round to the companion ladder and stand by with ... «The Australian, Apr 12»
