ship's articles
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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No one may leave or board a merchantman after 8 p.m., and any one who is not on the ship's articles cannot do so even in the daytime without a special permit from the custom-house.
From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)
It was a rule on all pirate vessels for the surgeon to be excused from signing the ship's articles.
From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Gosse, Philip
I want to be on the ship's articles as quartermaster, that's all—that's all.
From The Pirate Shark by Arting, Fred J.
But evidently, in the writer's mind, the only important intelligence was to the effect that his captain had, on the very day of writing, entered him regularly on the ship's articles as Ordinary Seaman.
From Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph
Furthermore, he never signed a ship's articles unless he thought there was considerable money in it somewhere.
From The Mutineers by Hawes, Charles Boardman
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