Boatswain Collection

WW2 Able Seaman And Bosun Piping
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows an able seaman saluting on deck, while the right image portrays a boatswain blowing his pipe or whistle

La France Maritime - Boatswain (in everyday uniform on board ship). 19th century

Christian Drakenberg 146
CHRISTIAN JACOBSEN DRAKENBERG Danish resident of Aarhus, a boatswain in the Danish navy, noted for the most Wonderful and Whimsical Stories. Date: 1626 - 1772

USS New York, American battleship, with George V, WW1
Scene on the deck of USS New York (BB34), American battleship, Scapa Flow, towards the end of the First World War. King George V is shaking hands with the Chief Boatswains Mate (CBM), Shorty Schirm

Boatswain Ca 1829
A ships boatswain (bo sun) - the officer in charge of sails, rigging etc, and who summons the men to their duties and appointed tasks

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