单词 | prize crew |
释义 | > as lemmasprize crew prize crew n. a crew of seamen placed on board a prize ship to bring it into port. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > squad or crew for special duty > on captured ship prize crew1808 1808 Gettysburg (Pa.) Centinel 10 Aug. A valuable British merchant ship, taken by a French privateer, was sent with a prize crew into Algeziras. 1916 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 3 Feb. 2/4 A small boat put out with a boarding party and in a short time a prize crew was in possession of the ship. 1992 Ships Monthly Apr. 32/2 When HMS Truant ordered the Tropic Sea to stop, the ship was scuttled by the German prize crew. < as lemmas |
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