He felt glad that he had elected to be a sailor, even though he began as an humble cabin boy.
I was the oldest, so I went to Belfast and got a billet on board ship as cabin boy.
Ned Rogers, a "down-east" plucky lad ships as cabin boy to earn a livelihood.
One day he beat me and I ran away and shipped as cabin boy on a sailing vessel bound for Liverpool.
There were nine men in the water, while the cabin boy stood shivering on deck.
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He first went to sea as acabinboyin 1845, but had risen to the rank of mate by 1852.
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He started as acabinboy, and worked himself up to first mate by 1859.
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He first took to seafaring at the age of twelve serving ascabinboyin a coasting vessel.
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He first went to sea as acabinboyin 1544.
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Swartenhondt started his career on the merchant fleet, becoming acabinboyat age eleven.
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Allan first found employment as acabinboyand later as a sailor, which remained his occupation for the following five years.
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Jules and thecabinboyare not used to the presence of a woman aboard.
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Cabin boys were at the lowest end of the naval hierarchy, and were given menial tasks such as clearing pigsties and hen coops.
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When this did not interest him, he ran away to become acabinboyon a sailing schooner.
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He went to sea at the age of thirteen as acabinboyand rose through the grades to become master of a merchantman.
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At the age of 14, he became acabinboyon his father's ship.
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They were starving and thecabinboyclose to death.
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Many suspect that she may have shacked up with a cheekycabinboy, but we can't confirm that detail.
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Thecabinboywarns of their impending doom and calls for a few of them to charge the deck and oust the captains.
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His story began when he ran away from home and went to sea as acabinboy.
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