ship crews

Vessel staff members

The people who work aboard a ship, handling its operation and maintenance.

Ship crews range from small teams on fishing boats to hundreds on cruise liners or aircraft carriers.

The term emphasizes the collective—officers, deckhands, engineers, and support staff functioning as a unit: The ship crews prepared for departure at dawn.

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role on vessel

ship crewspassengers

Transported travelers

travelers · cargo · tourists · guests · cruise passengers

relationship to ship ownership

ship crewsshipowners

Holders of vessel titles

shipping companies · admiralty · naval command · port authorities · captains of industry

location/domain

ship crewslandlubbers

Non-seafaring people, derisively

dock workers · ground crews · dockworkers · longshoremen · office workers

Family

ship, crew, sailors, crewmen, seafarers

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