abaft

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Down along 650 feet of deck raced 1,300 warrant officers, petty officers, sailors, Royal Marines to jam themselves on the tiny stern deck abaft the anti-aircraft guns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Four guest staterooms are found forward of the engineroom, and abaft, a large garage carries a 20-foot RIB and three PWCs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just abaft the bridge were two large cowled ventilators leading down into the fireroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Athena carries an owner�s party of 12 in six staterooms, all situated abaft the engineroom.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was not a sail on the horizon, or a storm cloud in the sky; just a fair wind abaft the beam and the Astrea reaching for the Cape.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham