gangway ladder

Example Sentences

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The look seemed to inspire her, for she said nothing, and presently he brought the boat deftly alongside the gangway ladder.

From Dawn by Haggard, Henry Rider

Everything here is in good order, and a gangway ladder has been constructed to facilitate landing at this almost inaccessible rock, which the Harbour Master at Rockhampton visits every two months.

From Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 by Australia. Queensland. Department of Ports and Harbours

"All aboard, I think, Captain Roker," said Mr Parmenter, as he walked last to the top of the gangway ladder, and stood square-footed on the white deck of the Auriole.

From The World Peril of 1910 by Griffith, George Chetwynd

Catching the line the sailor had thrown, Jim and Berwick climbed the gangway ladder to the deck where they were met by Captain Wilkins, a grizzled old seaman, attired in an undress uniform.

From Frontier Boys in the South Seas by Roosevelt, Wyn

After this, they had to pull thirty miles, and when they got on board, were so stiff that they could not come up the gangway ladder.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry