gangway ladder

Example Sentences

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There was even a gangway ladder, and her gunwale not much more than a foot above the water.

From The Clammer and the Submarine by Hopkins, William John

A boat dropped into the water, and three minutes later Captain Mark Merrill ran up the gangway ladder, saluted the quarter-deck, and handed his sword to the Admiral.

From The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension 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

When Zaidie had made her winter toilet, and Redgrave had found the air to be quite respirable, but of Arctic cold, they went down the gangway ladder about twenty minutes later.

From A Honeymoon in Space by Griffith, George Chetwynd

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