| After the captain made the call to abandon ship, 150 people were able to escape on lifeboats lowered by electronic arms. |
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| His later books drew heavily from experiences and people he encountered at the bar, including the cruel captain in The Sea-Wolf. |
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| Cabral ordered Nicolau Coelho, a captain who had experience from Vasco da Gama's voyage to India, to go ashore and make contact. |
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| Many of the sailors were beaten mercilessly when they would refuse to beat the slaves as harshly as the captain wanted or at all. |
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| There were also very unconventional trophies, such as the wig of a captured captain that the famed pirate Walter Kennedy once took as booty. |
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| Keith Fletcher took over as captain in 1981, but England lost his first series in charge against India. |
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| During the Age of Discovery, mutiny particularly meant open rebellion against a ship's captain. |
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| England won it against the odds, and Plum Warner, the England captain, wrote up his version of the tour in his book How We Recovered The Ashes. |
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| Australian captain Herbie Collins was stripped of all captaincy positions down to club level, and some accused him of throwing the match. |
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| As a captain he fought at the Battle of Bantry Bay during the Williamite War in Ireland. |
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| The attack was led by a Dutch captain, Jan Janszoon van Haarlem, also known as Murad Reis the Younger. |
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| This made Woodfull the only captain to regain the Ashes and he retired upon his return to Australia. |
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| Even if a ship captain is a regular visitor to a certain port, he can not match the expertise and experience of the Pilot. |
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| With Greig having joined WSC, England appointed Mike Brearley as their captain and he enjoyed great success against Australia. |
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| The robbers had probably taken out one hundred dollars for present use, and fifty for the snare which was to intrap the captain of the yacht. |
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| On 18 May 2013, Beckham was made captain in his final home game against Brest. |
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| The cast included Gary Sweet as Donald Bradman and Hugo Weaving as England captain Douglas Jardine. |
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| On 26 May 2007, McClaren announced that Beckham would be recalled to the England squad for the first time since stepping down as their captain. |
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| In the second half, he set up England's goal converted by captain John Terry. |
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| Beckham was the first England player ever to collect two red cards, and the first England captain to be sent off. |
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| The Mary Rose would have carried a captain, a master responsible for navigation, and deck crew. |
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| He mounted, carrying the only perspective glass the vessel possessed. The captain watched him anxiously as he took a long look. |
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| Haynes quickly perused the message, then took it to the captain on the bridge. |
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| Prior to the 2008 County Championship season Australian legend and club captain Shane Warne reiterated his commitment to the club. |
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| Former captain Shaun Udal also announced his retirement, having played for Hampshire since 1989, though he later joined Middlesex. |
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| Dimitri Mascarenhas was named Warne's replacement as captain for the 2008 season. |
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| Early in 1608 Alexander Sharpeigh was appointed captain of the Company's Ascension, and general or commander of the fourth voyage. |
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| The Roman captain took his head and right hand to Trajan, who had them displayed in the Forums. |
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| Willem van der Haegen was the original sea captain who brought settlers from Flanders to the Azores. |
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| Alvaro de Mesquita becomes captain of San Antonio, Duarte Barbosa of Victoria. |
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| While Jones was off the field receiving attention, substitute fielder Gary Pratt ran out Australian captain Ricky Ponting. |
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| Lillee once again called for the replacement of Ponting as captain with Warne after the squad announcement, however this was once again rejected. |
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| Nonetheless, the captain was formally the king's representative and highest authority on his ship. |
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| Nobody, not even the captain, was allowed to visit the cargo hold without the clerk present. |
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| Luis de Mendoza, the captain of Victoria, was killed by a party sent by Magellan, and the ship was recovered. |
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| Recognizing the captain, so many turned upon him that they knocked his helmet off his head twice. |
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| He also added its captain, Nuno da Silva, a man with considerable experience navigating in South American waters. |
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| He was spared by Magellan and after five months of hard labour in chains was made captain of the galleon. |
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| European contact began in 1500, when the Portuguese sea captain Diogo Dias sighted the island. |
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| The Venetian captain ordered his men to break open the gate of the Golden Horn. |
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| In 1873, Yorkshire won seven games and lost five and for the following season, Luke Greenwood replaced Rowbotham as captain. |
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| The captain went forward interfering rather than assisting. I was alternately despairful and desperate. |
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| Cadamosto, Usodimare and the unnamed Portuguese captain proceeded to enter the Gambia River again, albeit this time without opposition. |
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| Cadamosto, Usodimare and the unnamed Portuguese captain set sail back to Portugal. |
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| Brian Close was made captain in 1963 and won the Championship in his first season. |
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| The first captain arriving in a particular bay was in charge of allocating suitable shoreline sites for curing fish. |
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| He may have served as a captain in Thomas Fairfax's lifeguard during the late 1640s, but the evidence is inconclusive. |
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| Yorkshire finally won the County Championship again in 2001 when the captain was David Byas. |
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| He was promoted to captain in the regular army in July 1792, despite exceeding his leave of absence and leading a riot against French troops. |
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| Pizarro was named governor and captain of all conquests in Peru, or New Castile, as the Spanish now called the land. |
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| Ray Illingworth was playing for Leicestershire CCC when he was captain of England. |
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| In 1519, Gomes sailed with Magellan in the First Circumnavigation of Earth, as the captain of the San Antonio. |
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| In 1960, Vic Wilson became Yorkshire's first professional captain since Tom Emmett when he succeeded Ronnie Burnet. |
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| Brian Close, who took over in 1963, has been Yorkshire's most successful professional captain with four County Championships. |
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| Wavell Wakefield represented England in 31 Tests between 1920 and 1927, including 13 Tests as captain. |
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| Duarte Barbosa, a Portuguese who had sided with Magellan in facing the mutiny, then became the captain of Victoria. |
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| So many of them rained down upon us that the captain was shot through the right leg with a poisoned arrow. |
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| But the men took to flight, except ten to fifteen of us who remained with the captain. |
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| Out of ammunition, they switched to their swords and axes and fought with the captain. |
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| He captained the Lions to South Africa in 1997, and in 1999 was appointed captain of England. |
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| In 1519, he was elected captain of the third expedition to the mainland, an expedition which he partly funded. |
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| The captain of a sailing ship seeks a course along which the winds can be expected to blow in the direction of travel. |
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| Club captain Doug Prentice captained the 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia. |
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| Gadney also became the club's second player to captain the British Lions on their tour to Argentina. |
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| That summer Martin Johnson was named captain for the 2001 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, becoming the first man to lead two tours. |
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| He stationed 25 men on every launch, 12 oarsmen, 12 crossbowmen and musketeers, and a captain. |
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| Pizarro sent his captain Hernando de Soto to invite Atahualpa to a meeting. |
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| He was made captain of the Fortress of Hormuz and the Portuguese king's special magistrate for Indian affairs. |
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| From 1539, Pinto remained in Malacca under Pedro de Faria, the newly appointed captain of Malacca. |
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| The natives' captain at last agreed that they could be taken, under the condition that they return with European goods to trade. |
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| With their captain having retired, many of the players failed to play to their full potential. |
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| Hudson is thought to have spent many years at sea, beginning as a cabin boy and gradually working his way up to ship's captain. |
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| In 1697 the Dutch captain Willem de Vlamingh landed on the island and discovered Hartog's plate. |
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| On 30 January 1791 he became a captain and was transferred to the 58th Regiment of Foot. |
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| The ship's captain on this expedition was Lieutenant Louis Palander of the Swedish Royal Navy. |
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| The 2013 season finished with seven players being taken to Argentina as part of the England squad, including Tom Wood as captain. |
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| A ship's captain heard that Steven was not a Fleming and asked him if he had run away from home. |
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| Steven met a ship's captain from Medemblik, many of whose crew had died of diarrhea, and joined the crew for the return journey to Holland. |
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| The experienced ship master Willem Schouten was captain of the Eendracht and a participant of the enterprise in equal shares with Isaac Le Maire. |
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| Famous Tasmanian cricketers include David Boon and former Australian captain Ricky Ponting. |
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| In 1849, Henry Kellett, captain of HMS Herald, landed on and named Herald Island. |
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| My new fella is such a dreamboat. He can dance, can sing, and is the captain of the school hockey team. |
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| On December 1, 1600, Governor Tello appointed Morga captain general of the fleet, with orders to attack the two Dutch ships. |
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| It was taken to Manila, where the captain and the surviving sailors were garrotted on the orders of the governor. |
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| Hovercraft are hybrid vessels operated by a pilot as an aircraft rather than a captain as a marine vessel. |
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| He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain. |
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| Many were the coots, quandies, sheldrakes and loons that my father and the captain brought home from the Gurnet gunning trips. |
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| The village was the birthplace of England National Football Team captain Billy Wright. |
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| Jim Sullivan was asked to go again as captain of the 1936 tourists, but declined on the grounds of his wife's ill health. |
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| He served with distinction as a captain and was wounded on three occasions. |
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| Eric Ashton was again captain of the 1962 Lions side and Colin Hutton was coach. |
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| Walton is a failed writer and captain who sets out to explore the North Pole and expand his scientific knowledge in hopes of achieving fame. |
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| His lunatic captain feared an attack by Japanese midget submarines despite the war having ended. |
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| Former England rugby union captain Steve Borthwick is a native of Carlisle. |
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| England captain David Beckham has warned Wayne Rooney not to risk his long-term future by rushing his return from injury. |
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| It was he who maneuvered a captain of industry, steelmaker Francis Mer, rather than a government mandarin into the finance minister's job. |
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| It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious, laugh so heartily. |
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| A Salvation Army captain said that the toys were given to other organisations, not disposed of. |
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| He took a wild slash at the ball but the captain saved the team's skin by hacking it clear and setting up the team for a strike on the goal. |
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| It were meet that any one, before he came to be a captain, should have been a soldier. |
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| The captain was dutybound to see all passengers off the sinking ship before he left it himself. |
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| The captain made us trim the boat, and we got her to lie a little more evenly. |
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| Great Britain were captained by Welshman, Clive Sullivan who was the first black player to captain any British national sports team. |
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| The captain ordered that the guards unshackle and release the prisoner, as he had served his sentence. |
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| The captain rarely referred to his wardroom for advice, and this resulted in their discontent. |
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| Hal Sutton famously paired the arch-enemies in the last match and they flopped, but new US captain Hal Sutton is unlikely to follow suit. |
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| The captain stayed on the wheel, controlling the drift of his beamy boat so that we approached the wreck stern-to. |
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| Team captain Alistair Baker from Stanley, County Durham, was 38th and Phil Wagger from Blaydon 65th. |
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| Not only is John Eales the second-most capped Wallaby ever, he is also the most capped Wallaby captain. |
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| Wallaby captain Stirling Mortlock meanwhile, said his side must improve for the series decider against New Zealand in two weeks' time. |
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| Some people believe that the ghost of an old sea captain haunts the beach. |
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| The match was a physical encounter, and Australian captain Wally Lewis played part of the match with a broken arm. |
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| Each year, the year of a champion team's triumph, team name and team captain are engraved. |
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| They each fired a broadside across its bulwarks, killing several of its crew, and forcing its captain to surrender. |
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| The 2010 season would also see legendary hooker and captain Keiron Cunningham retire from the game after 17 years with his one and only club. |
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| After a poor dip in form Ken Davy decided it was time for change and terminated the contracts of coach Nathan Brown and captain Kevin Brown. |
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| Her captain, Henry Bostock, and crew, remained Teach's prisoners for about eight hours, and were forced to watch as their sloop was ransacked. |
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| She was stopped and her captain, David Harriot, invited to join the pirates. |
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| In 2007, Nicholas was the captain for the 2009 and 2011 European Solheim Cup teams. |
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| Currently the home captain decides before the contest starts whether the fourball or foursomes matches are played in the morning. |
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| For the 2014 Ryder Cup both teams had 9 players qualifying based on performances with the remaining 3 players selected by the captain. |
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| At the 1989 matches, the pressure was on the United States team and its captain, Raymond Floyd. |
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| Warren Jacques, an Australian, was appointed captain in 1988 as Hutchins' replacement. |
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| The defeat to the Czech national team in 2000 led to the resignation of David Lloyd as captain. |
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| Teach thought that Governor Charles Eden was a man he could trust, but to make sure, he waited to see what would happen to another captain. |
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| The captain, if he chooses to kill, is not simply the medium of an effect Jim is having on the world. |
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| The captain of the wrecked boat was accused of criminal negligence. |
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| When the captain offered a free round of grog to the crew, every man Jack of them lined up for a cupful. |
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| Peter Dods was captain in the midweek games but, like Sole, the Gala fullback has also hung up his boots. |
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| Charles Frederick was the controller, captain Thomas Desaguliers was the chief fire master. |
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| The fielding captain often tactically changes their position between balls. |
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| In fact, pirate quartermasters were a counterbalance to the captain and had the power to veto his orders. |
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| Typically, the owners or captain would be required to post a performance bond. |
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| Seized vessels and cargo were sold at auction, with the corsair captain entitled to a portion of the proceeds. |
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| All German survivors were summarily executed by Baralong's crew on the orders of Lieutenant Godfrey Herbert, the captain of the ship. |
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| Former Wanderers' player Jason White was captain of the Scotland national rugby union team. |
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| Benjamin had already been gazetted captain and Kopp was in process of being gazetted major. |
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| I was in mortal fear lest the captain should repent of his confessions and make an end of me. |
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| Fleming served throughout World War I as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was Mentioned in Dispatches. |
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| The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. |
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| Apart from the one currently bowling, the other nine fielders are tactically deployed by the team captain in chosen positions around the field. |
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| He played a number of sports, including cricket, football, golf and was made captain of the squash team. |
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| The captain saw that no further progress could be made with safety, so he about ship, and ran for Newcastle. |
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| As the currents were changing rapidly, the captain had to make many corrective course changes. |
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| As with his other writings, the Travels was published under a pseudonym, the fictional Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon and later a sea captain. |
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| Ha ha! Put a good face upon it, and drink again. Another hair of the dog that bit you, captain! |
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| According to Proteas captain Elsje Jordaan, it was hoped that the competition would create an opportunity for players to become professional. |
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| In October 2012, Ashley Williams was appointed captain of Wales by Coleman, replacing Aaron Ramsey. |
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| Prior to 1954 the Welsh team was chosen by a panel of selectors with the team captain fulfilling the role of coach. |
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| Woodward, who scored in the previous final, was captain for this tournament. |
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| Former England captain David Beckham was shortlisted for the Olympics, but was left out of the final squad. |
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| The Great Britain squad for the 2012 Olympic Games was announced on 2 July 2012, with Ryan Giggs named as captain. |
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| Before 1971, there was no appointed coach of the Scotland team, the role being assumed by the captain. |
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| The match saw captain John Terry become the first England international goal scorer at the new stadium when he scored in the 68th minute. |
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| The captain winning the toss of a coin decides whether to bat or to bowl first. |
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| The batting captain can declare an innings closed at any time when the ball is dead. |
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| After 80 overs, the captain of the bowling side may take a new ball, although this is not required. |
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| After a new ball has been taken, should an innings last a further 80 overs, then the captain will have the option to take another new ball. |
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| The NI Men's National Team competed in the first round of the World Championships under coach Gerry Ford and captain Nick Wright. |
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| Kyle Coetzer became captain of the side in November 2016 after Preston Mommsen who had captained the side since September 2014 stepped down. |
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| In the first match Grant Elliott and captain BJ Watling scored centuries and ensured that New Zealand A won by 199 runs. |
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| He don't look anything like the captain. This here cat has got a nice thick black coat of fur with a nice white bib and white feet. |
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| Before the match Danny Brough was announced as captain before the match, thus earning his sixth cap too. |
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| A captain's guard marched before the corpse, the captain of it in the rear, the firelocks reversed, the drums beating the dead march. |
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| The captain is a nervous Nellie who can't make a decision without the approval of his protective aide-de-camp. |
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| He is not a good captain, because he begins to fight before he has given his orders. |
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| We met the new captain while we were taking enemy fire and were unable to observe the niceties of formal introductions. |
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| Dowding was given a permanent commission in the RAF on 1 August 1919 with the rank of group captain. |
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| A merchant named Fedot Alekseyev Popov organized a further expedition eastward, and Semyon Dezhnyov became a captain of one of the kochi. |
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| Using it, the sight of the ship's captain, who had been blind in one eye, was restored. |
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| In December 1995, Florida Panthers captain Scott Mellanby scored a rat trick, the term coined by teammate John Vanbiesbrouck. |
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| Andrew Hannah became the first captain of the club after Liverpool separated from Everton and formed its own club. |
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| The club won their first FA Cup in 1887 with captain Archie Hunter becoming one of the game's first household names. |
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| The first competition was won by John Rattray, who signed the rules and became the first club captain. |
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| The skip, or the captain of the team, will usually determine the required weight, turn, and line of the stone. |
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| That summer Martin Johnson was named as captain for the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa. |
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| Later on he was educated at Barry County School, where he was captain of the school's cricket and hockey teams. |
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| However, Villa gradually began to recover under the management of former club captain Vic Crowe. |
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| The Cup was presented by HM Queen Elizabeth II to Australian captain John Eales. |
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| Several new signings included New Zealander Tom Willis who was also appointed captain. |
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| Former Neath RFC coach Lyn Jones was appointed as head coach, who named Scott Gibbs as the team's first captain. |
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| Dave Gwyther completed the trio of prolific goalscorers whilst captain Keith Oakes provided strength in cental defence. |
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| Giampiero Boniperti, the captain of Juventus when Charles had joined the Bianconeri, spoke of the Welshman's nature as a person. |
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| In his one year with the England Schoolboys team, Giggs played nine times, all as captain, winning seven matches and losing twice. |
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| His final game for Wales, and as captain, was the Euro 2008 qualifier against the Czech Republic on 2 June at Cardiff. |
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| He was a keen athlete and played football alongside future Wales rugby captain Sam Warburton, rugby, hockey and excelled at athletics. |
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| Steve McNamara became head coach leaving Bradford to take the national job and Sean O'Loughlin is the current captain. |
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| In 1920 he was discharged from his duties at Walter Reed Hospital having reached the rank of captain. |
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| In May 2013 it was announced that former Villa and Bulgaria captain, Stiliyan Petrov, would be the 13th addition to the Hall of Fame. |
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| The summarisers include former Wales football captain Kevin Ratcliffe and former Wales flanker Martyn Williams. |
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| John Terry, the current captain of the Chelsea men's team, is the President of Chelsea Ladies. |
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| An industrial drive fishery was started in the Trinity Bay area of Newfoundland, Canada in 1947 by a Norwegian whaling captain. |
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| On 4 September 1945, the soldiers were picked up by a Norwegian seal hunting vessel and surrendered to its captain. |
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| The British trawler Crane was sunk, and its captain and first mate were killed. |
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| Agent Bulloch arranged for a civilian crew and captain to sail Enrica to Terceira Island in the Azores. |
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| The captain used the idle Horse Latitudes to train and prepare the remainder of the crew. |
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| Fellow centre half and former captain Tony Adams comes second, having played 669 times. |
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| Fleeing his master, he travelled to a port, two hundred miles away, where he found a ship and with difficulty persuaded the captain to take him. |
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| New club captain Ross McCormack expressed his support for the former manager. |
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| After Chelsea had two goalkeepers injured in one match, their captain went in goal for the last few minutes. |
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| Not long afterwards, the captain ordered the crew to abandon ship into one of the lifeboats. |
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| In 1609 the area became a captaincy general and the governor was also granted the title of captain general. |
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| Coward starred as the ship's captain, with supporting roles from John Mills and Richard Attenborough. |
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| Ted Dexter succeeded him as captain but England continued to suffer indifferent results. |
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| Gregory took one touch in the area and placed home side-footed for the opening goal, though his shot took a handy deflection off opposing captain Stuart Whitebread. |
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| These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town. |
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| In the military, appellational protocol is mandatory. A corporal or sergeant would never dare address a captain or a major by his or her first name. |
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| The captain shouted at the crew to grab arms and repel boarders. |
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| The captain was an upstart, a product of the democratic idea operating upon the poor white man, the descendant of the indentured bondservant and the socially unfit. |
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| Celtic captain Scott Brown joined team-mate Majstorovic in the book and Rangers' John Fleck was also shown a yellow card as an ill-tempered half drew to a close. |
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| Walter Bassett was the greatest captain of industry west of the Rockies, and was one of the small group that controlled the nation in everything but name. |
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| To this copper captain therefore, was confided the command of the troops. |
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| Struck by his desperate dauntlessness, and his wild desire to visit Christendom, the captain at last relented, and told him he might make himself at home. |
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| She went from the arms of the football captain to the dry-handed grasp of Mr. Depopolus, who'd retired from the faculty when she was twelve years old. |
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| Though the captain had effectually demolished poor Partridge, yet had he not reaped the harvest he hoped for, which was to turn the foundling out of Mr Allworthy's house. |
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| If the captain was only a glorified first aid man as he claimed, the emphasis has to be on the glory he deserved for the way in which he did his job. |
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| As for the captain, his wounds were grievous indeed but not dangerous. |
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| I remember the captain had the mother of all hate-ons for the guy. |
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| Cabral was the first captain to touch four continents, leading the first expedition that connected and united Europe, Africa, the New World, and Asia. |
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| However, the captain of Wexford castle surrendered during the middle of the negotiations, and in the confusion some of his troops began indiscriminate killing and looting. |
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| Sure, as the captain of your ship, you are the one to blame when things go wrong or fall apart, but you are also large and in charge when they go well. |
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| Quaker Paul Cuffee, a free black sea captain and businessman, was active in the abolitionist and resettlement movement in the early part of that century. |
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| The former England Rugby Team Manager and former Scotland national coach Andy Robinson used to play for Bath Rugby team and was captain and later coach. |
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| His paternal grandfather, another Charles, had been an army captain, killed in action in Ireland in 1803 when his two sons were hardly more than babies. |
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| From 1907 to 1915 Blyton attended St Christopher's School in Beckenham, where she enjoyed physical activities and became school tennis champion and captain of lacrosse. |
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| Each team is headed by a captain who is responsible for making tactical decisions such as determining the batting order, the placement of fielders and the rotation of bowlers. |
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| The substitute cannot bowl, act as a captain or keep wicket. |
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| Batsmen come in to bat in a batting order, decided by the team captain usually after consulting the team coach, though the captain is not bound to consult the coach. |
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| The most capped international player from the tier 1 nations is former New Zealand openside flanker and captain Richie McCaw who has played in 148 internationals. |
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| The SFA stood by this proclamation, despite pleas to the contrary by the Scotland players, supported by England captain Billy Wright and the other England players. |
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| Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as the national team's captain in 1974, thus became the first person to win the World Cup as both captain and coach. |
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| Nevertheless, German captain and goalkeeper Oliver Kahn won the Golden Ball, the first time in the World Cup that a goalkeeper was named the best player of the tournament. |
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| On 1 December 1886, munitions workers in Woolwich, now South East London, formed Arsenal as Dial Square, with David Danskin as their first captain. |
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| Clough was replaced by former England captain Jimmy Armfield. |
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| Grace and Herbert Bainbridge who was the captain of Warwickshire. |
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| Peter May stood down as captain in 1961 following the 1961 Ashes defeat. |
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| Brearley retired from Test cricket in 1979 and was succeeded by Ian Botham, who started the 1981 series as England captain, by which time the WSC split had ended. |
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| Former player Bob Simpson, who had retired 10 years previously after a conflict with the board, was recalled at the age of 41 to captain Australia against India. |
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| Conscious of the need to strengthen the Club, Yorkshire instituted a Colts team of young players, but replaced Iddison as captain at the end of the 1872 season. |
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| Hawke succeeded Emmett in 1883 and remained as official captain for 27 years, but at first he was careful to take his time and did not make too many changes. |
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| He was sacked as captain amid much furore after the 1978 season. |
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| In 2007, Azeem Rafiq as a member of Yorkshire's academy team became the first player of an Asian background to captain England at any level when he was appointed U15s captain. |
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| In this postwar period the Saints continued to grow, and they started to produce some of the best players in England, some of whom went on to captain their country. |
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| Wayne Bennett is the head coach and Sam Burgess is the current captain. |
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| One notable omission however, was Wales and Ospreys captain Ryan Jones. |
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| Clive Sullivan had risen to the Great Britain captaincy, the first black captain of a home international side, and was in charge for the 1972 World Cup held in France. |
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| Sullivan was the last British captain to lift the World Cup. |
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| In 1987, Ellery Hanley was appointed Great Britain captain and on the 1988 tour down under took the Lions the closest they had been for a decade to regaining the Ashes. |
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| In July 1996 Andy Farrell was named the Wigan club's captain. |
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| He was also the most successful European Ryder Cup captain ever. |
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| She is also the captain of the Rest of the World team in the annual Rest of the World V Australia cricket match held during the ANZ Ladies Masters. |
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| On 1 January 2004 Jeremy Bates was appointed as team captain. |
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| John Lloyd was employed later that year as the team's new captain. |
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| However, in certain circumstances, the team captain may replace one or two of the players who played the singles on Friday by other players who were nominated for the tie. |
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| Jones was chairwoman of the Women's International Tennis Council and for many years the British team captain for events such as the Federation and Wightman Cups. |
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| In 1802, the menacing Zheng Yi inherited the fleet of his cousin, captain Zheng Qi, whose death provided Zheng Yi with considerably more influence in the world of piracy. |
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| Captain Chaloner Ogle of the HMS Swallow cornered Bartholomew Roberts in 1722 at Cape Lopez, and a fatal broadside from the Swallow killed the pirate captain instantly. |
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| Britain was initially taken by surprise by the Argentine attack on the South Atlantic islands, despite repeated warnings by Royal Navy captain Nicholas Barker and others. |
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| Crusoe and the ship's captain strike a deal in which Crusoe helps the captain and the loyal sailors retake the ship and leave the worst mutineers on the island. |
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| In April 1940, he was temporarily promoted to captain and given command of a company of marines, but he proved an unpopular officer, being haughty and curt with his men. |
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| Captain Cat, the blind sea captain, is tormented in his dreams by his drowned shipmates, who long to live again and enjoy the pleasures of the world. |
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| In 1984, he starred opposite Mel Gibson in The Bounty as William Bligh, captain of the Royal Navy ship the HMS Bounty, in a retelling of the mutiny on the Bounty. |
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| Joining the hunt is former pirate captain Barbossa, now a privateer in King George II's Navy, who is in a race against the Spanish for the Fountain of Youth. |
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| A cricket team consists of eleven players, including a captain. |
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| Of the twelve players who played for the Other Nationalities team two of them were Scotsmen coming from Northern Union clubs, including captain George Frater. |
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| Noted players include captain Adane Girma and top scorer Saladin Said. |
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| The building dates from 1853 and was home to the first naval captain of the station after the Second World War and therefore became known as the Captain's House. |
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| Beckenbauer won in 1974 as captain and in 1990 as head coach. |
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| In this game Iqbal took a stunning catch on the deep square leg boundary and it has been said that Iqbal is a favourite of the then Durham captain Michael Hussey. |
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| However, amid claims of disharmony between the manager and captain Barry Ferguson, it was announced on 4 January 2007 that Le Guen had left Rangers by mutual consent. |
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| The club, whose former player Andy Lloyd went on to captain Warwickshire and also to play for England, play at their Morda Road ground to the south of the town. |
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| One of the most famous slaves to attend a sea captain was known as Sambo. |
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| Managed by Teddy Lewis, reserve captain of local rugby club, Pontypridd RFC, Wilde went undefeated in 103 bouts, all of which were held in Britain, a remarkable achievement. |
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| He makes a deal with the captain of the Bantu Wind, a tramp steamer, for bringing Jones, Marion, and the Ark back to the States, referring to the two of them as his family. |
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| With Bulloch at his side, the new ship's captain, Raphael Semmes, left Liverpool on 13 August 1862 aboard the steamer Bahama to take command of the new cruiser. |
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| The quayside was deserted but the captain called out using a loud hailer and found that a large number of men were hiding, who were packed into every available space. |
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| Wolfhound put into Calais and the captain reported to the Admiralty that the Germans were in the southern part of town and that the situation was desperate. |
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| That evening, the captain of the Codrington was ordered to begin the evacuation and two hours later, Fortune signalled that it was probably now or never. |
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| That evening, the captain of Codrington was ordered to begin the evacuation and two hours later, Fortune signalled that it was probably now or never. |
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| He recorded inaccurate coordinates and the island was not sighted again until 1808, when the British whaler captain James Lindsay named it Lindsay Island. |
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| The crew gathered supplies and made its way back to Europe, but the trip took several months and the captain and most of the men died before reaching land. |
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| To check the power of the captain even further, the crew would elect a quartermaster to make sure the men received the necessary rations and equal distribution of the booty. |
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| His acting flag captain, Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, on the Brederode kept up fleet morale by not lowering Tromp's standard, pretending Tromp was still alive. |
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| The building work initially focused on the island of Tresco and was carried out under the direction of John Killigrew, the captain of Pendennis Castle in Falmouth. |
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| The ship's captain ensures his crew carry out the pilot's orders. |
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| The ship was named after the daughter of the first captain, Tor Sevaldsen. |
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| He was captain for six years, earning 58 caps during his tenure. |
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| In October 2005, Beckham's sending off against Austria made him the first England captain to be sent off and the first player to be sent off twice while playing for England. |
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| In 1973 Arthur Beetson became the first Indigenous Australian to captain his country in any sport when he first led the Australian National Rugby League team, the Kangaroos. |
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| As the position of captain could be quite profitable, it became quite attractive to lesser nobles and men of ambition hoping for a quick and easy fortune. |
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| The crown was often happy to 'sell' captain positions on India runs as a form of royal patronage to candidates with little or no experience at sea. |
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| Elcano settled in Seville and became a merchant ship captain. |
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| The ship's Gunner was informed, who in turn informed the captain. |
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| In 1660, the Portuguese naval captain David Melgueiro makes the first supposed crossing of the Northeast Passage, sailing from Japan to Portugal through the Arctic Ocean. |
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| In 1481, Alvise Cadamosto was elected captain of the Venetian Alexandria galley fleet, ending his naval career on the same ships where he started. |
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| While Cabral's main fleet was in India, Diogo Dias, captain of the missing seventh ship of the armada, was going through his own set of adventures. |
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| He and a handful of loyals made for the Nina, waiting a few hundred yards astern of the flagship, but they were turned back by the Nina's captain Vicente Yanez. |
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| Vespucci once more accompanied him, now as captain of one of the ships. |
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| Based on information from their captain, they hoped to find trade. |
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| Some larger ships may have a separate flag bridge for use by the admiral and his staff while the captain commands from the main navigation bridge. |
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