master-gunner

He demanded some wine from the master-gunner, who got it for him, and he recovered a little from this stupor.

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Anonymous

He demanded some wine from the master-gunner, who got it for him, and he recovered a little from this state of stupor.

Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. Pierre Raymond de Brisson

"Why then, master-gunner," says Penfeather, "go you and engage those same in close action and I'll join ye as soon as I've shifted these rags o 'mine."

Black Bartlemy's Treasure Jeffery Farnol 1915

The two and twentieth day our General went ashore to the main, and in his company John Thomas, and Robert Winterhie, Oliver the master-gunner, John Brewer, Thomas Hood, and Thomas Drake.

Sir Francis Drake’s Famous Voyage Round the World 1909

His military establishment, to be sure -- consisting of a master-gunner, four other gunners, and two or three aged sergeants -- scarcely accorded with his rank of major; but by way of compensation he was, as President of the Council of Twelve, the chief civil magistrate of the Islands.

Major Vigoureux Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

He had just worked off his five years 'government naval service; and it was as master-gunner of the fleet that he had learned to speak good French and hold sceptical opinions.

An Iceland Fisherman Pierre Loti 1886

The master-gunner, purser, one master's mate, one midshipman, and a parson, with nine seamen, was got into the longboat and cleared the ship.

"The Gallant, Good Riou", and Jack Renton 1901 Louis Becke 1884

Unless he had won over the master-gunner, and ten or twelve others, to return home, and had drawn the ship to the south of Ireland, he had never got from them.

Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography 1879

English, and of the ship's company, the mates Clarke and Coppin, the master-gunner and three sailors, eighteen in all.

The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876

The captain struck the master-gunner with a stick; the latter, a German, rushed below in a rage, thrust a burning fuse into a powder barrel, and sprang through a port-hole into the sea.

By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 1867