prize-crew

No French boat was near them, no batteries there commanded their course, and the pilot-boat carried no prize-crew to direct reluctant labours.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

A prize-crew of nine Turks was sent on board; the captain, two men, and a boy left in her to do the work; she was ordered to Algiers; and the pirate sailed away.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various

With no suspicion of this, Captain Blood gave chase, accompanied by the Infanta, which was manned now by a prize-crew under the command of

Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1912

Manned by a prize-crew of two warrant officers and six men, she was sent to Nantes.

Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Charles Haven Ladd Johnston 1910

Commodore Jones took the English prize-crew out of the Dutch ship, as prisoners of war, and then ordered the ship into l'Orient in charge of her own crew, but under the command of one of his midshipmen, until she could come under the protection of a French port.

Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Charles Haven Ladd Johnston 1910

Then, bearing down upon the crippled _Dragon_, she was boarded; a prize-crew was put aboard; and the _Argo_ steered for home, her men singing,

Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Charles Haven Ladd Johnston 1910

She staggered into the wind, and a white flag beckoned for a prize-crew to come and take her.

Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Charles Haven Ladd Johnston 1910

The man-of-war was short-handed, and did not see the necessity for putting a prize-crew aboard the Haliotis.

The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900

In her hold was found fifty-five thousand dollars in specie, which was at once taken on board the "Essex;" and the "Nocton" was sent to the United States under the charge of a prize-crew.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

Barney looked upon this demand as nothing short of robbery, and indignantly refused to consider it; whereupon his captors took from the "Sampson" all her crew except the carpenter, boatswain, and cook, sent a prize-crew aboard, and ordered that she be taken to New Providence, a British naval station.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898