accommodation ladder

Example Sentences

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In less than ten minutes the boat had been swung out by means of a derrick, and was straining at her painter alongside the accommodation ladder.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Without waiting for a reply, he sprang forward to the head of the accommodation ladder and shinned down it into the launch.

From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon

As he went down the accommodation ladder an idea occurred to me.

From The Kidnapped President by Boothby, Guy Newell

From the top of the accommodation ladder Peter signed to the native engineer, and by the time Olive stepped agilely into the stern-sheets, without taking advantage of Mostyn's proffered hand, the motor was purring gently.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

The captain and first mate were at the head of the accommodation ladder to receive him.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.