gangway ladder

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Everything here is in good order, and a gangway ladder has been constructed to facilitate landing at this almost inaccessible rock, which the Harbour Master at Rockhampton visits every two months.

From Report on the Department of Ports and Harbours for the Year 1890-91 by Australia. Queensland. Department of Ports and Harbours

By this time Lennard had come down the gangway ladder, and was standing beside Lord Kitchener.

From The World Peril of 1910 by Griffith, George Chetwynd

He then ordered the boats to be lowered, and the gangway ladder to be rigged, to enable the ladies to descend with ease.

From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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

“Hus–s–sh! my dear sair; not so loud, if you please,” answered Lobo, hastily leaving his boat and coming half-way up the gangway ladder again.

From The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast by Overend, William Heysham