WOMEN MARINERS
A strongly-built young woman leaning. against the foremast of a typical North Sea “ tramp ” steamer blew a whistle with a shrill blast. The donkey engine rattled and high aloft swung a bundled load of pit props. Burly Hull dockers ran to the woman’s bidding. She was the third officer of the Russian steamer Krestyanin, and she was supervising the unloading of pit props from the vessel in the Alexandra dock. Further along the deck stood three of the ship’s deck crew—all women! Two of them wore dungarees. The first officer of the Krestyanin—a mere man—said that part of the deck crew is composed of women, and the third officer is also a remarkably efficient woman. There is no scarcity of men for the ships, but large numbers of women arc keen to serve on tlie sea.
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Evening Star, Issue 21633, 31 January 1934, Page 12
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138WOMEN MARINERS Evening Star, Issue 21633, 31 January 1934, Page 12
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