harpooneer
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- 0
- accompanies
- Headsman
- alternative_role_during_gamming
- steersman
- associated_roles
- boat-steerer
- critical_factor
- avoid exhaustion
- description
- A class of officers crucial to the success of whaling voyages, unique to whale-fleets. In the American Fishery, they are important boat officers and can command the ship's deck under specific conditions.
- equipment
- harpoon, javelin, lance
- expected_activity
- minimal rowing
- living_arrangement
- lodged in the after part of the ship, take meals in captain’s cabin
- primary_task
- harpooning whales
- primary_weapon
- harpoon
- responsibilities
- dart harpoon
- dart lance
- unique_to
- whale-fleet
- vocation_importance
- success of a whaling voyage largely depends
Relationships
- accompaniesHeadsman
- description
- In the fishery, each mate or headsman is always accompanied by his boat-steerer or harpooneer.
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- 2026-03-02T00:07:53.810Z
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- serves_as_steersman_duringGamming
- description
- During gamming, the harpooneer, being part of the boat's crew leaving the ship, acts as the steersman.
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- source_text
- the boat steerer or harpooneer is of the number, that subordinate is the steersman upon the occasion
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:19.077Z
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:08:20.516Z
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- is_an_important_officer_inAmerican Fishery
- description
- The harpooneer is considered an important officer in the American Fishery.
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- source_text
- in the American Fishery he is not only
- can_commandShip's deck
- description
- In the American Fishery, under certain circumstances like night watches, the harpooneer can command the ship's deck.
- source
- Sourcetext_chunk
- source_text
- the command of the ship’s deck is also his
- lives_aftShip
- description
- To distinguish them professionally, harpooneers are lodged in the after part of the ship, taking meals in the captain's cabin.
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- source_text
- the harpooneers are lodged in the after part of the ship.
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T00:09:09.265Z
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