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Meaning of "prize crew"
prize crew: A prize crew refers to a group of individuals who are selected or assigned to take control of a captured ship or prize, typically in a legal or military context. For example, 'The navy assembled a prize crew to take control of the enemy vessel.'
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- The crewmembers of a ship chosen to take over the operations of another ship that has been captured.
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A prize crew was placed aboard the tanker.
Every man from that prize crew.
A prize crew of an officer and six marines was left aboard to ensure compliance.
Bissell was able to recover his prize crew unharmed.
He put a prize crew aboard her and then engaged the other two vessels.
That saw a single member of this prize crew to survive.
Tell off a prize crew to sail the brig to England.
Her remaining crew had recaptured her while the prize crew were off their guard.
Melampus put aboard a prize crew and then departed in pursuit of Immortalité.
The ship was seized and sent to occupied Norway with a prize crew.
And had you had a larger prize crew you might have been able to save her.
The Pocket was sent to Galveston under a prize crew.
The remainder of the prize crew were made prisoners by the Spanish.
Remove their restraints now! Every man from that prize crew.
Vessel with a French prize crew on board.
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A German prize crew was put on board the ship to sail her back to Germany.
The Americans put a prize crew aboard.
A prize crew was put aboard and she was taken to Hampton Roads.
The steamer was sent with a prize crew to Sasebo.
A French prize crew then sailed her back towards France.
Tropic Sea was scuttled by the German prize crew in the Bay of Biscay.
A prize crew then sailed Lexington to Britain.
The captain of the prize crew was Nicholas Montalent.
The prize crew was under the command of Lieutenant Charles Dashwood.
These overpowered the prize crew and took Fame into Bombay.
The prize crew then tried Norway again, proceeding to the port of Haugesund.
After the victory, a prize crew was put aboard Chesapeake.
A prize crew of 36 men from both icebreakers soon had the ship under way.
There were no casualties, but the prize crew became British prisoners.
He put a prize crew on board, and sent her to Île de France.
He reduced her armament, manned her by a prize crew under Lieutenant James Wilson.
The German prize crew was interned at Kongsvinger Fortress.
On 24 December, Constitution intercepted the merchantman Lord Nelson and placed a prize crew aboard.
Tornado was manned by a prize crew commanded by naval lieutenant Manuel de Bustillo y Pery.
Surcouf put his first officer, Joachim Drieux, aboard Kent, together with a 60-man prize crew.
Alternatively, her prize crew abandoned her at the approach of the British squadron.
Captain Scott then revealed the British prize crew to the Germans, who took them prisoner.
A prize crew took her into Norfolk, Virginia, where she was sold at auction.
If, however, a ship was captured, a prize crew would be selected from the winning ship 's complement.
Prize crew of four then, I should say.
The Castor had only a prize crew on board, who were unable to leave the pumps.
A prize crew of four then, I should say . Midshipman 's command.
The Americans installed a prize crew and sent the cargo vessel to Charleston, South Carolina.
The prize crew consisted mostly of 16 men from Aigle, plus Mr. Tritton.
Bownen put his own prize crew of 46 officers seamen and marines aboard.
Twelve at most . A prize crew of four then, I should say . Midshipman 's command.
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