I don’t remember anyone saying that the crew members of the P&O ferries were signed off Articles by the shipping master prior to their removal from the vessels. If they weren’t, then, effectively, was not their forcible removal an act of piracy and those who carried it out, by definition, pirates?
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Expertise needed for my student cybersecurity survey
I am a first-year cadet, with experience as a rating, who is conducting a survey on the shipside adaptation of cybersecurity practices, and I would be extremely grateful if fellow Nautilus members could complete a short survey for me.
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Calling all Ancient Mariners who began their careers c.1970-75 in Plymouth at the then School of Navigation.