These three huge, turreted fighting craft had their full crews aboard.

The best crew afloat cannot preclude all casualties, or exclude sleepless nights and cold sweats now and then; but a quick eye, a cool head, a prompt hand, and indomitable perseverance will overcome almost all things.

"Crew ashore," said Forester.

the crowing cock, How drowsily it crew.

There were no surrenders, and the ships lost went down and carried with them virtually the whole crews.

In days of yore, ere early Greece Had dream'd of patrols or police, A crew of rake-hells in terrorem Spread wide, and carried all before 'em, Rifled the poultry, and the women, And held that all things were in common; Till Jove's great Son the nuisance saw, And did abate it by Club Law.