Sentence examples for for seamen from inspiring English sources

From 1705 to 1865, the Greenwich Hospital for Seamen provided medical care to injured seamen and lodgings for those injured sailors who had been pensioned off or were unable to work on ships.

Baillie, the Lieutenant-Governor of the Greenwich Hospital for Seamen, a facility for injured or pensioned off seamen, had noted irregularities and corruption in the hospital, which was formally run by the Earl of Sandwich.

Fisher's first government also saw the passage of the Seamen's Compensation Act, which provided payment of compensation for seamen engaged upon Australian registered ships wherever trading, and (in certain cases) upon British and foreign ships engaged in the coasting trade who were killed or injured in the course of their occupation.

The concept of knitting for seamen has been around since the 1890's.

Charges were 25 cents a night for seamen and 50 cents for others.

Pilots get plenty of time off and (a rarity for seamen) sleep in their own beds at night.

After independence, Richmond borough (later Staten Island) held forts to protect access to New York, quarantine stations for sick immigrants, homes for aged seamen and orphans, and railroad terminals for Manhattan's freight.

We controlled for age and county at baseline and for the seamen we also controlled for type of ship (Passenger ship versus all other categories of ships).

We controlled for age and county at baseline, and for the seamen we also controlled for type of ship (passenger ship versus other).

Starting in August, the State Department will require consular interviews -- normally necessary for individual seamen's visas -- even for group visas, which seafarer advocates say will make them virtually unobtainable.

And almost all the work is seen to advantage in the Newhouse Center's oddball Main Hall exhibition space, once a dormitory for the retired seamen for whom Snug Harbor was built in the 19th century.