Ship's carpenter

Ship's carpenter is a post aboard ships, both naval and commercial, responsible for the maintenance and repair of the ship's wooden parts, as well as its water stocks.

In the late 19th century, typical activities for a ship's carpenter included caulking the ship's boats, repairing masts and other wooden pieces of the ship, maintaining paddles, and other miscellaneous tasks of carpentry as may be required.[1]

The most important task for a carpenter was maintenance of the ship's hull from attack from barnacles and ship worm.[2] Whalers employed carpenters to carry out emergency repairs.[3]

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