The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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All Hands

Sea Terms

The call by which all the ship's company are summoned. The crew collectively.

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2026 Editor's Note: 'All hands' still musters everyone — the Navy's magazine is titled All Hands, and 'all-hands meeting' colonized the office calendar completely. (Ed: BR 2026-06-22)

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