The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Barratry

Sea Terms

Breaches of trust and dishonest actions on the part of a shipmaster.

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2026 Editor's Note: Barratry — fraud by a ship's master against her owners — is still a live term in marine insurance policies today, essentially unchanged since Patterson defined it. (Ed: BR 2026-06-22)

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