"Ship's..."

The honorary title ship's... is often applied to characters to associate them with a crew. The best example is Bridget Walker, ship's baby.

Examples

• Captain Flint, Ship's Carpenter (SD)
• Polly, Ship's Parrot
• Sinbad, Ship's Kitten (WD), (SW)

and in TARs:

• the late Brigit Sanders was often affectionally called Ship's Granny

On this Wiki

Ship's Baby is also used for "stub" articles which need further work.