Cabin boy
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For other uses, see Cabin boy (disambiguation).
A Cabin boy or ship's boy is a boy (in the sense of low-ranking male employee, not always a minor) who waits on the officers and passengers of a ship, especially running errands for the captain.
In the famous trial of Regina v. Dudley & Stephens (1884) 14 QBD 273 DC, two sailors and a cabin boy were shipwrecked and cast adrift in a small boat without provisions. To save themselves, the sailors killed and ate the cabin boy. They were later convicted of murder, despite their claimed defense of necessity.
[edit] Literature and films
- Cabin Boy, a 1994 film
- Treasure Island, where the main character Jim serves as a cabin boy on the boarding of the ship the Hispaniola
