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Leisure activities

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Leisure activities

Seafarers worked hard, and so made the most of their free time. These apprentices (trainee officers) from the barque County of Pembroke are enjoying a beer, possibly after completing their qualifying examination.

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Neill Atkinson, Seafarers – Crew culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5380/leisure-activities (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Neill Atkinson, published 2 March 2009.