because it has buttock lines and breast hooks.
The the rear of a ship is the stern of a ship
This answer does not equate to other clues in the Sunday Mail Crossword. The word required is ABAFT
Sailors and ship's officers.
A group of sailors is a ships crew.
the ship captain and sailors the ship captain and sailors
port starboard is the right side
Sailors (a.k.a. Sea-Men)
its called star-board side...
The stern is the back end of a ship.
in the hull of the ship.
Crew
The 'stern'
to control the ship and because it is a war ship the sailors control the weapons
It is called a mutiny. On a military vessel it is treason and punishable by death.