bumboats in English
At that time, sailors relied on bumboats for their daily needs.
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1. Find another word for Bumboats.
2. Two Bumboats are moored at the quay
3. Bumboats: Bumboats, in spite of their name, were not waterborne geedunks piloted by bums or hobos
4. Bumboats: Bumboats, in spite of their name, were not waterborne geedunks piloted by bums or hobos
5. What are synonyms for Bumboats?
6. The Bumboats, small vessels that pulled alongside U.S
7. Synonyms for Bumboats in Free Thesaurus
8. The Bumboats, small vessels that pulled alongside U.S
9. Bumboats once supplied provisions on the Singapore River
10. What does Bumboats mean? Plural form of bumboat
11. Bumboats, also known as lighters, are large boats or sea-going barges
12. Fleet of working craft called Bumboats anchors in channel at right
13. In the background, more Bumboats are seen against the backdrop of …
14. Its Bumboats have become the icon of our river to visitors and locals alike
15. Goods sold by the Bumboats were normally inferior and were sold at very high prices.
16. The Bumboats followed the ships from port to port along the Atlantic coast
17. 88 synonyms and near synonyms of Bumboats from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
18. Today, Bumboats are used for passenger transportation and sightseeing cruises on the Singapore River
19. In this modern age, Bumboats on this historic waterway remind us of its rustic charm
20. For more than a decade and a half, Bumboats have been plying the Singapore River
21. Bumboats are another interesting feature, transporting residents and visitors from Changi Point Ferry Terminal to Pulau Ubin
22. The Bumboats/Ferries to Offshore Islands has 3 Ferry routes in Singapore with 6 Ferry stations
23. Bumboats/Ferries to Offshore Islands is a public transport provider in Singapore which operates Ferry routes
24. The Bumboats drew alongside with their tarbouched hucksters, lemonade, confectionary and oranges piled in their stern
25. The "Clean Rivers Campaign" of 1983 saw the relocation of Bumboats to Pasir Panjang.
26. The Bumboats (also called twakows or tongkangs) are partly covered by the hanging roots or branches of a tree
27. Bumboats were small vessels that brought fresh vegetables, supplies and, most notoriously, prostitutes and drink to the warships
28. (Hyperlink ours, not Mayhew’s.) Bumboats worked the river for some time before they were officially recognised by Trinity House
29. A final point to consider is that these ferries and Bumboats come in all types of shapes and some are less comfortable than others
30. The Bumboats, small vessels that pulled alongside Navy ships, exchanged merchandise for money by pails lowered over the side by the crew of the Navy ship
31. In the past, when you embark on Bumboats to Pulau Ubin from Changi Point Ferry Terminal at Changi Village, a single Bumboat's maximum capacity would be
32. These Bumboats are often painted with eyes and face supposedly to “see the danger ahead.” There are two bumboat service companies in Singapore – Singapore River Cruise and …
33. Singapore River is where the colourful and romantic history of the river and the myths and legends can still conjure up memories of the lighters, Bumboats, t
34. These Bumboats are often painted with eyes and face supposedly to “see the danger ahead.” There are two bumboat service companies in Singapore – Singapore River Cruise and …
35. We do the 40min cruise with the rivercruise Bumboats and get on at the Merlion.We buy at the booth so we can go when we want to
36. Fifty years ago, hundreds of small vessels known locally as Bumboats docked along a stretch of a then smelly and dirty Singapore River in the centre of Singapore
37. Today, as the island-state prepares to celebrate 50 years of independence, most of the Bumboats are gone, except a handful of neon-lit ones that ferry tourists from far and wide in
38. Hello there! ️ Welcome to Singapore, where the weather is a chill -2 degrees, and our Bumboats in Clarke Quay are fighting to move along the almost frozen Singapore River
39. These Bumboats are often painted with eyes and face supposedly to “see the danger ahead.” There are two Bumboat service companies in Singapore – Singapore River Cruise and Singapore River Explorer.
40. Even before the fleet’s return, Congress took steps to establish “ships’ stores” aboard every vessel to take the place of the overseas Bumboats, and sales commissaries – called “ships’ stores ashore” – at ports in the United States
41. Mayhew describes the Bumboats of the 1840s as ‘all in the form of skiffs, rather short, but of a good breadth, and therefore less liable to capsize through the swell of the steamers, or through any other cause’
42. They were used in the Malay Archipelago for the loading and unloading of goods, or for the transportation of cargoes, supplies and goods from ship to shore and vice versa.1 In Singapore, Bumboats are also called twakow or tongkang.
43. As an alternate to Bumboats , many Navy ships operated canteens or "slop chests," so that the money spent by the crewmembers stayed on the boat and helped improve the quality of the food served by the general mess.
44. With the advent of the outboard motor, which is mainly used today by fishermen on another type of vessel called pirogues, which has become the preference for fishing, you will find that today no one uses Bumboats to fish anymore.
45. With the advent of the outboard motor, which is mainly used today by fishermen on another type of vessel called pirogues, which has become the preference for fishing, you will find that today no one uses Bumboats to fish anymore.
46. Operators of barges, tugboats and Bumboats (freight) KEPPEL SMIT TOWAGE Keppel Smit Towage Pte Ltd was established in 1991 under a joint venture between Keppel Shipyard Investments Pte Ltd [which is a part of Keppel Offshore & Marine under the umbrella of Keppel Corp] and Smit Singapore Pte Ltd [Which is a part of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V