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Gun-Room

GUN-ROOM, a ship cabin occupied by the officers below the rank of lieutenant, but who are not warrant officers of the class of the boatswain, gunner or carpenter. In the wooden sailing ships it was on the lower deck, and was originally the quarters of the gunner.

Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)

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