- A
bumboat is a
small boat used to
ferry supplies to
ships moored away from the s****. The name
comes from the
combination of the
Dutch word for a canoe—"boomsc****t"...
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Singapore thrived as an entrepôt. In the 1960s,
bumboats were used to
transport cargoes and
supplies between nears****
ships and
Singapore River....
- High Street, 1963
Raffles Hotel Supreme Court and City Hall
buildings Bumboats on the
Singapore River The
Central Area (in red) of
Singapore today, mostly...
-
warehouses at
Clarke Quay. At the
height of its prosperity,
dozens of
bumboats jostled for
mooring space beside Clarke Quay. This
continued well into...
-
travel to ****u Ubin from the main
island of
Singapore via a 10-minute
bumboat ride from the
Changi Point Ferry Terminal (previously
known as the Changi...
-
Birmingham Royal Ballet. The
ballet is
based on Gilbert's 1870 Bab
Ballad "The
Bumboat Woman's Story", as is H.M.S. Pinafore.
Cranko expanded the
plotline of...
-
bulwark The
extension of a ship's side
above the
level of the
weather deck.
bumboat A
private boat
selling goods.
bumpkin 1. A spar,
similar to a bowsprit...
-
Pineapple Poll,
which features music from
Gilbert and ****van's
operetta The
Bumboat Woman's Story, is also set in Portsmouth.
Portsmouth hosts yearly remembrances...
- Navy ship
coming into port by
sailing out to meet it in what were
called "
bumboats."
These merchants would sell
goods to Sailors,
often at
inflated prices...
- The
exact phrase is used
earlier on the same page "Here's a
breeze in a
bumboat!
shiver my
timbers and top-lights, what will our Majesty's loblolly-boys...
