For a time, the other side was referred to as the larboard side, meaning "the loading side." Imagine shouting that in the midst of a storm. It was easily confused for starboard, so sailors began ...

Swedish steamers are for the future to carry, when underway, a white light at the fcfre-top, a green light on the starboard, and a red ligKt on the larboard side. When at anchor a light of the ...