Surge: A ship deployment from its dwelling port ordinarily lasting 3 to 6 months, as can arise exterior of the ordinary cruise cycle due to operational commitments. Splash: Name earned by a sailor who has had the good fortune to be recovered soon after accidentally falling overboard until finally the ship returns residence from deployment.
220 Hervey (1907) pp. 220 Gillian Clark, Women in Late Antiquity: Pagan and Christian Lifestyles (Oxford University Press, 1993), pp.