Commanders and Masters

Possible
there have been heavy storms that trouble the sailors
they say "Huzzah"
the doctors might use a coin to patch through his patient's skull
they may have discovered flightless birds and swimming iguanas
men scrub the deck of the ship
they may have clamped sailors in irons
they may have commited suicide at times of stress
Impossible
soem of the language may have been a little modern