a. (UN-1 7.)
1810. Tomlins, Law Dict. (ed. 3), I. s.v. Insurance, A ship sailed on her voyage in an unseaworthy state.
1857. Dickens, Dorrit, II. xxvi. Drowning men clinging to unseaworthy spars.
1896. H. S. Merriman, Sowers, xxxiv. A sailor never believes that his own ship is unseaworthy.