# Head Shipping-Master — The Shadow Line character guide

> Head Shipping-Master in The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the head Shipping - Master

**First appearance:** 0004-the-shadow-line

## Who they are

A port official involved in the narrator's appointment as captain.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_shadow_line_se/chapters/i)

The head Shipping-Master greets the narrator in the office, leads him to Captain Ellis, and shows deference to the Marine Superintendent.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_shadow_line_se/chapters/ii)

Referred to as 'R.'; impressed by the narrator's launch and offers assistance.

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