People, men and women, who work on ships are usually called, "Sailors".
Men who work on a ship's construction are called shipwrights. Men employed in a ship's operation are called seamen. seamen
slaves
If they are the ship's complement, they are the crew. Otherwise, they are called passengers.
seamen (regardless of gender)
Crew
You do not worship the Devil. Long term good cannot come of it.
"Shangha" is a term that refers to the practice of kidnapping individuals to work aboard ship. It was common in the 19th and early 20th centuries and typically involved tricking or forcing men into working as sailors against their will.
Shanghaiing refers to the practice of kidnapping people to serve as sailors.
If one goes to sea for a living or pleasure one is called a sailor or a mariner. Seaman is correct for one who does physical labor in the maintenance of ship and/or crew (hence the term "able bodied seaman").
To purposely sink a ship is to 'scuttle' the ship.
This would have been a term used in the days of the sailing ship which was propelled by sails. When the Captain gave the order 'All hands aloft' He would be ordering the men to go up the mast to tend to the sails which had to be manually hauled up or down.
ship owners & captains have a vast number of men to pick from it's not as simple as going to the grand banks & hopping on a ship. You have to do menial work on the docks for years before you can get a a spot on a ship.