Author: Alexander Meyrick BroadleyPublisher:
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Category : Ship captains
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
The Three Dorset Captains at Trafalgar
Author: Alexander Meyrick BroadleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ship captains
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset
Author: Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset
Author: Hugh NorrisPublisher:
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Category : Dorset (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset ...
Author: Notes and Queries
Author: Shipboard Life and Organisation, 1731-1815
Author: B. LaveryPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000109674
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
The idea behind this volume, according to its editor Brian Lavery, was to give a rounded picture of life at sea during the age of sail. It concentrates on the daily routine of shipboard life rather than more dramatic events such as battles and mutiny. It supplements other volumes produced by the Navy Records Society, notably Five Naval Journals 1789-1817 (vol 91, 1951, ed H G Thursfield) and The Health of Seamen (vol 107, 1965, ed C C Lloyd.) The selection begins in the second quarter of the eighteenth century because, stated Brian Lavery, ‘there are no suitable documents from earlier periods’ and closes in 1815, when the navy entered a new era with the advent of steam and a long period of peace. One of the most important aspects of shipboard life was that it was intensely self-contained, especially in the later part of the age of sail. After the conquest of scurvy, ships were able to stay at sea for many months at a time and the world-wide battle for empire caused them to make very long voyages, often away from their home bases over a period of years. Even in port seamen often stayed on board and shore leave was not in any sense a right. This volume throws a spotlight on the way in which a crew of up to 850 men could be crammed into a small space for many months at a time, and the ways in which they were fed, clothed, allocated space for eating and sleeping, at the same time as they were organised for sailing and battle duties. It contains separate sections dealing with Admiralty Regulations, Captain’s Orders, Medical Journals, discipline and punishment. It also includes an extensive glossary of the nautical terms and descriptions of the time.
The Encyclopædia Britannica: Gichtel-Harmonium
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
The Encyclopædia Britannica
Author: Hugh ChisholmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1982
Book Description
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Hugh ChisholmPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1976
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