bruce d Posted January 31, 2020 Share #1 Posted January 31, 2020 Alan's thread on newspaper clippings inspired me. I will start with this extract from the Medical journal of D Parry, surgeon on HMS Adventure, 1799-1800. Folio 19: Edmund Aikes, landsman, aged 23; disease or hurt, insanity, a great deal of anxiety and melancholy without any apparent cause. Taken ill, 7 November, at Cowes. Discharged to Sick Quarters at Cowes, 7 November. Remarks that this man had been on board eight months and would not sleep in a hammock but slept standing up or over a gun. Although Captain Mansel flogged him 'on his posteriors once a week' he would not go to bed. jchbeiner and AON 2 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted February 1, 2020 In 1789 Richard Prowse, Master Attendant, Woolwich dockyard, complained to the Navy Board that they... "...do not have a launch or lighter large enough to collect the provisions each month since the beer alone will weigh 8 tons" AON, John Allen and mtaylor 3 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AON Posted February 1, 2020 Share #3 Posted February 1, 2020 (edited) I suppose beer kept better over time than fresh water. Although called fresh, beer was cleaner. Beer kept the sailors in a much better mood than water ever could. Edited February 1, 2020 by AON mtaylor and bruce d 2 Quote Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peveka Posted February 1, 2020 Share #4 Posted February 1, 2020 Beer Bear in mind that we are talking 2%-3% alcohol here. Tops. The alcohol works as a natural preservative. Because it didn't keep that long -at least not all the way to India- the Brits invented IPA for export: more hops (preserves too) and more alc. This beer wasn't meant for consumption en route, it was meant for the Brits in India. Cheers! Pieter bruce d, Canute, AON and 3 others 6 Quote Some much wood so little time ... Current builds: Nulli Cedo, an 18th century Dutch war clog, HMS Bellona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cleek Posted February 1, 2020 Share #5 Posted February 1, 2020 "The floggings will continue until morale improves!" Canute, davyboy, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted February 25, 2021 October 1688, Sir John Berry, the Elizabeth in the Hope. "... They are taking in their guns, stores and provisions. Currants and flour have been sent to make puddings, which he does not approve of in lieu of beef." So the carnivore vs vegan debate isn't new. mtaylor, BANYAN and Canute 3 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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