Royal Navy Articles of War - 1757
The Articles of War on board a Royal Navy ship matched the gravity of holy writ. It served as the law practiced upon His Majesty’s Ships.
28. If any person in the fleet shall commit the unnatural and detestable sin of buggery and sodomy with man or beast, he shall be punished with death by the sentence of a court martial.
Its sad how far civilization has sunk since then.